HyperX
Last week, we reported that the highly anticipated acquisition of Kingston's HyperX gaming brand by HP was completed for the sum of $325 million. As we noted, the terms of the deal did not include any of the HyperX branded DRAM, flash, or storage products, which is Kingston's bread and butter, as the deal focused more on the gaming accessory business as well as the brand value. We have now learned that Kingston is rebranding the DRAM and storage products it retains as the FURY series. Although Kingston is planning a formal announcement of the brand on the 19th of July 2021, it shared details with us on some of its new key ranges. The FURY series isn't new to Kingston, as it debuted back...
HP Completes HyperX Acquisition For $425 Million
Back in February, we revealed that HP was set to acquire the HyperX brand, the gaming subsidiary of Kingston Technology. HyperX has been the gaming branding for Kingston Technology...
11 by Gavin Bonshor on 6/2/2021
HP is Acquiring HyperX for $425 Million
In some unexpected news today, HP and HyperX (formerly a division of Kingston) have jointly released a statement that HP is to acquire HyperX gaming peripherals portfolio, and the...
14 by Dr. Ian Cutress on 2/24/2021
CES 2020: Kingston’s HyperX Adds 32 GB UDIMMs & New Fury Speed Bins to Lineup
Kingston’s HyperX division introduced a stack of new memory modules at CES 2020. Firstly, the company added 32 GB unbuffered DIMMs and SO-DIMMs to its Fury and Impact families...
11 by Anton Shilov on 1/10/2020
HyperX Pulsefire Dart Wireless Gaming Mouse with Qi Charging Launched
Kingston has introduced its new HyperX-branded Pulsfire Dart gaming mouse that features Qi charging as well as a 16,000 DPI resolution. In addition, the company also announced its ChargePlay...
10 by Anton Shilov on 10/3/2019
HyperX Releases Two New Predator 16 GB Memory Kits: DDR4-4266 and DDR4-4600
HyperX has unveiled two new kits of DDR4 memory from its Predator range, offering speeds of DDR4-4266 and DDR4-4600. The new kits come in 2 x 8 GB sets...
10 by Gavin Bonshor on 4/25/2019
The HyperX Alloy Elite RGB Mechanical Keyboard Review: A New High-End Challenger
Today we're taking a look at the latest addition in HyperX’s arsenal of gaming peripherals, the Alloy Elite RGB. Based around genuine Cherry MX RGB Red switches, the latest...
36 by E. Fylladitakis on 1/24/2019
Memory Frequency Scaling in SFF Systems: An Investigation with SO-DIMMs and Coffee Lake
High-performance SFF and UCFF desktops as well as gaming notebooks are becoming big market segments. Makers of PC components have also started to offer high-end parts designed for such...
27 by Ganesh T S on 11/28/2018
Kingston HyperX Savage EXO External SSD Capsule Review
Kingston had announced plans at the 2018 CES for a high-performance external SSD targeting the gaming market. The HyperX Savage EXO USB 3.1 Gen 2 SSD went on sale...
3 by Ganesh T S on 10/2/2018
Kingston Launches HyperX Savage Exo External SSD
Kingston has announced its new external SSDs. The HyperX Savage Exo drive is uses a USB Type-C interface and are compatible with Microsoft Windows, Apple macOS, Microsoft’s Xbox One...
3 by Anton Shilov on 9/27/2018
The Kingston HyperX Fury RGB SSD Review: Bright Idea, Dimmed Performance
Kingston's HyperX gaming brand is introducing their first SSD with adjustable RGB LED lighting. The LEDs add significantly to the price tag, but internally it's a mid-range SATA SSD...
45 by Billy Tallis on 9/24/2018
Kingston Has HyperX 256 GB microSDXC Card for Gamers
In the recent years Kingston has repositioned its HyperX brand from performance enthusiasts to gamers, thus expanding the range from high-performance memory modules to a wide range of components...
4 by Anton Shilov on 6/20/2018
RGB LEDs Everywhere: HyperX Teases Fury SSD with Lights
Kingston's HyperX teased a new Fury-branded RGB LED SSD at Computex. The company didn’t have set specifications for the new 2.5” SATA 6GB/s SSD (HyperX is still fine-tuning the...
26 by Joe Shields on 6/8/2018
HyperX Now Shipping Predator DDR4 RGB with IR Sync
Back in January during CES week, Hyper X announced new Predator DDR4 which includes IR communication channels in each of their modules allowing multiple modules to synchronize their LED...
3 by Joe Shields on 4/30/2018
HyperX at CES 2018: Predator DDR4 with IR Sensors for Better RGB Sync
HyperX announced it has designed IR communication channels into each of their new HyperX Predator DDR4 RGB modules which will allow multiple modules to sync in LED lighting. In...
10 by Joe Shields on 1/19/2018
HyperX at CES 2018: Fury SSD with RGB, for Bling
LAS VEGAS, NV - At CES, HyperX had on display its new HyperX Fury RGB SSD which adds RGB LEDs to the Fury based line of drives. These drives...
15 by Joe Shields on 1/18/2018
The Kingston HyperX Alloy Elite Mechanical Keyboard Review
A few months ago, Kingston made their move into the mechanical keyboards market with the Alloy FPS, a compact, portable mechanical keyboard. Today we are having a look at...
33 by E. Fylladitakis on 7/17/2017
Kingston Updates HyperX DDR4 Lineup with DDR4-3000, DDR4-3200 Modules
Following Intel’s announcement of the new Core i7 Broadwell-E lineup of HEDT processors with six, eight and ten cores, Kingston has recently refreshed its HyperX family of DDR4 memory...
8 by Anton Shilov on 6/10/2016
Computex 2014: Kingston Announces V310 & HyperX Fury SSDs, Shows SF3700 And Marvell PCIe SSDs
Unlike many manufacturers, Kingston didn’t have a booth or suite at Computex but instead they held a one-day HyperX gaming event on the top floor of one of Taipei’s...
35 by Kristian Vättö on 6/8/2014
Kingston HyperX 3K (240GB) SSD Review
With OCZ intent on moving as much volume to its in-house Indilinx controllers as possible, SandForce (now LSI) needed to expand to additional partners. OCZ has strong control over...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/10/2012
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