KINGSTON A400 960GB 2.5 SATA SATA 3 Solid State Drive (SSD)

The Kingston A400 960GB is a 2.5-inch internal solid-state drive designed to replace or supplement mechanical hard drives in desktop PCs and laptops. It connects via the SATA Revision 3.0 (6 Gb/s) interface and is backward-compatible with SATA Revision 2.0 (3 Gb/s) systems, making it a straightforward drop-in upgrade for a wide range of existing machines. Using 3D NAND flash memory, the A400 offers sequential read speeds of up to 500 MB/s and sequential write speeds of up to 450 MB/s under ATTO benchmark conditions. These figures represent a significant step up in responsiveness compared to traditional spinning hard drives, particularly for everyday tasks such as operating system boot, application launch, and file transfer. The drive ships in the standard 2.5-inch, 7 mm form factor (100.0 mm × 69.9 mm × 7.0 mm), fitting the vast majority of laptops and desktop drive bays. Its compact profile and lack of moving parts make it resistant to shock and vibration — rated at 2.17 G peak (7–800 Hz) during operation and 20 G peak (10–2,000 Hz) when non-operating — which is particularly useful in mobile systems that experience handling stress. Power draw is modest: 0.195 W at idle, 0.279 W average, a maximum of 0.642 W during reads, and a maximum of 1.535 W during writes. This low consumption supports longer battery life in notebook configurations. Kingston rates the A400 at 1 million hours mean time between failures (MTBF) and 300 TB total bytes written (TBW) for the 960 GB capacity. The drive carries a 3-year limited warranty from Kingston. Verified Specifications: • Model number: SA400S37/960G • Form factor: 2.5″ (7 mm) • Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6 Gb/s), backward-compatible with SATA Rev. 2.0 • Capacity: 960 GB • NAND type: 3D • Sequential read (ATTO): up to 500 MB/s • Sequential write (ATTO): up to 450 MB/s • Power – Idle: 0.195 W; Average: 0.279 W; Max Read: 0.642 W; Max Write: 1.535 W • Operating temperature: 0 °C to 70 °C • Storage temperature: −40 °C to 85 °C • Vibration (operating): 2.17 G peak (7–800 Hz) • Vibration (non-operating): 20 G peak (10–2,000 Hz) • MTBF: 1,000,000 hours • TBW: 300 TB • Dimensions: 100.0 mm × 69.9 mm × 7.0 mm • Warranty: 3 years