Kingston A400 1TB
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KingstonSATA SSDSATA III2.5-inch
Specifications
- Capacity
- 1TB
- Interface
- SATA III
- Form Factor
- 2.5-inch
- Read Speed
- 500 MB/s
- Write Speed
- 450 MB/s
- Endurance
- 300 TBW
- Warranty
- 3 years
- Brand
- Kingston
- Price / TB
- $215.99/TB
Value Score Breakdown
Speed (25%)89
Endurance (20%)25
Warranty (10%)60
Reviews (10%)75
Our Verdict
Only buyers upgrading from a spinning hard drive in a machine confirmed to have no M.2 slot should consider the Kingston A400 — sequential reads of 500 MB/s are a major step up from HDD but trail every modern alternative. At $189 for 960GB with no DRAM cache and no stated TBW, it scores 43/100. The Samsung 870 EVO 1TB offers DRAM cache, 600 TBW, and a five-year warranty for a comparable price; any NVMe SSD at 1TB costs $55–65 and reads 13× faster. For $189 in 2026, there are objectively better options in every category — buy this only when no alternative interface is physically available.
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