Flash Storage Drives
Memory cards, USB flash drives and SSDs to store more files, photos and videos on your computer, camera, or phone.
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Memory cards, USB flash drives and SSDs to store more files, photos and videos on your computer, camera, or phone.
Taking photos and videos, checking and sending emails, creating documents and files are all a part of daily life for the average tech user. Storing data from games and other apps causes our laptops, PCs, phones and tablets to fill up quickly. From flash drives and memory cards to high-end SSDs, Kingston offers a range of storage options that keep your everyday and digital life moving smoothly.
Kingston SD and microSD flash memory cards are designed for a variety of devices such as digital cameras, Android™ phones, drones, dash cams and security cameras. Every Kingston memory card is backed by a lifetime warranty making Kingston the brand you can trust to store all your important photos and videos. We also offer card readers with a variety of options to suit your needs.
microSD
Small but mighty. A card to keep up with your lifestyle.
Card Readers
Expedite your workflow with quick transfer speeds.
Kingston flash drives come in variety of shapes, sizes and capacities. For customers wanting to keep their data secure, Kingston offers password-protected and encrypted USB flash drives.
USB-C®
Storage that works across your devices. Easily move files freely between Type-A to Type-C devices.
Secure Storage
Peace of mind. Secure 100 percent of data stored and enforce complex password protection with minimum characteristics to prevent unauthorized access.
Kingston’s fast and reliable SATA and NVMe SSDs are designed to provide a range of storage solutions that are a great choice for new PC builds, servers and system builders. Increase speed and storage capacity to desktops and laptops with an SSD. An entry-level SSD is roughly ten times faster than a typical 7200RPM hard drive. If you want even faster performance or want to take advantage of PCIe technology, explore the full range of Kingston SSDs to find the one that best meets your performance, storage and budget.
SATA
Kingston SSDs are the ideal performance upgrade for consumers and organizations alike. Available in a wide range of models and capacities, Kingston SSDs extend the lifecycle of your PC and provide improved speed, performance and reliability when compared to traditional hard drives.
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NVMe
Leading the new standard of SSDs, Kingston’s NVMe SSDs offer improved system and PC performance to support better performance in software applications such as 3D rendering, gaming and content creation such as video editing.
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Add speed to an old desktop PC or laptop by upgrading from a hard disk drive (HDD) to an SSD. Kingston’s fast and reliable SATA and NVMe SSDs are also a great choice for system builders or new PC builds.
Kingston has a solution for all your mobile needs whether you’re using an ultrabook or the latest Android phone. Our products offer the speed and reliability for anyone on-the-go. With cards supporting the A2 application performance class specifications, expedite your workflow with faster application performance on smartphones and tablets.
Kingston offers memory cards for a variety of devices such as digital cameras, Android phones, drones, dash cams and security cameras. Kingston cards are photos to be durable so you can take them anywhere with confidence that your photos and videos will be protected.
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