SSD Part Number Decoder
The following information is designed to help you identify Kingston® solid-state drives (SSDs). While this is a representation of a majority of Kingston solid-state drives, naming conventions may vary.
Client
Part Number: SA2000BM8/xxxx-BK
- S
- A
- 2
- 0
- 0
- 0
- B
- M8
- /
- XXXX
- BK
S = SSD
- S - SSD
A = Series
- A - A series
- E - E Series
- HF - HyperX Fury
- HFR - HyperX Fury RGB
- HPM - HyperX M.2
- HS - HyperX Savage
- HSX - HyperX Savage External
- H/HX - HyperX
- KC - KC series
- M - M series
- MC - Micro SATA
- MS - Mini SATA
- M2 - M.2
- Q - Q series
- S - S series
- V - V series
- VP - V+ series
- UV - UV series
2 = Version
- 1 - 1
- 2 - 2
- 3 - 3
- 4 - 4
- 5 - 5
- 6 - 6
0 = Model
- 0 - Version change
- 5 - 1st release
0 = Interface
- S1 - SATA 1
- S2 - SATA 2
- S3 - SATA 3
- 0 - NVMe
- ‘blank’ – SATA 3
0 = n/a
B = Bundle
- B - 3.5” bracket w/ screws, USB cable, adapter/spacer, software
- H - Half-height, half-length M.2 adapter
M8 = Form factor
- ‘blank’ - 2.5”
- M8 - M.2 22mm X 80mm
- MS - mSATA 30mm X 51mm
- M8S - M.2 22x80mm Single Sided
- M8D - M.2 22x80mm Double Sided
- ‘7’- 7.0mm thick drive casing
xxxx = Capacity
- xxxG
BK = MultiPack
- BK - Bulk pack
Enterprise
Part Number: SEDC1000BM8/xxxx-BK
- S
- EDC
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- B
- M8
- /
- XXXX
- BK
S = SSD
- S - SSD
EDC = Series
- EDC - Enterprise Data Center
1 = Version
- 1 - 1
- 2 - 2
- 3 - 3
- 4 - 4
- 5 - 5
- 6 - 6
0 = Model
- 0 - Version change
- 5 - 1st release
0 = Interface
- 0 - NVMe
- S3 – SATA 3
- ‘blank’ – SATA 3
0 = n/a
B = Usage
- M - Mixed R/W workloads
- B - Boot
- R - Read intensive workloads
M8 = Form factor
- ‘blank’ - 2.5”
- M8 - M.2 22mm X 80mm
- MS - mSATA 30mm X 51mm
- M8S - M.2 22x80mm single sided
- M8D - M.2 22x80mm double sided
- ‘7’- 7.0mm thick drive casing
xxxx = Capacity
- xxxG
BK = MultiPack
- BK - Bulk pack