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Kingston’s Q500 SSD upgrades your system with faster boot, load and transfer times – up to 10x faster than a traditional hard drive. The rugged drive offers read speeds of up to 500MB/s, and enhances performance and reliability for everyday computing. Available in capacities from 240GB to 960GB, it’s a durable, cost-effective storage solution.

Kingston’s Q500 solid-state drive dramatically improves the responsiveness of your existing system with incredible boot, loading and transfer times compared to mechanical hard drives. Powered by a latest-gen controller for read and write speeds of up to 500MB/s and 450MB/s{{Footnote.N39214}}, this SSD is 10x faster than a traditional hard drive{{Footnote.N39214}} for higher performance, ultra-responsive multi-tasking and an overall faster system.

Also more reliable and durable than a hard drive, Q500 is available in multiple capacities from 240GB–960GB{{Footnote.N37130}} to give you all the space you need for applications, videos, photos and other important documents.

Form factor 2.5"
Interface SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)
Capacities{{Footnote.N37130}} 240GB, 480GB, 960GB
Baseline performance{{Footnote.N39214}}
Data transfer (ATTO) 240GB – up to 500MB/s read and 350MB/s write
480GB – up to 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write
960GB – up to 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write
Power consumption 0.195W Idle / 0.279W Avg / 0.642W (MAX) Read / 1.535W (MAX) Write
Storage temperature -40°C~85°C
Operating temperature 0°C~70°C
Dimensions 100.0mm x 69.9mm x 7.0mm
Weight 41g
Vibration operating 2.17G Peak (7–800Hz)
Vibration non-operating 20G Peak (10–2000Hz)
Life expectancy 2 million hours MTBF
Warranty/support{{Footnote.N47046}} Limited 3-year warranty with free technical support
Total Bytes Written (TBW){{Footnote.N37133}} 240GB: 80TB
480GB: 160TB
960GB: 300TB

  • Fast start-up, loading and file transfers

  • More reliable and durable than a hard drive

  • Multiple capacities with space for applications or a hard drive replacement

Key Features

10x faster than a hard drive

10x faster than a hard drive{{Footnote.N56784}}

With incredible read/write speeds, the Q500 SSD will not only increase performance but can also be used to breathe new life into older systems.

Rugged

Rugged

Q500 is shock- and vibration-resistant for rugged reliability when used in notebooks and other mobile computing devices.

Multiple capacities

Multiple capacities

Available in 240GB, 480GB and 960GB capacities{{Footnote.N37130}}, Q500 is designed to suit anyone’s needs.

Ideal for desktops and notebooks

Ideal for desktops and notebooks

Q500 has a 7mm form factor to fit in a wider array of systems. It’s ideal for slimmer notebooks and in systems with limited available space.

Unfortunately, Q500 is not available in your country at this time.

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