Headlining Kingston’s Computex presence is its product showcase held just across the street from the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall at The Diner. In this invite-only event, Kingston held Q&A portions withs various product heads to discuss the direction and answer questions pertaining to Kingston’s diverse product line including the HyperX division amongst others.
Crowning the event is the HyperX brand’s carrier peripheral, the HyperX Cloud and Cloud II headset. On show was the limited edition White and Pink HyperX Cloud II which we’ve seen earlier rocked by Youtube star Luo Shi Ru aka S.White. Both Cloud and Cloud II headsets sport 53mm drivers for more dramatic audio reproduction perfect for entertainment purposes especially gaming. Extreme soft cushions on the earcups and headband give the HyperX Cloud and Cloud II headset a really comfortable fit and you can swap out the leatherette pads with high-quality foam ones to suit your needs.
Kingston recently expanded their DRAM port folio with the introduction of new DDR4 products. The new HyperX Predator and HyperX Fury extend their family in the DDR4 lineup while the DDR3 family welcomes last year’s HyperX Savage into fold. All memory kits are available in high-capacities (some up to 128GB kits) and high frequencies. All HyperX memory products feature uniquely designed heatsinks for heat dissipation as well as adding that distinct sense of style that gamers, enthusiasts and power users want in their build. HyperX memories are really reliable and provide an excellent user experience for both new and advanced users with the HyperX Fury DDR3 memories providing a plug and play solution for new builders while offering excellent overclocking potential. The new DDR4 memory kits from Kingston provide high-frequency, low-latency memories running on low voltage with speeds reaching DDR4-3000 and an astonishing 128GB kit capacity. You can read more from the official HyperX Predator DDR4 in the official product page.
In the SSD side of things, Kingston highlights their new SAVAGE SSD by placing it in their show rigs but one of the key highlight was the performance advantage of the HyperX Predator SSD clocking in an incredible 1400/1000 MBs read/write performance on one of the systems on display to demonstrate the ridiculous raw power of the Predator SSD. It would be best noted that the Predator SSD debuted with a shroud but the retail model does not feature this so we asked the one in charge of DRAM for APAC, Nathan Su, about it which he jestfully responds to by saying he wanted the shroud in there but one of the team members said no so it didn’t make the cut. The HyperX Savage is the latest entry in Kingston’s SSD lineup and fully easily shows us how limited we are by the SATA3 interface. Read more about the HyperX Savage in our review here.
Over at the flash storage showcase, we see the highly lauded HyperX Predator DataTraveler which sports 512GB up to 1TB capacities, some of the largest we’ve seen on a USB flash drive and one of the fastest also. But amongst the flash drives on display were the latest flash drives from Kingston featuring all new USB3.1 Type C connectivity. With USB3.1 promising faster transfer rates and new, upcoming motherboards featuring it, its understandable why many brands are clamoring to create products for it. On Kingston’s list are two new products: The DataTraveler Micro 3.1 featuring a fully-capable USB3.1 port type with capacities range from 16GB up to 128GB. Next to it is the dual-connector type DataTraveler microDUO 3C featuring a normal USB3.1 port and the new USB3.1 Type C reversible connector available in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB capacities. We expect Kingston to roll out more of these Type C products as platforms that accommodate the standard become more prevalent but for now this new products look to test the waters of the new USB3.1 market hence no HyperX product has yet to see a USB3.1 variation.
Other storage solutions on show were the new UHS SD and microSD cards brandishing 4K2K resolution support for high-resolution formats for today’s large multimedia content. Kingston also shows of its wireless storage solution, the MobileLite Wireless G2, a 5-in-1 solution with storage capacities up to 2TB.
Its not a Computex show if you don’t have prototypes and here’s what Kingston is showing off: presumably called the Savage RGB, these LED enabled memory kits have LED lighting effects on them which wave down the spine of the modules. We’re unsure if there are other glow patterns but we can confirm that the product does change colors.
That’s it for our coverage of Kingston for Computex 2015. We’re pretty sure some new products are still in the works but Kingston still knows how to get attention especially if you’re not inside the exhibition halls.
Read more about Kingston from Computex with our interview of the creator of the Harley Davidson HyperX Engine Rig, Wei Zheng and below are the complete video of Luo Shi Ru’s performance at the HyperX public demo stage:
