Kingston A400 SATA SSD — 480GB — 2.5-inch 7mm SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) SSD

Kingston A400 SATA SSD — 480GB — 2.5-inch 7mm SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) SSD

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Kingston A400 SATA SSD — 480GB — 2.5-inch 7mm SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) SSD

Kingston A400 SATA SSD — 480GB — 2.5-inch 7mm SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) SSD

$179.00

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Kingston A400 SATA SSD — 480GB — 2.5-inch 7mm SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) SSD

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Still running a hard drive in a secondary rig, a laptop or a capture machine? The 480GB A400 is the straightforward fix. It drops into a standard 2.5-inch bay, wakes the system up fast, and makes game libraries, launchers and everyday files feel responsive again instead of sluggish. There are no moving parts to wear or rattle, so it suits laptops and portable builds too. It is an honest, budget-friendly way to give an older gaming or streaming setup a second life.

The classic job for the 480GB A400 is the machine that still boots like it is thinking about it. A family PC, a spare laptop, a living-room box that runs older games and emulators — anywhere a spinning hard drive is the reason the whole system feels tired. Swap in this SSD and Windows, launchers and level loads all tighten up at once, using the same SATA cables and bay the old drive already had.

It is also a sensible second drive. At 480GB there is room for a working game library or a capture folder for recorded sessions, and with no moving parts it shrugs off the bumps that make mechanical drives a gamble in laptops. Kingston rates it at 160TB of lifetime writes, which for this kind of everyday and gaming duty is years of headroom. Buyers searching for a cheap SATA SSD upgrade for an older PC or laptop are describing exactly this drive.

  • 480GB capacity in a slim 2.5-inch, 7mm form factor
  • SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s), backwards compatible with SATA Rev. 2.0
  • Up to 500MB/s read and 450MB/s write (ATTO)
  • Rated endurance of 160TB total bytes written; 1 million hours MTBF
  • Limited 3-year warranty with free technical support

Specs: 480GB | 2.5in SATA 6Gb/s | Up to 500/450MB/s R/W | 160TB TBW | Part # SA400S37/480G

Full Specifications

Capacity
480GB
Form factor
2.5-inch, 7mm
Interface
SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s), backwards compatible with SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)
Read speed
Up to 500MB/s (ATTO)
Write speed
Up to 450MB/s (ATTO)
Endurance (TBW)
160TB
MTBF
1,000,000 hours
Power consumption
0.195W idle / 0.279W avg / 0.642W (max) read / 1.535W (max) write
Dimensions
100.0mm x 69.9mm x 7.0mm
Weight
41g
Operating temperature
0°C to 70°C
Storage temperature
-40°C to 85°C
Vibration (operating)
2.17G peak (7–800Hz)
Vibration (non-operating)
20G peak (10–2000Hz)
Warranty
Limited 3-year warranty with free technical support

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