THE HYPERX PREDATOR M.2 PCIE G2 480GB

Size-wise the black colored HyperX Predator M.2 PCIe G2 SSD (or to be more accurate the HHHL adapter) follows the industry standard and measures 180.98mm in length, 120.96mm in height and 21.59mm in width.

Now i have to admit that i do prefer the M6e Black Edition by Plextor more in terms of design thanks to the black/red heatsink at the top but the all-black of the HyperX Predator is not bad either.

Here we see the M.2 2280 (22mm wide, 80mm long) card.

Kingston has printed four lines leaving the M.2 2280 card and going up to the PCIe connector.

The M.2 2280 card is held in place via a regular Philips screw and after removing the sticker at the top we see four Toshiba A19 64GB Toggle NAND flash modules (4 more are on the opposite side).

We also find a 512MB DDR3 @ 1600 RAM cache module (another is placed on the opposite side) and the Marvell 88SS9293 Altaplus PCIe 2.0 x4 NAND flash controller.

Taking a look at the rear we see a total of 4 holes which means that the HHHL adapter is actually compatible with longer and shorter M.2 cards.

The HyperX logo is printed at the front of the PCI bracket.