Kingston Technology 1024G SSD KC600 SATA3 mSATA

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Kingston’s KC600 in mSATA is a bit of a “good enough” upgrade. For £199.14 ex-VAT you’re paying for reliability and a brand name, but you’re still stuck on SATA speeds, so it won’t feel like a modern NVMe upgrade. In day-to-day office use, that’s not necessarily a deal-breaker: it’s a solid choice if you’re refreshing an older Dell/HP-style system that only takes mSATA and you want smoother boot and app loading without the faff (or cost) of swapping to a different platform.

That price is where I’d pause. If your mSATA options are competitive locally, KC600 is a safe buy—Kingston drives tend to be dependable, and these are usually fine for business workloads and general productivity. But if the machine can take a 2.5" SATA SSD instead, or you have a path to NVMe later, the KC600 won’t give you enough “wow” for the money. I’d recommend it for customers maintaining older hardware that’s staying in service, especially where you care about predictable performance more than peak speed.