Kingston Technology 960G DC600M (Mixed-Use) 2.5” Enterprise SATA SSD

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The Kingston 960G DC600M is one of those “boring but dependable” enterprise SATA SSDs that tends to make sense when you’ve got lots of servers and you just want predictable storage without paying for the absolute top-tier NVMe tax. At £353.59 ex‑VAT, the real question isn’t whether it’s “fast” (it’s SATA, so it won’t be magic), but whether it’s good value for mixed workloads where reliability and sustained performance matter more than peak throughput. If you’re upgrading an older SATA estate for improved latency and responsiveness, this can be a very sensible way to get tangible wins in day-to-day app behaviour, storage queues, and overall responsiveness.

That said, I wouldn’t buy it for greenfield designs or anything where you’re trying to chase maximum performance per box—modern NVMe drives are simply the more future-proof direction. It’s also not ideal if your use case is heavily write-stressing with very aggressive endurance requirements and you’re comparing against newer “workhorse” lines that benchmark higher for sustained write scenarios. Buy it if you’re standardising on SATA enterprise SSDs, want a reliable mixed-use option, and you’re cost-sensitive; skip it if you need bleeding-edge performance, plan to move quickly to NVMe, or you’re paying close to what you’d expect to get from more modern drives.