The Kingston IronKey Vault Privacy 80 External SSD is a high-security SATA-based drive with gold-standard encryption, but it lacks the ruggedization and additional security certifications of some competitors.
Our initial tests on two gaming laptops with Nvidia's GeForce RTX 4090 inside reveal some rocket-liftoff frame rates if you're playing one of the few games with DLSS 3. (It's still fast without it, mind you.)
The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 is one of the most powerful gaming laptops right now, showing off the latest flagship CPU from Intel (13th Gen Core i9) and GPU from Nvidia (GeForce RTX 4090). It’s big and expensive, but the body feels reasonable for everything it’s packing.
The Kingston Fury Renegade SSD offers good value in a PCI Express 4 high-performance gaming SSD, with benchmark scores that were solid, though out of the top tier.