SK Hynix is far from a newcomer in the storage space but it has been quite some time since they've had an offering in the consumer SSD lineup. They've been fairly involved in the OEM market, even with my Acer Aspire 5 having an SK Hynix 256GB M.2 SATA drive, but today is all about their new SK Hynix Gold S31 SSD. The South Korean semiconductor manufacturer has brought this lineup to the market in a 240GB, 500GB, and 1TB flavors with reasonable pricing. When it comes to NAND and Controllers we're talking 100% in house, no sourcing from others here and that means they have greater control on consistency and quality, it also lessens the likelihood that in six months you'll find they switch controllers or flash like we've seen happen in the past with other SSD vendors.