Testseek.com have collected 126 expert reviews of the Kingston 2.5 inch SSDNOW V-Series SATA300 and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Kingston 2.5 inch SSDNOW V-Series SATA300.
August 2009
(80%)
126 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(66%)
12 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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"Desktop Kit" is an excellent upgrade for a desktop or HTPC system
Consistent
Respectable performance
Well priced (as far as SSDs go)
Minimal power consumption
Minimal heat production
Includes a bootable version of Acronis to make easy work of cloning your drive
Strong read performance
Published transfer rate data may actually be conservative
Internals by Intel (controller and memory)
Very attractively priced
Desktop upgrade kit includes items to make installation a snap
Bootable version of Acronis to make easy work of cloning your drive
Respectable read speeds
Overall performance is just fine for most uses
Competitively priced
Bundle of accessories makes installation easy
Great blend of performance
Capacity
And pricing
Solid performance
Twice as fast as previous generation 128GB SSDNow V Series drive
Useful upgrade kit including a copy of Acronis for setting up your drive
Competitively priced compared to other 128GB SSDs
Good value
Solid application open times
Comes with upgrade kit
Attractive casing
Complete Kit
Low Power
System Is Snappier
Fantastic RAID Like Speed
Quiet
Never Gets Hot
Standard SATA Interface
Easy To Hide In The Chassis
Did We Mention Fast Really Fast
Very good 197 MBps read bandwidth with ATTO Benchmark
Abstract: The SSD drive has become popular as drives have faster random access times, faster start-up times, consistent read performance and little performance degradation from file fragmentation as a HDD would. SSD drives have no platters, no spindle and ...
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Published: 2010-12-07, Author: The , review by: hardwarebbq.com
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This article aims at enthusiasts who want to maximize storage performance and those who want to know how to best spend their money: by either purchasing a single SSD or by going with a couple of low-budget, low-capacity solid state drives. Since most r...
Abstract: The SSD market continues evolving. We got our hands on six drives we hadn't yet tested, including Samsung’s 470-series, and ran them through our ......
It usually turns out that you get what you pay for: if you can't budget for more than the cheapest SSD and absolutely need the ruggedness and silence of such as device (rather than performance), then the Kingston drive wins by default as the cheapest SSD...
Abstract: As a second-generation model, the new Kingston SSDNow V 30 GB SSD is a pretty polished product and it shows. Kingston used a nice cast metal case with a rough finish, giving it a really solid feel. We have no complaints as far as build quality is conc....
Abstract: The trend of ever cheaper SSD devices appearing on the market is evident, but these savings are in general mostly reflected on lowered capacities of such devices and cheaper (slower) controllers. Kingston’s SSDs are positioned in a price range well und...
Great blend of performance, capacity, and pricing, Solid performance, Twice as fast as previous generation 128GB SSDNow V Series drive, Useful upgrade kit including a copy of Acronis for setting up your drive, Competitively priced compared to other 128GB SSDs
If you want higher performance, you'll have to pay more
Searching the web for the Kingston SSDNow V Series 128GB solid state drive shows that whether you want the desktop upgrade kit or the notebook upgrade kit, you're going to pay around $280 (US). For those of you haven't gotten used to SSD pricing and st...
The Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB boot drive represents an excellent choice for consumers interested in making the move to an SSD. It’s priced competitively and carries a strong performance. I consistently saw it outperform our WD Black RAID-0 array in...
Respectable read speeds, Overall performance is just fine for most uses, Competitively priced, Bundle of accessories makes installation easy
Slow write speeds
When low capacity solid state drives started being more heavily promoted I couldn't see them being a practical solution. Sure, the prices were about as appealing as you could get with SSDs, but I wasn't sure 30GB was even enough to make them worth buyi...
