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
The Kingston SSDNow V-Series 30GB Solid State Drive is a bit of an interesting animal. It continues in the confusing trend of having different internal architectures and successive technologies each sharing the same V moniker in Kingston's SSD lineup. ...
Abstract: Benchmarking solid state drives is a highly exciting venture as it is always unpredictable and prone to produce heaps of new information. With hard disk drives, dramatic innovations occur but rarely and you often can foretell how the particular model i...
Abstract: Benchmarking solid state drives is a highly exciting venture as it is always unpredictable and prone to produce heaps of new information. With hard disk drives, dramatic innovations occur but rarely and you often can foretell how the particular model i...
Abstract: The story goes like this: Intel let Kingston build a value version of its X25-M G2 drives. This became the 40GB Kingston V Series Boot Drive. When Intel added TRIM support to the G2 drives, Kingston was told to wait. Kingston would get TRIM support wh...
By the time this review is posted, the drive will be available from a few different stores. You can check Amazon and Newegg right now to get a great deal on this just released product. While we think it is an excellent deal at the MSRP of $125 ($110 if...
For those looking to get an SSD but can’t afford the $4+/GB prices of most drives, the Kingston 30GB V Series boot drive is an attractive option due to its pricing which trumps the lackluster writes. You won’t see the performance of the more expensiv...
Great price for people to get their hands on a SSD, Performs as advertised, The desktop bundle has everything you need to install the drive, Supports Windows 7 TRIM
Faster than Kingston specs, TRIM Support, Inexpensive
Rather slow write speeds
The Kinston SSDNow V Series Boot Drive is an inexpensive and easy solution to speed up your computer.The price of SSD drives now is still very high, and unfortunately out of reach for a lot of people out there, the Kingston SSDNow V boot drive offers ...
Decent speeds overall, Includes everything you need to upgrade the HDD in your notebook, Includes nice USB enclosure
None really
The new generation of the Kingston SSDNow V series of SSD drives provides a nice performance improvement over the first generation, and of course TRIM support is a welcome addition. Sure there are faster drives out there, but they’re not Value price...
The Kingston SSDNow V-Series 128 GB drive is a reasonable trade-off between the factors of price, data capacity and speed/performance. It might have performed better, but the drive's onboard controller holds it back. While considering this SSD, take i...
