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
real world performance, Excellent small (4k) write performance, Best in class accessories (desktop upgrade kit only), Uses the Intel X25M generation 2 controller
Size, Only 32mb of slow onboard cache, Controller is only working in 5 channel mode, Abysmally low sequential file write speed, Lacking Trim support (right now)
Reviewing a drive such as the Kingston SSDNow V-Series is a bit of a tough proposition because of the conflicts we all have within us when it comes to budget-oriented products. The enthusiast in our hearts cries out again and again for blistering, eyeb...
Easy upgrade path, Great performance over HDD, Price, Three year warranty, 24/7 Tech support...
Manual comes as PDF on disk...
The Kingston SSDNow V-Series SSD does exactly what it set out to do. It offers great performance, an easy upgrade path, and comes in at a great price. While the upgrade might not be as easy as adding a new stick of memory to your system, most users wi...
Published: 2009-08-11, Author: Chris , review by: tweaktown.com
We have taken a look at the V Series performance compared to many of today’s latest and greatest drives and found that it runs about half of the speed of the best on the market. There is one area that none of these over achievers can begin to compar...
This article aims at enthusiasts who want to maximize storage performance and those who want to know how to best spend their moneyby either purchasing a single SSD or by going with a couple of low-budget, low-capacity solid state drives. Since most reta...
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 benchmark suite. All told, this roundup includes a total of 24 SSDs to compare. Which drive is right for yo...
Abstract: It should be noted that the 30GB model is really aimed at being a boot/OS drive and those who want to install applications without a dedicated storage drive will want to purchase the higher capacity models in the series (64GB for £99) or combine two of these in RAID 0, doubling..
Abstract: High prices for solid-state disks (SSDs) have historically restricted the business market to enterprises requiring performance for large databases or financial services, where microseconds really matter...
