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
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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...
Abstract: Earlier this year I saw a demonstration of Solid State Storage demonstrated at an event currently I understand it is available in 64 and 128GB. I was sent a 64GB unit to review by Kingston, their price seems quite reasonable....
Kingston's SSDNow V Series 40GB Desktop Upgrade Kit is a bit like a Mini with a sports car's engine under its bonnet. It performs like a champion in some areas and terribly in others, but its low capacity is matched by a relatively cheap price making it a...
Gives a real speed boost, and includes all the parts and software you will need Good points Faster than a hard disk; software included Bad points Expensive per gigabyte; other SSDs are faster ...
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Kingston's decision to release a relatively cheap but decent-performing SSD, to perform as a boot drive, means it's needed to adopt some different underlying technology than used on any previous SSDNow model.Grouping SSD speed and value in a single s...
The Kingston SSDNow V-series 64GB notebook kit falls short when evaluated in pure performance terms, sure, but it provides a tenable option for consumers looking for a flexible storage upgrade for a notebook or mid-power PC....
