Testseek.com have collected 111 expert reviews of the Kingston 2.5 inch SSDNOW V+200 Series SATA600 and the average rating is 79%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Kingston 2.5 inch SSDNOW V+200 Series SATA600.
April 2012
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Performance Levels
Rich Bundle
Price/Capacity Ratio
24/7 Support
3 Years Warranty
All Inclusive Upgrade Kit
Out of the Box Overprovisioning for Increased Performance and Longevity
DuraClass™ technology
DuraWrite™ extends the endurance of SSDs
Intelligent Block Management and Wear Leveling
Intelligent Read Disturb Management
Intelligent “Recycling” for advance free space management (Garbage Collection)
RAISE™ (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements)
Intellige
Solid performance
Smart case design with consideration for thermal dissipation
Great low-queue depth 4K random write speed
Available in 60GB
90GB
120GB
240GB and 480GB capacities
SandForce SF-2281 processor with DuraClass
DuraWrite and RAISE technologies
Excellent sequential read and write speeds
SATA 6Gb/s interface
Supports SMART
TRIM and Garbage Collection
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Good write performance. Included accessory kit is a full-featured upgrade solution. Affordable.
Excellent operation as a system drive
Excellent sequential read/write speeds on sequential data
Very good access times
SATA 6Gbps support
External case and cloning software included in the package
TRIM support under Windows 7
Fast operating sys
Good performance vs. price
Upgrade kit includes everything needed -- even for laptop
Well implemented cloning software
3 year warranty.
Includes upgrade kit and cloning software
Fast speeds
Competitive pricing
Three year warranty
The editors didn't like
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High Cost Per GB
High Price/Performance Ratio
Asynchronous NAND Flash
HiTech Legion Silver Award
Slipped behind other 120-128GB SSDs in business workloads
Considerably slower with incompressible data
Asynchronous NAND flash
Inconsistent read performance. Utilizes last-generation transfer technologies
The Kingston V+ 200 shows the performance numbers of what is typical of a SandForce powered solid state drive. Much of the time we saw the V+ 200 number were pretty constant across the board. Some times we are so focused on the peak and valleys of the...
All Inclusive Upgrade Kit, Out of the Box Overprovisioning for Increased Performance and Longevity, DuraClass™ technology, DuraWrite™ extends the endurance of SSDs, Intelligent Block Management and Wear Leveling, Intelligent Read Disturb Management, Intelligent “Recycling” for advance free space management (Garbage Collection), RAISE™ (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements), Intellige
High Cost Per GB, High Price/Performance Ratio, Asynchronous NAND Flash, HiTech Legion Silver Award
Upgrades to SSD are becoming more and more common with prices dropping and speeds increasing on the drives. Kingston has accumulated a nice all in one package with the V+200 90GB to simplify the upgrade process and add some functionality with the inclu...
Includes upgrade kit and cloning software, Fast speeds, Competitive pricing, Three year warranty
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The Kingston SSDNow V+200 Drive is a worthy performer as it is close in performance to the enthusiast branded Kingston HyperX SSD. While there are some performance tradeoffs you may notice them unless running side by side with an enthusiast SSD.Kingst...
Kingston designed this as a professional series asynchronous SSD for users who want a little more performance without paying the full price that accompanies asynchronous SSD. This saves users anywhere from $75 to $100 depending on the commodity price o...
Published: 2012-03-15, Author: Joe , review by: legitreviews.com
Though not the fastest drive Kingston offers, the performance of the SSDNow V+200 is commensurate with its reasonable pricing and for many users, the cost and reliability are king....
As we've said before and we'll continue to preach at any opportunity we get, the biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional plattered hard drive; after using an SSD in your system you'll wonder how you ever survived without one previously....
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Published: 2012-02-28, Author: Matthew , review by: pcmag.com
Good write performance. Included accessory kit is a full-featured upgrade solution. Affordable.
Inconsistent read performance. Utilizes last-generation transfer technologies
The Kingston SSDNow V+200 kit provides a no-nonsense way to upgrade your spinning drives to SSD speed, but parts of the package are a bit too backward-looking....
As we've said before and we'll continue to preach at any opportunity we get, the biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional plattered hard drive; after using an SSD in your system you'll wonder how you ever survived without one previously....
The Kingston V+200 120GB is the perfect bridge between consumer and enterprise level SSDs. Although it's not as fast as some of the enthusiast class SSDs out there, it can definitely go toe to toe with other SSDs in its class. As far as durability/reliabi...
Good performance vs. price, Upgrade kit includes everything needed -- even for laptop, Well implemented cloning software, 3 year warranty.
Low read speed under heavily threaded performance
The performance of the Kingston 200V+ exceeds budget SSD speeds with a budget price, due to the latest revision SandForce controller. Though its read speeds can dip under heavily threaded performance, in other tests, the SSDNow easily holds its own. I...
