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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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You're on a budget. You want to know if it'd be better to stripe a couple of smaller SSDs or simply buy one larger performance-oriented drive...
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...
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Kingston's budget 40GB Intel X25-V didn't last very long after with Intel, and was replaced with the newer 30GB model we're reviewing today. Kingston's budget V-Series has done well for the company. Enthusiasts may have complained that its const...
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 S...
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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...
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insidehw.com Updated:
2013-11-13 18:25:25
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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...
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Ever since solid state drives (SSDs) found their way into the consumer market, many users have praised these devices for the impressive performance gains that one could expect as opposed to using a traditional hard disk (HDD) as a storage solution. Af...
On the whole, we got to say that we were not very impressed with the Kingston SSDNow V. While it had the stock HDD in the SL410 soundly beaten in most aspects, it failed to shine in the one area which mattered most: its random write performance. And w...
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29, 30, 31… The numbers flashed rapidly as I watched my stopwatch while timing how long it took to boot into Windows 7 and load the startup programs. Stopping the clock at 32.5 seconds, Kingston’s 30GB, SSDNow V-Series, solid state drive performed impr...
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...
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We've seen some very fast SSDs over the last while, but they remain very expensive, generally too expensive for most users. High prices are always a stumbling block to new tech adoption, and SSDs are no different. However, there may be relief on the ho...
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...
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xbitlabs.com Updated:
2013-11-13 18:25:28
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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...
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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...
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It may come as a surprise to a few readers that Kingston would put out a 30GB SSD boot drive when they already made and »shipped a 40GB version. Kingston listened to feedback from the community and wanted to provide TRIM and garbage collection support...
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...
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Upgrading from a normal hard drive to a solid state drive can be quite expensive and for most people it really does not make that much sense. Solid state capacities are getting larger, but that just brings the price of the drives up even higher. Ki...
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...
None that I found...
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Kingston has released another SSD boot drive and this time it is of the 30GB variety with a JMicron/Toshiba controller and being the lowest capacity drive in the SSDNow V Series lineup. SSD boot drives are an economical approach to getting into the...
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...
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Back in October of last year I took a look at the Kingston SSDNow V Series 40gb SSD boot drive, well Kingston has upgraded their SSD boot drive with TRIM support now. Today for review I’ve got that new version but it’s only a 30gb drive as opposed to...
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...
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SSD drives are the future of storage, but it will be a while before they entirely replace mechanical hard disks, the main reason being the cost of course. Some companies out there though have recognized this and have introduced lower priced or value...
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...
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SSDs (Solid State Drives) hold the prospect of improving performance even further for a top-of-the-line laptop or PC. The Kingston SSDNow V Series is worth considering for three reasons. It gives a speed boost, is fairly inexpensive by SSD standards a...
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...
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An SSD (Solid State Drive) holds the prospect of improving performance even further for a top-of-the-line laptop or PC. The Kingston SSDNow V Series is worth considering for three reasons. It gives a speed boost, is fairly inexpensive by SSD standards...
Capacity, Price...
Performance...
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...
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Generally, when we think of ways to increase our computer's performance, the first thing that naturally comes to mind is to upgrade the processor. Or, as a gamer, you may think to upgrade the graphics card first. But, regardless of your preferred orde...
The hard disk drive has always been a stalwart, if not a not-so-silent workhose. As long as it gets the job done, works, and gives us a reasonable assurance that our data isn't going to vanish into digital oblivion anytime soon, it just isn't thought...
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Computerpoweruser.com Updated:
2013-11-13 18:25:38
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If you haven’t experienced the benefits of an ultra-low-latency SSD as your OS/application volume, we highly recommend it. With its relatively low price and included migration tools, the Kingston 40GB SSDNow V-Series might be all the motivation you’ll need.
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From the moment that we heard of the new 40GB Kingston SSD, we couldn't help but get our hopes up. Who knows if (or more likely, when) SSD drives will ever completely replace spinning platters with all the digital media people collect today, so rather tha...
At less than $100, the Kingston 40GB SSD is a superb value and is certainly a solid system upgrade. If you're building a new system and can spare the extra cash, don't even think about it -- you won't regret having an SSD at the helm. The fact is there ju...
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Find more Motherboards.org Video Reviews...
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While many readers already know the benefits of SSDs, companies are now trying to fit the relatively small storage size of SSDs (compared to traditional magnetic storage) into a new category. There are a few brands of SSDs that have sizes that many rea...
Newegg has this drive for $130 at the time of writing. This is an excellent price to get your feet wet in the SSD market and gain some overall system speed in the process. If you've been on the fence about purchasing a SSD over price, this might spur...
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In our pursuit for better performance in our computer systems, we've seen some amazing technological advancements, and most are often quickly adopted and become the new norm. But it is the hard drive that has remained the bottleneck in our PC setups, l...
The Kingston SSDNow V-Series 40GB Solid State Drive is a bit of a misnomer. It really shares no similarities with its V Series sibling, nor its V+ cousin either, both in terms of internal architecture and performance results. This drive should have a d...
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The biggest obstacle to mainstreaming SSD's has been price per gigabyte and overall cost of individual SSD's. Leave it to Kingston to break the price barrier and deliver a 40GB Kingston SSDNow for a measly $115 (Before MIR). Not only are they deliveri...
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...
Price Still Higher Than Traditional Platter Drives, Write Speed Mediocre...
We've been waiting for SSD's to drop in price so they can mainstream and this may be the first shot in the mainstream war. It's not quite what we were hoping for but with the $85 (after MIR) price tag the Kingston SSDNow V is a major step in t...
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A few weeks ago Kingston announced a new addition to their SSDNow V series line. This new drive, dubbed '40GB Boot Drive', is meant to try and get SSD performance in the hands of more users. SSD enthusiasts like myself face a constant uphill battle...
Kingston certainly surprised us by taking the initiative to work with Intel and release their own 'custom' version of the X25-M G2. While the 50% reduction in flash channels effectively cut most of the specifications in half, read speeds and rand...
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itp.net Updated:
2013-11-13 18:25:43
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Although SSD drives offer tremendous performance these storage devices carry a price premium compared to standard, spindle-based hard drives. With its SSDNow V Series line Kingston is targeting cash-strapped buyers interested in getting on the SSD band...
A quick option that offers desktop PC users an inexpensive way into the world of SSDs...
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benchmarkreviews.com Updated:
2013-11-13 18:25:43
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Benchmark Reviews begins our conclusion with a short summary for each of the areas that we rate. The first section is performance, which considers how effective the Kingston SSDNow V 40GB Boot Drive SSD performs in operations against direct competitor...
Very good 197 MBps read bandwidth with ATTO Benchmark, 2nd-generation Intel PC29AS21BA0 SSD controller boosts IOPS, Very low 0.16 ms random access time, Outstanding total-package value, Resistant to extreme shock impact, Lightweight compact storage sol...
Unimpressive 47 MBps write bandwidth with ATTO Benchmark, Metal case is heavier and less durable than plastic, Low 40GB storage capacity, Lacks integrated USB 2.0 MiniB data connection, No public firmware updates available...
Benchmark Reviews begins our conclusion with a short summary for each of the areas that we rate. The first section is performance, which considers how effective the Kingston SSDNow V 40GB Boot Drive SSD performs in operations against direct competitor...
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Product page on Testfreaks: More Hard Drive Reviews,Manufacturer: Kingston,Product name: Kingston SSDNow V Series SSD Drives...
Very fast read speeds, Everything included in bundle, Low cost, Fairly easy installation...
uming when moving files and folders...
The Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot drive is a cost effective way to increase the overall performance of your system. This drive has very fast read speeds which will allow your system to boot and shut down faster and overall increase access perform...
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In the world of performance storage, users will soon be polarised into the haves and the have-nots; whether you have an SSD or not. The huge impact they can make on a performance PC, especially when it comes to boot times, installing patches and the ge...
As a single performance drive for use in a desktop system it’s a miss then, although it’ll undoubtedly be a lot more tempting for laptop or netbook users. £80 is a reasonable ask and on these mobile platforms where sequential write perfor...
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Despite the rapid price drops of decent sized solid state drives, pricing limits them from reaching the average consumer. The marketing has also convinced us that it takes the largest and flashiest hard drives to get the best performance which means...
Before you go kicking your platter drives out the window, it’s obvious that the purpose of the Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB solid state drive isn’t to replace your current platter drive entirely. In fact, its purpose is only intended to take over Ope...
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Kingston has been offering Solid-State Drives (SSDs) to consumers since they introduced their SSDNow family of drives back at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The first two products in its SSDNow line of SSDs were the SSDNow E Series...
The Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive has an inexpensive price tag, but don't let that fool you. It is an Intel 34nm Gen 2 SSD in disguise! If you like this article, be sure to !...
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Kingston today announced the release of the SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive, the latest addition to its V (Value) family of solid-state drives (SSD). This drive will cost a mere $84.99 after rebates when it is launched on November 9, 2009. You'll be sh...
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The world's largest memory maker, Kingston Technology, has several SSD models on the market. Today, we take a look at their mainstream V Series drive. Featuring a desktop installation kit, the V Series sports a 128GB capacity, 100MB/s read speed, and 8...
Consumers will appreciate the desktop installation bundle included with this product. And at $284, the V Series is the most affordable 128GB drive available. The catch is that Kingston's V Series SSD features read / write speeds found in previous gene...
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While hard drive makers are scrambling to gain new technologies for the coming transition to all SSDs, memory makers are taking the move in stride as it is their technology that is driving the market. For manufacturers such as Kingston, SSDs give anoth...
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Lets face it unless you are getting a new computer you really are not even thinking about upgrading your hard drive to a solid state drive (SSD). The main reason for this is cost, and capacity. No one wants to pay close to $500 for a 64GB hard drive!...
Price, Performs as advertised, Kingston has fixed the lag problem with the JMicron controller, Included bundle...
None that I found!...
It is great to see a company like Kingston trying to make it easier for consumers to get their hands on some affordable SSD drives. Not many companies would do this, especially with the way the economy is right now. While these drives are slower than...
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SSDs are an important evolution in the computer hardware field, offering greater reliability, no moving parts and higher transfer speeds. The hold back on SSDs has been price, with an unfavorable price per gigabyte ratio they have been slow in gaini...
Complete Kit, Low Power...
Higher Per Gigabyte Cost Than Platter Drives...
The Kingston SSDNow 128GB Notebook upgrade kit retails for about $219.99 (at time of post) and includes the SSDNow 128GB drive, the External Enclosure, and a bootable Acronis that can clone any drives you need cloned. Figuring that the typical Drive e...
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Kingston is a company that specializes in memory and since the new SSD drives work off different types of flash memory, this product line is right up their alley. Being a memory company is risky business as this is the most volatile market there is and...
There is no disputing that the new SSD storage devices are the wave of the future, and Kingston has done a solid job of bringing a variety of these new products to the market. This SSD drive is geared for the mainstream user and even though it’s still...
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The price of solid state drives has dropped dramatically in the past year, but budget-conscious upgraders still face a difficult choice: Spend well over $300 for a 128GB SSD, or spend less for a much lower capacity (64GB or 32GB), or a much slower 7,20...
Good value, Solid application open times, Comes with upgrade kit, Attractive casing...
Weak write performance, Poor performance under stress...
While this solid state drive costs less than its competitors, its performance could be improved.
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Since their release, SSD’s have been targeted towards the enthusiast and enterprise market by offering fast writes and blazing reads. This leaves the majority of consumers and small businesses high and dry. Kingston hopes to remedy this with their n...
SSD’s offer many benefits to users, mostly in the form of high read and write speeds. One key advantage is there are no moving parts in SSD’s. This makes all SSD’s silent and decreases their power consumption. The lack of moving parts al...
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Sixty-four gigabyte is now a widely accepted starting point, with the OS and key applications (mostly file-read once installed, with fewer write operations) are on the SSD for a quick boot, while the data and swap files should be on a secondary HDD. H...
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hardwaregeeks.com Updated:
2013-11-13 18:25:57
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A few weeks ago I received the Kingston SSDNow Vseries Desktop kit, basically it’s a kit that will allow you to upgrade your desktop hard drive to an SSD Drive. Now you may be asking yourself why would you want an SSD drive in your desktop? Well it wil...
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Compared to a traditional hard drive, a Solid State Drive (SSD) can easily accelerate performance, eliminate noise, and be a more robust solution for the daily grind. It's no wonder that SSDs are one of the most anticipated computer technologies th...
The Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV125-S2BD/128GB 2.5 inch SATA SSD is hands down one of the best bang for your buck SSDs!...
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Solid State Drives (SSDs) have muscled into the computer storage world in a big way of late, but they remain very expensive and out of reach for all but the well-heeled or performance junkies. Mainstream users in most instances are left out in the cold...
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When the subject of Solid State Drives or “SSD”comes up, price and storage capacity are still the two main obstacles facing the product category. Although issues with early controllers dampened their start, things have improved. Reliability has increa...
and Concluson So the question is, do we need a Kingston SSDnow V-Series…now? The answer to the question depends on what purpose an SSD fulfills. If you need the drive for a special purpose and performance, then even this value oriented 128GB model wi...
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2 010 is the year where we have seen a lot of roadmaps, launches, rev. versions, chipsets, competition and new type of hardware/ softwares launched, ultimately being beneficial for end users with specific needs and/or desires. This is the year of the tige...
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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...
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SSD drives are the future of storage, but it will be a while before they entirely replace mechanical hard disks, the main reason being the cost of course. Some companies out there though have recognized this and have introduced lower priced or value...
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...
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SSDs (Solid State Drives) hold the prospect of improving performance even further for a top-of-the-line laptop or PC. The Kingston SSDNow V Series is worth considering for three reasons. It gives a speed boost, is fairly inexpensive by SSD standards a...
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...
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hardwarelogic.com Updated:
2011-08-17 15:15:41
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The world's largest memory maker, Kingston Technology, has several SSD models on the market. Today, we take a look at their mainstream V Series drive. Featuring a desktop installation kit, the V Series sports a 128GB capacity, 100MB/s read speed, and 8...
Consumers will appreciate the desktop installation bundle included with this product. And at $284, the V Series is the most affordable 128GB drive available. The catch is that Kingston's V Series SSD features read / write speeds found in previous gene...
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Lets face it unless you are getting a new computer you really are not even thinking about upgrading your hard drive to a solid state drive (SSD). The main reason for this is cost, and capacity. No one wants to pay close to $500 for a 64GB hard drive!...
Price, Performs as advertised, Kingston has fixed the lag problem with the JMicron controller, Included bundle...
None that I found!...
It is great to see a company like Kingston trying to make it easier for consumers to get their hands on some affordable SSD drives. Not many companies would do this, especially with the way the economy is right now. While these drives are slower than...
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SSDs are an important evolution in the computer hardware field, offering greater reliability, no moving parts and higher transfer speeds. The hold back on SSDs has been price, with an unfavorable price per gigabyte ratio they have been slow in gaini...
Complete Kit, Low Power...
Higher Per Gigabyte Cost Than Platter Drives...
The Kingston SSDNow 128GB Notebook upgrade kit retails for about $219.99 (at time of post) and includes the SSDNow 128GB drive, the External Enclosure, and a bootable Acronis that can clone any drives you need cloned. Figuring that the typical Drive e...
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The price of solid state drives has dropped dramatically in the past year, but budget-conscious upgraders still face a difficult choice: Spend well over $300 for a 128GB SSD, or spend less for a much lower capacity (64GB or 32GB), or a much slower 7,20...
Good value, Solid application open times, Comes with upgrade kit, Attractive casing...
Weak write performance, Poor performance under stress...
While this solid state drive costs less than its competitors, its performance could be improved.
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Compared to a traditional hard drive, a Solid State Drive (SSD) can easily accelerate performance, eliminate noise, and be a more robust solution for the daily grind. It's no wonder that SSDs are one of the most anticipated computer technologies th...
The Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV125-S2BD/128GB 2.5 inch SATA SSD is hands down one of the best bang for your buck SSDs!...
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When the subject of Solid State Drives or “SSD”comes up, price and storage capacity are still the two main obstacles facing the product category. Although issues with early controllers dampened their start, things have improved. Reliability has increa...
and Concluson So the question is, do we need a Kingston SSDnow V-Series…now? The answer to the question depends on what purpose an SSD fulfills. If you need the drive for a special purpose and performance, then even this value oriented 128GB model wi...
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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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You're on a budget. You want to know if it'd be better to stripe a couple of smaller SSDs or simply buy one larger performance-oriented drive...
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...
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Kingston's budget 40GB Intel X25-V didn't last very long after with Intel, and was replaced with the newer 30GB model we're reviewing today. Kingston's budget V-Series has done well for the company. Enthusiasts may have complained that its const...
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...
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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...
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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...
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Upgrading from a normal hard drive to a solid state drive can be quite expensive and for most people it really does not make that much sense. Solid state capacities are getting larger, but that just brings the price of the drives up even higher. Ki...
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...
None that I found...
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Kingston has released another SSD boot drive and this time it is of the 30GB variety with a JMicron/Toshiba controller and being the lowest capacity drive in the SSDNow V Series lineup. SSD boot drives are an economical approach to getting into the...
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...
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Back in October of last year I took a look at the Kingston SSDNow V Series 40gb SSD boot drive, well Kingston has upgraded their SSD boot drive with TRIM support now. Today for review I’ve got that new version but it’s only a 30gb drive as opposed to...
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...
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Generally, when we think of ways to increase our computer's performance, the first thing that naturally comes to mind is to upgrade the processor. Or, as a gamer, you may think to upgrade the graphics card first. But, regardless of your preferred orde...
The hard disk drive has always been a stalwart, if not a not-so-silent workhose. As long as it gets the job done, works, and gives us a reasonable assurance that our data isn't going to vanish into digital oblivion anytime soon, it just isn't thought...
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The biggest obstacle to mainstreaming SSD's has been price per gigabyte and overall cost of individual SSD's. Leave it to Kingston to break the price barrier and deliver a 40GB Kingston SSDNow for a measly $115 (Before MIR). Not only are they deliveri...
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...
Price Still Higher Than Traditional Platter Drives, Write Speed Mediocre...
We've been waiting for SSD's to drop in price so they can mainstream and this may be the first shot in the mainstream war. It's not quite what we were hoping for but with the $85 (after MIR) price tag the Kingston SSDNow V is a major step in t...
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pcper.com Updated:
2011-10-09 02:17:46
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A few weeks ago Kingston announced a new addition to their SSDNow V series line. This new drive, dubbed '40GB Boot Drive', is meant to try and get SSD performance in the hands of more users. SSD enthusiasts like myself face a constant uphill battle...
Kingston certainly surprised us by taking the initiative to work with Intel and release their own 'custom' version of the X25-M G2. While the 50% reduction in flash channels effectively cut most of the specifications in half, read speeds and rand...
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Product page on Testfreaks: More Hard Drive Reviews,Manufacturer: Kingston,Product name: Kingston SSDNow V Series SSD Drives...
Very fast read speeds, Everything included in bundle, Low cost, Fairly easy installation...
uming when moving files and folders...
The Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot drive is a cost effective way to increase the overall performance of your system. This drive has very fast read speeds which will allow your system to boot and shut down faster and overall increase access perform...
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In the world of performance storage, users will soon be polarised into the haves and the have-nots; whether you have an SSD or not. The huge impact they can make on a performance PC, especially when it comes to boot times, installing patches and the ge...
As a single performance drive for use in a desktop system it’s a miss then, although it’ll undoubtedly be a lot more tempting for laptop or netbook users. £80 is a reasonable ask and on these mobile platforms where sequential write perfor...
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Despite the rapid price drops of decent sized solid state drives, pricing limits them from reaching the average consumer. The marketing has also convinced us that it takes the largest and flashiest hard drives to get the best performance which means...
Before you go kicking your platter drives out the window, it’s obvious that the purpose of the Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB solid state drive isn’t to replace your current platter drive entirely. In fact, its purpose is only intended to take over Ope...
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Kingston has been offering Solid-State Drives (SSDs) to consumers since they introduced their SSDNow family of drives back at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The first two products in its SSDNow line of SSDs were the SSDNow E Series...
The Kingston SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive has an inexpensive price tag, but don't let that fool you. It is an Intel 34nm Gen 2 SSD in disguise! If you like this article, be sure to !...
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pricemo.com Updated:
2011-10-09 02:17:47
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Kingston today announced the release of the SSDNow V Series 40GB Boot Drive, the latest addition to its V (Value) family of solid-state drives (SSD). This drive will cost a mere $84.99 after rebates when it is launched on November 9, 2009. You'll be sh...
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Theinquirer.net Updated:
2011-10-09 02:17:48
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Sixty-four gigabyte is now a widely accepted starting point, with the OS and key applications (mostly file-read once installed, with fewer write operations) are on the SSD for a quick boot, while the data and swap files should be on a secondary HDD. H...
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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...
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