Testseek.co.uk 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
(65%)
11 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Pluses
Worth a look to boost your aging laptop at limited cost
Good read performance
Faster than a hard disk
Software included
Huge read performance in RAID
Very cheap for an SSD
TRIM support
Less than £100
Speedy
No stutter
The editors didn't like
Minuses
Mediocre write speeds
Particularly for small files
TRIM support essential to conserve decent levels of performance
"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
Middle of the road transfer rates compared to higher priced SSDs, Price still needs a big drop to compete with hard drives
As mainstream solid state drives evolve, people have started to expect two things in particular; better performance and lower prices. These two generally don't go hand in hand, whether you're talking about computer components or anything else, but get...
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...
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 ...
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...
Abstract: 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...
Abstract: 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...
Abstract: 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...
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...
