Testseek.co.uk have collected 83 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.
September 2009
(80%)
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The editors liked
Performs well in real world tests
Performs well in some benchmarks
Runs cool
Uses a tiny amount of power
Looks great
Trusted manufacturer
Fast performance
Versatile for desktop and laptops
Backup facility
Fantastic in RAID
The editors didn't like
Doesnt like random reads and writes of small files
Firmware not upgradeable by the end user
Needs to be slightly cheaper to be competative (At least in the UK)
Performs well in real world tests, Performs well in some benchmarks, Runs cool, Uses a tiny amount of power, Looks great
Doesnt like random reads and writes of small files, Firmware not upgradeable by the end user, Needs to be slightly cheaper to be competative (At least in the UK)
Testing the V+ was an enjoyable process, but it does leave us with a bit of a dilemma - On one hand, we have near faultless real world performance in the tests, yet on the other hand, some of the benchmark scores are quite low, even for a Samsung base...
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Published: 2010-11-22, Author: Jackson , review by: makeuseof.com
Abstract: Have you switched to using solid state drives yet? Over the last few months, the prices of SSDs have generally taken a fall. Nowadays, you'll easily find an affordable one on Amazon to replace the hard drive in your laptop and give it a new breath of life...
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 ......
At the start we wondered if the increased capacity of the 256GB version of the Kingston SSD Now V+ would lead to an increase or a decrease in performance over the 64GB capacity V+ we tested in December 09.Clearly throughout our testing it shows a marked i...
Windows 7 TRIM support, Four size capacities, Works with either Desktop or Laptop configurations
Expensive
One of the knocks about Kingston SSDs has been the lack of Windows 7 TRIM support; thankfully Kingston has put this issue to rest as the SSD saving technology is now built into their V+ Series Drives. The advertised speeds of 230MB/s read and 180MB/s ...
Expensive, Low capacity compared to standard hard drives
The SSDNow V+ is a middle-of-the-road SSD that, when compared to standard spinning hard drives, offers limited capacity, a high price per gigabyte and fast performance. Compared to other SSDs, the SSDNow V+ offers decent performance, comparable price ...
Abstract: With the size of pages and blocks of NAND increasing on these new chips, the controllers that use them will be aiming to make up for the losses in speed for smaller accesses that are inherent in these changes. Moreover, while this flash memory doesn't seem affected and still has an endurance of 5000 write cycl..
Abstract: As a memory manufacturer with a a long history of retail experience, Kingston appears to have a different strategy for their solid state drive products. By bundling it with a USB enclosure, Kingston has taken the solid state drive out of the realm of ....
