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The Kingston SSDNow V100 arrives in a striking purple accented box which highlights an image of the product on the front, as well as specifications on performance below. This particular model is rated at 250MB/s read and 230 MB/s write.
We received the Notebook upgrade bundle which includes the external USB 2.0 chassis and cable, Acronis True Image bootable DVD and literature. You can save £9 and get the drive on its own if you don't need any of these extras.
The external chassis deserves a special mention as it is a very neat little unit which offers USB 2.0 connectivity. By using Acronis you can mirror your current operating system drive across to the SSD without having to reinstall anything. A very welcome addition. You can also remove your current drive, plug it into the chassis then install the new SSD and boot from the DVD to mirror the OS across.
The Kingston SSD chassis is a metal coloured finish which looks great. There is a security sticker on the front, so removing the chassis will void your warranty. That is why we are here however, so you can see inside and hang onto your warranty.
This SSD utilises the Toshiba JMF618 controller which was designed in cooperation with JMicron. This is a new update to the JMF612 controller which means Kingston can offer a 256GB version of this drive to the consumer (using 32nm NAND). We can see 18 NAND flash memory chips which offer 8GB each. There is a Mira branded cache which also offers 64MB of memory to aid throughput.
Read a review on this on anandtech last week and already have it bookmarked for a purchase. stock seems to be limited however right now which sucks. Thanks for the article, good to see macintosh testing also,. a lot of people will be buying this for t heir macbooks as apple rip them off with their own SSD options.
128GB for under £200, is that a first?
Not a first I think some cheap make did a 120gb for less, but the performance was a suckfest.
Damn. I have been putting off getting an SSD for a year now, this might tip me over. 40GB are only 70 quid, but its far too small, ill end up hating myself going for something that small. 128gb is well usable.
I was looking at the crucial REALSSD, the 64GB model, which is £110 inc vat in the UK, and it has 355mb/s read speeds which is faster than this. the sad thing is though the write is only 70mb/s and I dont have a sata 6 port, so the 355mb/s will be wasted. the crucial realssd 128gb is 225 inc vat, but the write is still slower at 140mb/s
This kingston one is actually pretty much the best value i can see right now, anyone else find something better ?
CrucialREALSSD would be my top choice, cause ive a sata 6 port. otherside this one seems better. the write is quicker, but I dont think you notice that real world too much. otherwise the intel drives would be piled up in a landfill right now.
Price is good. kit is even better, thats a nice deal. I still am not sold on SSD. I know its faster, but im pretty patient, im in no rush to wait 15 seconds rather than 7. Might be different if I worked on a PC all day, but im a casual user. Good review once they get 1TB for £200 count me in 😉
I have one of the 40GB drives and the low rated write speeds dont make much of a difference, only in a few instances. generally the read is much moer important. In this product review however, the product is well balanced which is pretty much the first time for a product at this price. write was always low.
EXcellent product from kingston. they are doing well this year. id buy this, but i need to buy presents for christmas first :p lets hope another price drop happens in january!
im going to buy this when I get paid next week. thanks.
if you can find it AMD4EVER next week, please let us know 😉
The price is lower than anticipated http://www.dabs.com/products/kingston-128gb-ssdnow-v100-sata-300-2-5–solid-state-drive-desktop-bundle-7834.html
£170 inc vat !
Got one of these from Aria which arrived today – retail package but without the cables etc. – £150!!! (Something like £157 delivered)
Currently they have 5 in stock: http://www.aria.co.uk/SuperSpecials/Solid+State+Drives/Kingston+128GB+SSDNow+V100++2.5%22+SATA-II+Solid+State+Hard+Drive+?productId=42531
Bargain? I think so :).
153 Pounds, http://www.ebuyer.com/product/247001, 🙂
I just ordered me one of these drives from Ebuyer really doof value at £152 can’t wait to see what the SSD fuss is all about.
Got it for £90 inc delivery brand new on ebay :D:D:D