14 DAY TRIAL // Kingston, one of the world's leading vendors of Flash-based storage solutions and memory products, has announced today the expansion of its new family of SSD V series drives with the debut of the SSD 40GB accelerator drive. According to the company, this new product has been designed as a cost-effective way to accelerate the performance of a desktop computer system, by improving boot times and application load times. While it doesn't provide the highest capacity in its class, the new SSD does deliver an impressive read performance, making for an ideal choice for PC users looking to boost the performance of their PCs in an affordable manner.
“The SSDNow V Series 40GB Accelerator Drive offers instant performance enhancement and lower power consumption on existing systems at a fraction of the cost of a new system,” said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston Digital. “In real-world numbers this means that by upgrading with an SSDNow 40GB drive, you can speed up open and close times of web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, and programs like iTunes or Photoshop by almost 4 times over existing regular desktops hard-disk drives.”
According to the technical specifications of the new drive, users will be able to take advantage of read speeds of up to 170MB/s, while write speeds have been rated at 40MB/s. The drive comes in a 2.5-inch form factor and is bundled with 3.5-inch Brackets and mounting screws, making it a reliable upgrade for desktop PC users. The bundle also provides users with SATA data and power cables, as well as a cloning software that will enable the user to clone the content of a hard drive to the new SSD, thus eliminating the need to go through a new OS installation process.
Said to become available starting early next month, namely on November the 9th, the new drives will be priced at a suggested US$123 for the desktop bundle kit and US$117 for the standalone SSD. For a deeper look at what this new SSD has to offer, be sure to check our review of Kingston’s SSDNow V 40GB SSD.