14 DAY TRIAL // Around a week ago, we've let in you in on a little “secret”, namely Kingston's plans of refreshing their SSDNow V series solid state drives, and sure enough, the company delivered on its promise right on time by rolling out the SSDNow V100 range, that targets mainstream consumers in particular.
The V100 expands the V Series line with the addition of a 256GB capacity drive (however, it's also available in 64GB and 128GB capacities), while also delivering Windows 7 TRIM support and featuring an optimized controller and advanced NAND Flash technology for increased read and write performance.
And since we're reached the topic of performance, we'll have to point out that the new mainstream SSDs from Kingston can reach read speeds of up to 250MB/sec., while write speeds aren't far behind, since we're talking about up to 230MB/sec for 128GB & 256GB models and up to 145MB.sec. for the 64GB version.
Moreover, the drives managed to attain some pretty high scores during the internal testing process, the PCMark Vantage HDD Suite Score for the 64GB model reaching 19,932 points, while the 128GB model delivered 20,571 points and the 256GB flavor 19,910 points.
"We are determined to stimulate the consumer upgrade market through Kingston's various upgrade bundle kits that provide cloning software and all of the accessories needed to advance one's desktop or notebook PC from a hard-disk drive to an SSD," said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston.
"Our new SSDNow V100 drives do just that as they represent the best value for an affordable upgrade solution with a low price vs. performance ratio," Mr. Perez added.
The SSDNow V100 drives ship as either a stand-alone unit or as an upgrade bundle kit, the desktop bundle kit featuring the SSD, cloning software, cables (SATA data and power), and 3.5″ hard-drive mounting Brackets and hardware, while the notebook bundle includes the SSD, cloning software and a 2.5″ external enclosure allowing the replaced hard drive to be used as extra storage.
Of course, pricing depends directly on the storage capacity and whether you opt for the standalone drive, the notebook or the desktop bundles, ranging between 119 and 489 US dollars for the drives themselves and between 129 and 499 US dollars for the notebook and desktop bundles.