Kingston SSD, smaller, cheaper, faster: 30Gb with 50Mb/s write speed

jmke · 13th January 2010, 14:57

What about performance? The 30GB SSDNow V Series can purportedly reach top sequential speeds of 180MB/s when reading and 50MB/s when writing, and Kingston has implemented TRIM support, so transfer rates shouldn't drop too much over time. Those numbers are a little higher than what Intel quotes for the $130 X25-V (170MB/s read, 35MB/s write), especially on the write front, but even a 50MB/s write speed isn't going to make any mechanical drives jealous. Rather, the 30GB SSDNow V Series' appeal comes largely from its price. Kingston quotes a $109.99 MSRP, but it says U.S. customers will be able to nab the drive for $79.99 "after rebates" when it hits stores next month.

http://techreport.com/discussions.x/18292

jmke · 13th January 2010, 14:57

Quote:

Kingston quotes a $109.99 MSRP

at that price, it's way too expensive.

blackened · 13th January 2010, 18:45

I agree. If I didnt get 2 30gb Vertex drives for that price I would still be using an old school hdd today. I had them running in raid0 "boot drive", but since TRIM doesnt support raid volumes, I have them split and just install games on the spare drive. Win7 and all the apps I need dont even take up 20gb on the one drive. And that setup only works for me because I already have 4x500gb drives arranged in 2 1tb raid0 arrays.

13th January 2010, 14:57	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 79,013	Kingston SSD, smaller, cheaper, faster: 30Gb with 50Mb/s write speed What about performance? The 30GB SSDNow V Series can purportedly reach top sequential speeds of 180MB/s when reading and 50MB/s when writing, and Kingston has implemented TRIM support, so transfer rates shouldn't drop too much over time. Those numbers are a little higher than what Intel quotes for the $130 X25-V (170MB/s read, 35MB/s write), especially on the write front, but even a 50MB/s write speed isn't going to make any mechanical drives jealous. Rather, the 30GB SSDNow V Series' appeal comes largely from its price. Kingston quotes a $109.99 MSRP, but it says U.S. customers will be able to nab the drive for $79.99 "after rebates" when it hits stores next month. http://techreport.com/discussions.x/18292 __________________

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13th January 2010, 18:45	#3
blackened Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 79	I agree. If I didnt get 2 30gb Vertex drives for that price I would still be using an old school hdd today. I had them running in raid0 "boot drive", but since TRIM doesnt support raid volumes, I have them split and just install games on the spare drive. Win7 and all the apps I need dont even take up 20gb on the one drive. And that setup only works for me because I already have 4x500gb drives arranged in 2 1tb raid0 arrays.