Kingston SSDNow V300 Series 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) SV300S37A/120G
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Reviews(1,309)
Faster than a HDD. Easy install.
Not the fastest SSD.
Using on the following:
Gigabyte 775 Motherboard
Core2Duo
GeForce 9800 GT
Windows 7 64
Buy it for the low price and use as boot drive.
UPDATE: This model's performance is very low compared to other similar priced SSDs. The Mushkin Enhanced ECO2 and the PNY CS 1311 are both clearly superior and they cost only about $5 more than this Kingston model. Check them out here on Newegg.
Read speeds are OK for this entry-level SSD (but see below).
They're selling these off in 2-packs and 4-packs.
This is the notorius bait-and-switch V300 SSD which Kingston degraded by switching from good quality synchronous NAND memory chips (and good reviews) to a-synchronous NAND which significantly degraded performance on all incompressible data. The problem is widely known and Kingston themselves published results which show degraded performance.
The only test where this SSD shows decent performance is the easy ATTO benchmark. When tested on other well respected benchmarks such as AS-SSD or CrystalDiskMark the Write speed (for saving files) is slower than a regular spinning hard drive.
Looks like it's end of the line for this sad range of V300 models and they're being sold off in bundles.
If you only need a cheap SSD to Read files at OK speed this model will work, but Write speeds will slow down your work. Also, a-synchronous NAND has been shown to have shorter lifespan.
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Website: https://www.kingston.com/en
Support Phone: (800) 835-6575
Features & Details
- 2.5"
- 120GB
- SATA III
Specifications
| Brand | Kingston |
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| Series | SSDNow V300 Series |
| Model | SV300S37A/120G |
| Device Type | Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) |
| Used For | Consumer |
| Form Factor | 2.5" |
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| Capacity | 120GB |
| Interface | SATA III |
| Controller | SandForce |
| Max Sequential Read | Up to 450 MBps |
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| Max Sequential Write | Up to 450 MBps |
| 4KB Random Read | Up to 85,000 IOPS |
| 4KB Random Write | Up to 55,000 IOPS |
| MTBF | 1,000,000 hours |
| Features | Fast - 10x faster than a 7200RPM hard drive High Quality - features an LSI SandForce controller customized for Kingston Reliable - with no moving parts, solid-state drives are less likely to fail than standard hard drives Economical design optimized to make migrating to an SSD more affordable Convenient - all-in-one kits with all the components for easy installation Multiple capacities - to fit your workload |
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| Power Consumption (Idle) | 0.640W |
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| Power Consumption (Active) | 1.423W Read / 2.052W Write |
| Operating Temperature | 0°C ~ +70°C |
| Storage Temperature | -40°C ~ +85°C |
| Max Vibration Resistance | Operating: 2.17G Peak (7-800Hz) Non-operating: 20G Peak (10-2000Hz) |
| Height | 7.00mm |
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| Width | 69.80mm |
| Depth | 100.10mm |
| Weight | 86.00g |
| First Listed on Newegg | November 19, 2012 |
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