Kingston SSDNow V+200 120GB SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5″ Solid State Drive SVP200S3/120G
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- 535MB/sec read and 480MB/sec write speeds
- Faster boot times and application loads than hard drives
- No moving mechanical parts gives it longer life and ability to handle rougher conditions
- Backed by Kingston’s three year warranty and 24/7 tech support
- Support for SATA Rev 3.0
- 2.5″ SSD Drive with 9.5mm height
Kingston’s SSDNow V200 is designed for everyday business – but there’s nothing ordinary about it. This innovative drive features a second-generation SATA Rev. 3.0 SandForce Processor for best-in-class sequential read/writes combined with Asynchronous NAND for exceptional quality and performance at an affordable price. It’s the perfect balance of performance and affordability and easy to integrate into corporate asset refresh cycles. V200 offers Data Integrity Protection that features DuraClass Technology plus RAISE for advanced data reliability. V200 is available in a range of capacities to meet your business needs.
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Kingston SSDNow V+200 120GB SATA III 6Gb/s 2.5″ Solid State Drive SVP200S3/120G
List Price: $ 245.00
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Fast even on a SATA 2 laptop,
Customer Video Review Length:: 4:59 Mins
The Kingston SSDNow V+200 is Kingston’s attempt to provide a solid-state drive with the amazing Sandforce processor at a reasonable price. I was able to score one of these drives from a street vendor, and it was worth every penny. I had the choice between the V100 256GB and the V+200 240GB for the same price, and I chose the latter because I am planning on buying a new laptop with SATA 3 in a few months.
*Installation
My installation went flawlessly. I unplugged my old drive, unscrewed the bracket, and transferred the bracket to the V+200 prior to plugging it into my laptop. I loaded Windows 7 on a USB drive using the USB/DVD download tool from Microsoft. The installation took about 10 minutes. The drive didn’t need any changes, and TRIM was already enabled. I just turned off defragmentation.
*Performance
Windows score of 7.7
The V+200 crushed my laptop’s factory 5400 RPM drive
–Shaved 1:08 off of cold boot
–Shaved 33 seconds off hibernating the system
–Waking from hibernation is 30 seconds faster
–Going to sleep takes 8 seconds less
–Waking from sleep takes 7 seconds less
See the video for CrystalDiskMark read and write speed tests. On my SATA 2 system I get half of the SATA 3 advertised speeds, and the write speed is about 20MB/s faster than read speed. The drive sees virtually no difference between writing large 1000MB files and small 50MB files.
*Conclusion
This hard drive is a great way to upgrade any laptop, even one with a ULV processor and SATA 2. Buyers should be able to transfer it to a new SATA 3 computer without hassle. At the current asking price, the drive might not be worth it compared to the Crucial SSD 256GB offering, which was at $295 when I last looked. However, other websites’ testing show that this drive out performs the Crucial and the new Intel drives.
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|Great SSD for what I paid for it.,
Works as advertised. Windows score of 7.8 on a SATAII Lenovo W500. This score is better than the 7.7 I get on my desktop with a Patriot Pyro 60GB SATAIII drive, so I can’t really ask for much more.
I got this for $79 as a daily deal; like I said you can’t beat it for this price!
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|Thrillingly Fast,
I’ve been working on my MacBook for about 6 Months now with a 500GB HD running at 5400 RPM. I waited for my SSD to come in the mail today and installed it immediately. I also installed the new OSX Mountain Lion on it while I was at it. I immediately noticed the speed increase of boot time, shut down, and file transfer. The performance is incredible. I can honestly say it met and exceeded my expectations.
I’ve been waiting on purchasing an SSD. So when they went on sale I jumped at the opportunity. Kingston has always been a go to trustworthy brand for me when looking for Memory and Storage.
TL;DR: Definitely worth the buy if you’re upgrading from a Hard Drive.
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