Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB SSD Reviews

Mon 2010-02-08 - Posted by Patrick "MACMAC" MacMillan

Futurelooks and TechwareLabs have reviewed the brand new Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB solid state drive, which features 230MB/s sequential read and 180MB/s sequential write speeds.

Here's what they had to say:

Futurelooks: Kingston SSDNow V+ Series (Rev 2.0) 128GB SSD Reviewş:

"So, how does the Kingston SSDNow 128GB V+ Series Revision 2 SSD do versus much stronger competition? It does great against its predecessor and if all else is the same, and you’re picking one up, make sure it is the Version 2. However, the Toshiba controller onboard just isn’t up to scrapping with the Indilinx controller inside the slightly more premium priced Patriot Memory TorqX 128GB drive."

Click here to read the full review.
TechwareLabs: Kingston SSDNow V+ 128GB Solid State Disk:

"The blazing fast read and write speeds of the Kingston SSDNow V+ make it a force to be reckoned with. When looking at the price tag of $512 (MSRP), you must keep in mind that this drive is geared solely to the enthusiast. The average person really has no need for this drive and could save a few bucks by going with the regular SSDNow V Series. It may be almost double the speed of the regular V Series, but you have to keep in mind that its almost twice the price. For what this drive is geared towards, you almost can’t go wrong. Although the MSRP is $512, you can probably find it cheaper if you shop around a little. For example, you could wait to 2/28/10 and pick it up on Newegg for a mere $349.00."

Click here to read the full review.

It looks like Kingston is no longer satisfied just rebadging Intel SSDs. From a synthetic numbers point-of-view, this new model blows past the Intel X25-M, but overall it's my belief the Intel drive is still faster due to its almost unmatchable 4K read/writes and IOPS performance.

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