{"id":32548,"date":"2012-11-14T19:19:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T19:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=32548"},"modified":"2012-11-14T19:19:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T19:19:33","slug":"kingston-digital-ships-next-gen-ssdnow-v-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/kingston-digital-ships-next-gen-ssdnow-v-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Kingston Digital Ships Next-Gen SSDNow V Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n<span id=\"__mce\"><\/span><span id=\"__caret\">_<\/span>\/\/ <![CDATA[                               google_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\"; \/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/ google_ad_slot = \"1949837292\"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>New SSDNow V300 Solid-state \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drive Provides Consumers with<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><strong><em>\u00a0High-performance, Cost-efficient Upgrade Solution<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Customized LSI SandForce Flash \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Storage Processor Solution<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0week ABT\u00a0evaluated Kingston&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=32503\">240GB HyperX SSDs as well as the 256GB VNow 200 SSD<\/a>.\u00a0 Kingston just today released the new VNow V300 series which we are hoping to evaluate for our readers.\u00a0 VNow series brings great bang for buck to the consumer SSD line and Kingston&#8217;s press release follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Fountain Valley, CA &#8212; November 14, 2012 &#8212; <\/em><\/strong>Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced it is shipping the next generation of its most cost-effective SSD<em>Now <\/em>V Series solid-state drive. The Kingston<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> SSD<em>Now <\/em>V300 is a powerful upgrade solution for cost-conscious consumers looking to upgrade their existing desktop or notebook PC.<\/p>\n<p>The new SSD<em>Now <\/em>V300 is 10x faster than a 7200RPM hard-disk drive<sup>\u2020<\/sup>. It is powered by an LSI<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> SandForce<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Flash Storage Processor (FSP) solution customized for Kingston, and optimized for industry-leading 19nm NAND Flash memory to deliver sequential read and write speeds of up to 450MB\/s. Using best-in-class components, SSD<em>Now <\/em>V300 combines quality, performance and affordability first-time SSD users or anyone looking to upgrade an existing system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;LSI worked together with Kingston to deliver a customized high-performing solid-state drive solution for their cost-effective SSD<em>Now<\/em> V Series,&#8221; said Kent Smith, senior director of product marketing, Flash Components Division, LSI. \u201cOur award-winning SF-2281 Client FSPs provide Kingston\u2019s customers with enterprise-class features and an enhanced everyday computing user experience, especially for first time SSD users.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Kingston is committed to delivering SSDs at the best price to performance ratio as possible. We achieve this again with our next-generation SSD<em>Now <\/em>V300,\u201d said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston. \u201cThe SSD<em>Now <\/em>V300 is the best cost-efficient upgrade for users who want their existing systems to perform faster. They will experience faster boot up and shutdown times, and will also see much better system performance when multiple applications are open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SSD<em>Now <\/em>V300 is available as a stand-alone drive or as an upgrade kit containing cloning software and other accessories for a desktop and\/or notebook system. SSD<em>Now <\/em>V300 is backed by a three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability.<\/p>\n<p>Kingston is celebrating 25 years in the memory industry. The company was founded on October 17, 1987, and has grown to become the largest third-party memory manufacturer in the world. The 25th anniversary video can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingston.com\/us\/company\/25_years\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.kingston.com\/us\/company\/25_years', 'here']);\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> as well as more information including a timeline of Kingston&#8217;s history. In addition, HyperX memory is celebrating its 10<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary. The first HyperX high-performance memory module was released in November 2002.<\/p>\n<p><sup>\u2020 <\/sup>Based on PCMark Vantage, Advanced Edition HDD Test Suite. Test system: Dell XPS 8500, Intel H77 Chipset, Intel<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Core\u2122 i7-3770 CPU, 8GB System Memory. SSD tested as primary drive with results based on \u201cout-of-box\u201d performance. This SSD is designed for use in desktop and notebook computer workloads, and is not intended for Server environments.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Kingston SSD<em>Now <\/em>V300 Features and Specifications:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Form factor: <\/strong>2.5&#8243;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Interface: <\/strong>SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb\/s) \u2013 with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Capacities<\/strong><sup>1<\/sup><strong>:<\/strong> 60GB, 120GB, 240GB<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sequential Reads<\/strong><sup>2<\/sup>:<br \/>\nSATA Rev. 3.0 \u2014 up to 450MB\/s<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sequential Writes<\/strong><sup>2<\/sup><strong>:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SATA Rev. 3.0 \u2014 up to 450MB\/s<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Maximum Random 4k Read\/Write<\/strong><sup>3<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>60GB \u2014 up to 85,000\/up to 60,000 IOPS<br \/>\n120GB \u2014 up to 85,000\/up to 55,000 IOPS<br \/>\n240GB \u2014 up to 85,000\/up to 43,000 IOPS<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>PCMark<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Vantage HDD Suite Score<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>60GB \u2014 39,000<\/p>\n<p>120GB \u2014 49,000<\/p>\n<p>240GB \u2014 57,000<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Power Consumption:<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>0.640W (MAX) Idle \/ 1.423W (MAX) Read \/ 2.052W (MAX) Write<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Storage temperatures: <\/strong>-40\u00b0C ~ 85\u00b0C<\/li>\n<li><strong>Operating temperatures:<\/strong> 0\u00b0C ~ 70\u00b0C<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dimensions: <\/strong>69.8mm x 100.1mm x 7mm<\/li>\n<li><strong>Weight: <\/strong>86g<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vibration operating: <\/strong>2.17G Peak (7\u2013800Hz)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vibration non-operating:<\/strong> 20G Peak (10\u20132000Hz)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Life expectancy: <\/strong>1 million hours MTBF<\/li>\n<li><strong>Warranty\/support: <\/strong>three-year warranty with free technical support<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Bytes Written (TBW)<\/strong><sup>4<\/sup><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>60GB \u2014 32TB<br \/>\n120GB\u00a0\u2014 64TB<br \/>\n240GB\u00a0\u2014 128TB<\/p>\n<p><sup>1 <\/sup>Please note: Some of the listed capacity on a Flash storage device is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. As such, the actual available capacity for data storage is less than what is listed on the products. For more information, go to Kingston\u2019s Flash memory Guide at <a href=\"http:\/\/kingston.com\/flash_memory_guide\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/kingston.com\/flash_memory_guide', 'kingston.com\/flash_memory_guide']);\" target=\"_blank\">kingston.com\/flash_memory_<wbr>guide<\/wbr><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><sup>2 <\/sup>Based on \u201cout-of-box performance\u201d with ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.41. Speed may vary due to host hardware, software, and usage.<\/p>\n<p><sup>3 <\/sup>Based on \u201cout-of-box performance\u201d with IOMeter.<\/p>\n<p><sup>4 <\/sup>Total Bytes Written (TBW) refers to how much total data can be written to an SSD for a given workload before the drive reaches its endurance limits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 459px;\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" width=\"459\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Kingston SSD<em>Now <\/em>V300 Solid-State \u00a0 Drives<\/strong><sup>\u2020\u2020<\/sup><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\"><strong>Part Number<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\"><strong>Capacity and Features<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S37A\/60G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">60GB \u00a0 Stand-alone V300 SSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S37A\/120G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">120GB \u00a0 Stand-alone V300 SSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S37A\/240G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">240GB \u00a0 Stand-alone V300 SSD<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S3D7\/60G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">60GB Desktop \u00a0 Upgrade Kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S3D7\/120G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">120GB Desktop Upgrade Kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S3D7\/240G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">240GB Desktop Upgrade Kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S3N7A\/60G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">60GB \u00a0 Notebook Upgrade Kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S3N7A\/120G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">120GB \u00a0 Notebook Upgrade Kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S3N7A\/240G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">240GB Notebook Upgrade Kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S3B7A\/60G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">60GB Desktop\/Notebook Upgrade Kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S3B7A\/120G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">120GB Desktop\/Notebook Upgrade Kit<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"162\">SV300S3B7A\/240G<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"297\">240GB Desktop\/Notebook Upgrade Kit<a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/?shva=1#13affa895a2d13ff__msocom_1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/u\/0\/?shva=1#13affa895a2d13ff__msocom_1', '[T1]']);\" >[T1]<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><sup>\u2020\u2020<\/sup>Please check your favorite Kingston e-tailer or reseller for pricing.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kingston can be found on<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>YouTube: <a 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