{"id":35433,"date":"2013-05-29T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=35433"},"modified":"2013-12-11T17:49:18","modified_gmt":"2013-12-11T17:49:18","slug":"new-kingston-ssdnow-kc300-maximizes-power-efficiency-for-business-and-consumer-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/new-kingston-ssdnow-kc300-maximizes-power-efficiency-for-business-and-consumer-use\/","title":{"rendered":"New Kingston SSDNow KC300 Maximizes Power Efficiency for Business and Consumer Use"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00b7 New SSD Boosts Productivity as it Allows Notebook PCs to Run Longer<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Enterprise-grade SMART Tools Self-Monitor Health and Life of the SSD<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n

Enabling More Efficient Workload Management<\/i><\/b> <\/p>\n

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\u00b7 Advanced Data Integrity Protection Helps Maximize Performance and Endurance<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the latest addition to its SSDNow<\/i> family, the KC300 solid-state drive<\/a>. KC300 enables business, mobile and power users to be more productive as the drive maximizes power efficiencies in notebook PCs. KC300 provides advanced power management via an LSI\u00ae<\/sup> SandForce\u00ae<\/sup> second-generation SF-2281 processor, allowing users to do more from a single charge. <\/p>\n

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KC300 is the next-generation business drive, replacing the Kingston\u00ae<\/sup> V+200 and KC100 SSDs. The drive features enterprise-grade SMART attributes, allowing IT departments to monitor wear range data, SSD life left, write amplification and total bytes written. KC300 comes equipped with Data Integrity Protection featuring DuraWrite\u2122 technology to extend the life of the SSD by effectively and efficiently reducing the number of Flash writes via an intelligent compression engine without sacrificing data integrity. RAISE\u2122 reduces the number of uncorrectable errors in the drive, over and above standard error code correction. <\/p>\n

\u201cKingston\u2019s new SSDNow <\/i>KC300 is designed to help business, mobile and power users extend the lifespan and significantly improve the performance of their PC or notebook with higher speeds, greater stability and reliability,\u201d said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston. \u201cKC300 provides greater power efficiency than the traditional hard disk drive, thus allowing users to keep on working longer without having to recharge the battery.\u201d <\/p>\n

KC300 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. It is backed by a three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability. <\/p>\n

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 here<\/a> along with more information, including a timeline of Kingston’s history. In addition, HyperX memory is celebrating its 10th<\/sup> anniversary. The first HyperX high-performance memory module was released in November 2002. <\/p>\n

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Kingston SSDNow <\/i>KC300 Features & Specifications<\/u><\/b>:<\/u><\/b> <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Form factor:<\/b> 2.5″, 7mm height <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Advanced Power Management:<\/b> extends notebook battery life during typical computing session <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Fast:<\/b> dramatic performance increase for any system upgrade <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Endurance:<\/b> Data Integrity Protection featuring DuraClass technology <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Durable:<\/b> DuraWrite intelligent compression engine extends the life of the SSD <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Dependable:<\/b> RAISE reduces the number of uncorrectable errors on the drive <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Multiple capacities:<\/b>  the right capacity to meet your storage need <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Guaranteed:<\/b> three-year warranty, free technical support <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Interface:<\/b> SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb\/s) \u2013 with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Capacities1<\/sup>:<\/b> 60GB, 120GB, 180GB, 240GB, 480GB <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Controller:<\/b> SandForce-SF2281 <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Sequential Reads2<\/sup>:<\/b> SATA Rev. 3.0 525MB\/s <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Sequential Writes2<\/sup>:<\/b> SATA Rev. 3.0 500MB\/s <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Maximum Random 4k Read\/Write3<\/sup><\/b>: <\/p>\n

o 60GB: 84,000\/ 64,000 IOPS <\/p>\n

o 120GB: 84,000\/ 64,000 IOPS <\/p>\n

o 180GB: 84,000\/ 64,000 IOPS <\/p>\n

o 240GB: 84,000\/ 52,000 IOPS <\/p>\n

o 480GB: 73,000\/ 32,000 IOPS <\/p>\n

\u00b7 PCMARK\u00ae<\/sup> Vantage HDD Suite Score:<\/b> 57,000 <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Power Consumption:<\/b> 0.6 W (MAX) Idle \/ 1.4 W (MAX) Read \/ 2.9 W (MAX) Write <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Storage temperatures:<\/b> -40\u00b0C ~ 85\u00b0C <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Operating temperatures:<\/b> 0\u00b0C ~ 70\u00b0C <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Dimensions:<\/b> 69.8mm x 100.1mm x 7.0mm <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Weight:<\/b> 60GB, 120GB, 180GB, 240GB \u2014 86.0g; 480GB: 92.3g <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Vibration operating:<\/b> 2.17G Peak (7\u2013800Hz) <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Vibration non-operating:<\/b> 20G Peak (10\u20132000Hz) <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Life expectancy:<\/b> 1 million hours MTBF <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Warranty\/support:<\/b> three-year warranty with free technical support <\/p>\n

\u00b7 Total Bytes Written (TBW)5<\/sup>:<\/b> <\/p>\n

60GB: 47TB <\/p>\n

120GB: 94TB <\/p>\n

180GB: 141TB <\/p>\n

240GB: 188TB <\/p>\n

480GB: 375TB <\/p>\n

1<\/sup> Actual available capacity for data storage is less than as listed on the products due to formatting and other <\/p>\n

functions. See kingston.com\/flashguide<\/a>. <\/p>\n

2 <\/sup>Based on \u201cout-of-box performance\u201d with ATTO Disk Benchmark 2.41. Speed may vary due to host hardware, <\/p>\n

software and usage. <\/p>\n

3<\/sup> Based on \u201cout-of-box performance\u201d with IOMeter. <\/p>\n

4<\/sup> Operating system software support: Windows\u00ae<\/sup> 7, Windows Vista\u00ae<\/sup> (SP2), Windows XP (SP3) <\/p>\n

5 <\/sup>Total Bytes Written (TBW) refers to how much total data can be written to an SSD for a given workload before the <\/p>\n

drive reaches its endurance limits. <\/p>\n

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