Performance for the V300 is listed at 450MB/s read and write with a high of 85,000 IOPS at low 4k aligned random write disk access and a standard 3 year warranty is included with the V300. Specifications list 240GB as being an included capacity, however, we aren’t seeing any online at Kingston or Amazon as of yet. ![]() The Kingston SSDNow V300 SSD is available in capacities of 60 and 120GB capacity and a quick check of Amazon has the V300 priced at roughly $77 and $109 with pricing just a bit higher with the included full migration kit. The Kingston V300 seems to be an ideal example of this value, at least on the outside, so let’s take a closer look at where technology seems to be heading. Getting more value, and potentially more capacity, to the consumer is key and manufacturers are finding ways to do this using memory that has a smaller overall footprint. It is no secret that the established ‘best practice’ with respect to consumer SSDs has become that of ‘more for less’. The V300 is a unique Kingston SSD introduction as it is their first product using the new Toshiba 19nm NAND flash memory process, but also, this SSD is ‘SandForce Driven by LSI’ and a key example of the success that can be had when two companies work closely together. ![]() ![]() Today’s SSD analysis takes a look at a new SSD to the market, this being the Kingston SSDNow V300 SATA 3 SSD.
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