Kingston SSD Now V+ 256GB Review
PC Mark Vantage and Crystal Disk Mark
Published: 14th September 2010 | Source: Kingston | Price: £525.46 |
PC Mark Vantage
Whilst we've tested a swathe of drives here at OC3D Towers it makes the most sense to compare against the best, and so for PC Mark that's what we'll do. The best in this case being the Corsair Nova which is the fastest SATA 3Gbp/s drive we've tested.
A couple of odd things to note. Even after many runs the Windows Media Center and Windows Movie Maker results were consistently the same. Considering the rest of the results are above the Nova we really aren't sure what's going on there. The Media Center result is incomprehensible. However the key is that the rest of the results see the Kingston edge out the Nova.
Crystal Disk Mark
Read Results
For our Crystal Disk Mark testing we're putting the V+ up against a variety of SSDs to give a picture of the general performance. We have the SandForce based Vertex 2 from OCZ. The Corsair Nova and the Mushkin Callisto. We're also using the results from the Kingston SSD Now V+ 64GB to see how much difference the extra capacity and maturity of the firmware makes.
In our read tests the results of our previous tests are replicated with the Kingston taking a stellar lead. Even more impressive considering the linearity of the performance.
Write Results
Finally the write testing. There is even a larger disparity between the Kingstons performance with small block sizes as reported here by Crystal Disk Mark, and how it is in the rest of the tests. If anything it's quite linear in how it goes from very last at 4K, everything even at 512K and in second, just behind the Nova, at the Sequential test point.
Most Recent Comments
The fact that this is so fast, and it's basically memory, is also something that you have to keep in mind when you look at the pricing. Sure compared to a HDD it's expensive, but try and buy 256GB of super-fast DDR3 and see how much it is in comparison.
From the review.
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Originally Posted by steve30x
I hope SSD's start getting cheaper soon. I know its basically memory but at their current price its not a good choice to buy an SSD. I am waiting for SSD's to become affordable to upgrade. |
Ive actually got one of these drives in my own rig, I had to stop at 256 because the missus would have been eating poridge for a month if Id got the 512 I wanted! Perhaps I should have done this review eh Veebs, you lucky bugger
As with all new tech prices will fall in the end. But there will always be something new(er) to take the expensive slot for us all to moan about
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Originally Posted by steve30x
I need a 120 for my OS and 256 for my games. I can deal with the standard HDD's for my backups. But at the price of two of those its over half the price of the upgrade hardware I should have any day soon. Some time next year I will find the money for two SSD's. |
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Originally Posted by steve30x
I didnt know there was a way to do that. |
Apparently Intel have managed to squash the NM of the NAND chips and have stuffed double the ammount of storage on the same chips. If that's the case then theoretically some time soon we could be seeing drives that are double the size yet the same price as their half sized counterparts.
They are expensive. However, given that they are one of if not the best upgrades you can buy now for a raw speed boost they are more than worth it. Seeing is believing with these things.
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Originally Posted by tinytomlogan
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It will have to wait though because I have new parts ordered and I am paying out through my a** for them because I am paying for the parts weekly and I am unemployed. The guy I get my parts from marked up the price by 25% so Instead of the parts costing 1100 euro its costing me 1357 euro. I should have the parts paid for by june next year lol. Everey spare cent I have every week is going on the new computer parts.
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Originally Posted by AlienALX
SSD are getting cheaper as the days pass now. I got a 64gb for £70 recently and even the good high end ones are now cheaper than ever. Apparently Intel have managed to squash the NM of the NAND chips and have stuffed double the ammount of storage on the same chips. If that's the case then theoretically some time soon we could be seeing drives that are double the size yet the same price as their half sized counterparts. They are expensive. However, given that they are one of if not the best upgrades you can buy now for a raw speed boost they are more than worth it. Seeing is believing with these things. |
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Originally Posted by silenthill
Yes because no one is buying them remember (law of supply & demand) they remind me of the huge stock of 3d TV’s in CURRYS and every month I go in there I find they have dropped 100£, fact is that no matter how advanced the technology is if no one buys them the prices come tumbling down. |
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Originally Posted by silenthill
Yes because no one is buying them remember (law of supply & demand) they remind me of the huge stock of 3d TV’s in CURRYS and every month I go in there I find they have dropped 100£, fact is that no matter how advanced the technology is if no one buys them the prices come tumbling down. |
The reason parts have shot through the roof is that companies want/have to make the same ammount of money. This means when people are buying things get cheap (due to bulk shifting) and when things go quiet (during a recession like the one we're in) they sell less so have to sell them for more.
It's daft, because before I could get 2gb OCZ plat DDR2 for £16. Now it's £48. So because of that I have simply dug in my heels and refused to go to DDR3. But the prices still haven't come down, only difference is OCZ are about to go bust. TBH if these companies didn't waste so much money so frivolously they wouldn't get into trouble like that in the first place. Nvidia have spunked away millions on Physx CUDA and silly 3D glasses and Gamestop (USA) are in trouble and have been closing stores, yet send all of their management on a drinking holiday in Vegas once a year in a top hotel.
It makes so much sense ! honestly !
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