The SSDNow V300 directly follows Kingston’s V200 and like it is also a SATA III solid state drive. This drive comes in 60 GB, 120 GB 
and 240 GB capacities and is powered by SandForce’s SF-2281 controller. The SSDNow V300 is Kingston’s first SSD to use Toshiba 19nm NAND flash.
This drive can reach maximum sequential read and write speeds of 450 MB/s. The top IOPS write is reached by the 60 GB model at 60,000 while all models can reach IOPS read of 45,ooo. The SSNow V300 has a life expectancy of 1,000,000 hours MTBF and comes with a three-year warranty with technical support. Three upgrade kits are available (desktop, notebook, desktop/notebook) with each having cloning software.
Specifications:
- Sequential Read: Up to 450 MB/second
- Sequential Write: Up to 450 MB/second
- NAND type: MLC
- Interface: SATA 3 6GBps
- Form Factor: 2.5 inches
- DRAM Cache: None
- TRIM support: Yes
- SMART support: Yes
- Warranty: 3 years
Part Numbers:
- 60 GB : SV300S3(7A/D7/N7A)/60G
- 120 GB : SV300S3(7A/D7/N7A)/120G
- 250 GB : SV300S3(7A/D7/N7A)/250G
Price Comparison:
Reviews:
Performance for the SSDNow V300 is incredible and our evaluation displayed results well above posted specifications.
As a Sandforce-based drive, the Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB performed better with compressible rather than with incompressible files, at least in writing tests.
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