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    Kingston SSDNow V200 Question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by takasniper, Nov 29, 2011.

  1. takasniper

    takasniper Notebook Guru

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    I ended up getting this SSD for around $95.00 for the 128gb version. I'm coming from a 5400 HDD, but I'm concerned I got jipped because of the spec's, when I should have gotten the kingston hyper x. I plan on using the SSD as my main drive and the 5400 SSD as my storage. Any opinions you all have would be great.

    Kingston SSDNow V200:

    Max Sequential Read
    Up to 300 MB/s
    Max Sequential Write
    Up to 190 MB/s
    4KB Random Read
    Up to 36,000 IOPS
    4KB Random Write
    Up to 2,500 IOPS
     
    takasniper, Nov 29, 2011
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  2. katalin_2003

    katalin_2003 NBR Spectre Super Moderator

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    Yes, the HyperX is a better drive but anyway even the slowest SSD Is faster than the quickest magnetic HDD.
    Also that's a good price ;)
     
    katalin_2003, Nov 29, 2011
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  3. takasniper

    takasniper Notebook Guru

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    Anyone elses's thoughts. Should I keep it or try and sell to get the hyper x....
     
    takasniper, Nov 29, 2011
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  4. maxheap

    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    there is one hell of a deal on amazon for intel 320 120GB 79 dollars!!! :eek: someone get it for the sake of goodness...
     
    maxheap, Nov 29, 2011
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    gamoniac Newbie

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    I think you should keep it. I have two SSDNow V+100 (Toshiba controller) running 24 x 7 for the last six months without any problem. And they are fast! In AnandTech's review, the V+100 performs well under their realistic benchmark.

    V200 is the latest model (JMicron controller) and is supposed to be much faster than the V100 and V+100 models (very confusing naming scheme). In fact, I just ordered two SSDNow V200 128GB. Time will tell how reliable they are; I can't wait.

    Regarding Kingston HyperX, it uses SandForce controller, which is very fast but not as reliable, based on reviews and my personal experience with OCZ Vertex 2 (died after 8 months of light usage). Of course, everyone has their own experience and opinions. SandForce uses a compression algorithm (which is great) but its performance is only so-so when it comes to non-compressible data (video, MP3, media files, encrypted, or encoded files, etc)

    Based on my experience with my V+100, I am willing to give v200 a shot. Personally, reliability trumphs speed any time. Bottomline, I love my SSDNow.

    Good luck.
     
    gamoniac, Nov 29, 2011
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