Kingston SSDNow V Series 30 GB SATA 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SNV125-S2/30GBKR

by Kingston

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.5 x 1 x 5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B003AVMQUS
• Item model number: SNV125-S2/30GBKR
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: October 22, 2009

Product Description

Kingston introduces its second generation SSDNow V solid-state drive to help consumers and organizations of all sizes enhance the performance of computers that have a Serial ATA (SATA) interface and thus extend the lifecycle. SSDNow V drives increase performance with impressive input and output operations per second (IOPS). With higher IOPS than a standar mechanical hard disk drive (HDD), SSDNow V allows for faster boot times and faster application loads than HDDs, ultimately making any user more productive. The SSDNow V consumes less power and generates less heat than a traditional HDD, at a fraction of the cost of a new system. With no moving parts, it can handle demanding conditions and this is perfect for road warriors and those who push the limits of their notebooks. Features include uses MLC NAND flash memory, shock resistant, handles S.M.A.R.T functions. Specs include 180 MB/sec sequential read throughput, 50 MB/sec write throughput, SATA 1.5 GB/sec and 3.0 GB/sec interfaces.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very fast. Big enough to run Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. Wish it was a little bigger, but hey!, June 16, 2011

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Jeramy Fishel "John Gratton" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Kingston SSDNow V Series 30 GB SATA 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SNV125-S2/30GBKR (Personal Computers)

Just big enough to hold Windows 7 Ultimate and a few choice programs. I think I have 2G-3G free after I moved some less critical components to another drive.

Works great and boy is it fast. Really encourage anyone stuck on a platter drive to upgrade to SSD, and if you are cheap like me, look at this as one of your options.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It is what it says it is, February 25, 2011

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J. F. O'Neill (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Kingston SSDNow V Series 30 GB SATA 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SNV125-S2/30GBKR (Personal Computers)

It is what it says it is. Assuming no software problems, no filesystem problems and no hardware problems, it runs fine. I've been using it as the drive for my operating system (GNU/Linux) and using a hard disk for /home. After months of use, it shows no wear (obviously) and I have never had a problem with it.

Remember, to use TRIM, one has to use an operating system which supports it. Installing operating systems to solid state drives requires that the software is designed to be used on it. Years of hard drive installations have resulted in older operating systems (and OS X, last I looked), not designed to be used on them, although, they do work on them as the SSD presents itself as a hard drive to the system.

4.0 out of 5 stars good product, June 24, 2011

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gio - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Kingston SSDNow V Series 30 GB SATA 2.5-Inch Solid State Drive SNV125-S2/30GBKR (Personal Computers)

it has lowest price, it can fit windows 7. works without noise. withstends vibration.
i am using it for my car PC as a system disk. till now there is no errors, no heat, no demage.
didnt put 5 stars because i own it only about 2 month.