kingston 128gb ssd from ebuyer via ebay £49.99

Thank Goodness for that. I nearly didn't see an SSD deal today.

I lasted hours before I bought this - I'm getting better...

....bloody HUKD

Just to try and summarise for anyone reading this thread:

*Actual evidence for the drive working fine after the latest firmware - Multiple links from hardware review sites and users who own the drive confirming the write issue (which was the only issue) has been fixed.

*Actual evidence for the drive not working after the latest firmware - None

Sheesh - I hope Spark's drive doesn't have E111008a on the front when it arrives!

256GB for <100 by christmas?

Good deal, £59.99 on their main site.

nice find!

Read 300MB/s Write 190MB/s

seriously tempted!

Have yet to take the plunge & buy a SSD

This is a very good deal, Hope the 256GB version is on offer soon, want one as a steam drive.

Good deal and fine for the many people still using SATA II. Even cheaper than my Sandisk Ultra.

256GB for <100 by christmas?

I hope so

Very tempted prob will buy it

Hi,

just about to buy one, but been reading i need a windows 7 operating system

to make the most out of it

Thank Goodness for that. I nearly didn't see an SSD deal today.

Damn! I was waiting until these drives came less than 50p per gb which this one has but the reviews on Amazon have put me right off this one.
Thanks anyway op, not voted either way

Wow, great price. Prices seem to be coming down nicely now. Paid twice this for half the storage this time last year.

Quantity available: 986

If I remember correctly this was the model that had performance issues but a firmware update was released to address it - you might want to confirm the firmware version if you order it, in case it needs to be updated.
:D

EDIT: Some links reg. the firmware update and reviews for it SSD after the firmware update was applied.

Exclusive: Kingston SSDNow V200 Review: New(ish) And Improved At Last!

Kingston Rolls Out Performance Enhancing SSDNow V200 Firmware Update, Slashes Price - HotHardware

Christ, they really must be wanting to shift stock fast!
oO

is this the v+ or just the v series (isn't the v series notorious for fail rates)

Good

yup its the older notorious one....

im waiting for 257 sub £100 before i bite on anything, good find tho

I'm almost tempted to get my first SSD for a SATA I (yes, SATA I) laptop...
I know Kingston have fixed the speed/performance issues with their firmware, but what's this about reliability and failure rates? Hmm... Anyone got anything to back up the claims of poor reliability?

It was the pre-firmware update that was causing the bulk of the performance issues and failures from all accounts - as long as the latest firmware version is applied (if it isn't already) you should hopefully see a big performance improvement along with stability from what I've been reading about, out there on the forums.
:D

How much GB would windows take up

7-10gb

Purchased this from dabs a few weeks ago when they slashed its price to under £60. Very impressed so far. Fantastic deal at £49.99!

not sure but maybe its in relation to T.R.I.M.

Your text here

Thanks for that... Yeah, I just did my reading up on the pre-new firmware issues and I was wondering if the performance issues (now fixed) were separate to the failure issues being mentioned... Seems like a great price for 128GB and should get as near to maxing my SATA I bus in my laptop if it will work OK on SATA I?
Anyone here thrown an SSD in SATA I and seen how it goes? Does it transfer TRIM through?
It should be faster, my current mechanical hard drive is hitting top speeds of 39mb/s and Windows 7 takes about 5 minutes to get to usableness!

in practise I've found windows7 pro takes up to 20GB once a few patches have been installed!

firmware update

http://www.kingston.com/us/support/technical/downloads?product=SV200S3&filename=SV200S3_64G_128G_e120506a

a massive cleanup and removal of startup crap should get that below a minute!

I got one of these - great drives:)

It should be backwards compatible with SATA-150 speeds without any issues IMHO - unfortunately all of my systems are SATA-300 (the absolute minium for systems I use for running virtual machines) but again TRIM support should be there without any issues.

Have you ever used a 7200RPM HDD in your system?

Nice find, thanks OP!

It's about as barebones as you can get, it has Norton, Mozilla and Microsoft Office (what I use it for!) installed... that is it. Oh, and Windows 7 ;)
Never tried a 7200RPM drive, what with SSDs now coming into the forefront I just can't justify buying a more power hungry mechanical drive when solid state is outgunning them for speed (and power usage so I've heard) and I don't need a lot of storage space on my lappy...

I think my laptop is sata 2 so ther would be no need for me to buy a dearer ssd as this will max my laptop out but will the relatively low 4k random speed effect me? or will this provide more than my system can handle in this respect aswell? Do i make sense?, i apologize if not.

By far and away the best upgrade to any laptop you could buy. 128gb is still the sweet spot for a single drive laptop with win 7 using upto 20gb fully patched.

Had a crucial m4 in my HP probook - boot from cold to useable desktop in prob 20secs. With dropbox et al and a 32gb pen drive to move media off the home tower I barely hitting 50% useage of the SSD.

Basically your asking if this drive will improve your laptop, and the simple answer is yes. Its a great upgrade, even to a sata2 laptop. For £50 its a no brainer!

Is this the desktop bundle?

The "desktop bundle kit" includes the SSD, cloning software, DVD with step-by-step installation video, cables (SATA data and power), and 3.5-inch hard-drive mounting brackets and hardware.

really good finding,
ordered 2 for raid 0 for just 100 pounds and get 256GB plus expected 500+MB/s reading and 250+MB/s writing

Does this effect T.R.I.M ? if not then i will buy 2 and raid0 them .