kingston 128gb ssd from ebuyer via ebay £49.99
looks like a great deal for the new 128gb drive
http://www.pureoverclock.com/Review-detail/kingston-ssdnow-v200-128gb/
*Posted July 16, 2012
*A quick word about the JMicron controller that drives this SSD. The JMF668 controller is ARM-based SSD SATA III controller, and supports external SDRAM, SATA III to NAND flash interface.
*The Kingston SSDNow V200 has the JMicron 668 Controller and Toshiba 24nm 3KP/E Cycle MLC NAND flash
http://www.legitreviews.com/article/1980/2/
*Mon, Jul 23, 2012 - 12:00 AM
http://www.behardware.com/articles/860-3/ssd-2012-roundup-sixteen-120-and-128-gb-sata-6g-ssds.html
*Published on June 27, 2012
*Kingston V200 - JMicron JMF661 - Toshiba 24nm
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Top Comments (5)
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 .
Yes it does. The current Intel drivers can not pass through TRIM to RAID arrays. It's on its way apparently though.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/solid-state-drives-ssds-flash-storage/629427-kingston-ssdnow-v200-having-serious-performance-problems.html
I have only used OCZ, sandisk, and crucial myself do the above is just FYI. The new FW may help but there are certain areas of a PC where you shouldn't try to save money over quality, predominately storage and power supply.
The problems have been fixed with simply updating the firmware.
I'm also unsure why you would put OCZ on that list considering they have one of the highest SSD failure rates along with Corsair after the Sandforce fiasco. "Quality" and anything related to OCZ SSDs shouldn't be together after the terrible customer service they showed when their drives started dying.
Read 300MB/s Write 190MB/s
pay a little more for a better one!
If one more person quotes read / write speed of a SSD and claims it's slow I'm going to explode.
ITS MARKETING. A SSD GETS IT SPEED FROM THE IOPS IT CAN DO. I know manufactures like to try and keep things simple for folk, but this does nothing but give people the wrong impression of what's important on a drive (and they then pass this on to others).
300R/190W is still insanely fast compared to a spindle drive. That still means the drive can read a full gig in 3.3 seconds. Home users very rarely read and write large files. The vast majority of reading and writing is done on small files. There is little point to having insanely fast read and write speeds when its the IOPS that really matter.
I should back up but the person using it is not very computer literate!
This thread worries me:
Avoid drives with the jmicron controller
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/ssd-jmicron-jmf602,7057.html
Says the jmicron connector is rubbish!
3:40 PM - February 19, 2009
Lol because this article is 3 years old that automatically means it should be ignored? I think it's safer to assume this is true UNTIL I hear Jmicron have got their act together.
No, it should be ignored because ITS AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT CONTROLLER. That's talking about the JM602, released back in 2009-ish. This drive uses the much newer JMF668, which is entirely different.
Stop telling people it's safe to assume things are true when you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
Edited By: nomnomnomnom on Aug 07, 2012 12:10: typo
....bloody HUKD
*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
All Comments (554)
Jump to unread Post a CommentHave yet to take the plunge & buy a SSD
I hope so
just about to buy one, but been reading i need a windows 7 operating system
to make the most out of it
Thanks anyway op, not voted either way
Thanks anyway op, not voted either way
never knew about that, just searched on the net and it seems that kingston released the drive, and it had issues they then released it again with some new software upgrade, now it seems to work better.
found this review online
http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=6488&review=kingston+ssdnow+v200+ssd+7mm
: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
Edited By: Scotty Boy on Aug 06, 2012 23:00: Added Links
Christ, they really must be wanting to shift stock fast!
oO
yup its the older notorious one....