Is the Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB drive reliable?

[Crypto92]

I heard that Kingstons drives with the 506 firmware use asynchronous Nand.
Are those drives less reliable (lifespan) than the drives with 505 firmware?

I don't mind the slower sequential performance of the 506 drives as I plan to use the SSD on a 4 year old laptop which doesn't support Sata 3.
Its a Dell Studio 1558 laptop.

What I do care about is the life of the SSD.

I would also like to know if the drive is fully compatible with my laptop. Any issues I should know about?

Specs:

CPU: Intel Core i3 350M

Motherboard: Dell Inc. 0874P6 (U2E1)

GPU: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470 1GB

RAM: 4 GB [2x2 GB] SK Hynix [Formerly Hyundai Electronics] HMT125S6BFR8C-H9

BIOS: Dell Studio 1558 System BIOS, A12

 

[DigDog]

well, it's relatively new, so its hard to tell as yet. Mine works fine, and for the low price, you can't beat it.

Besides, the low estimate is what, 5 years?
Would you still want a 200Gb HD with 16Mb of cache today?

Then buy it now, replace it when it becomes ridiculously old.(3~ years)

 

[Crypto92]

well, it's relatively new, so its hard to tell as yet. Mine works fine, and for the low price, you can't beat it.

Besides, the low estimate is what, 5 years?
Would you still want a 200Gb HD with 16Mb of cache today?

Then buy it now, replace it when it becomes ridiculously old.(3~ years)

Would it be fully compatible with my laptop?

 

[Charlie98]

Yes, it's fine. I just put an 840Pro in my daughter's 6 year old Dell laptop. It all works.

What OS is the laptop running?

 

[Crypto92]

What OS is the laptop running?

Windows 8.1