Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State D

[r0n]

Good price on a mediocre SSD.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...m-_-20-721-107

 

[VirtualLarry]

The Seagate 240GB 600-series Pro SSD for $119.99 at TD is a better deal, both price/GB, and speed-wise.

But if you want to go cheap and crappy, that's not a horrible price for that Kingston. (But with async NAND, it won't even saturate SATAII speeds, most likely, for compressed data.)

 

[Replay]

Price is 65.99 with free shipping & no rebates.

64.99 @ TigerDirect till 11:59 pm, free shipping.
[EDIT for TD deal. Save a buck, or maybe tax for some.]

 

[Rio Rebel]

If you want the cheapest 120gb ssd you can find to speed up boot times, this is not a bad choice. It does not even compare to the performance of the higher end ssd's (or its own performance claims, for that matter). The cheap NAND cripples this drive for read/write performance, and you should not even look at it against the Samsungs or Crucials of the world. That being said, a large percentage of people only really notice the benefit of an SSD because of its lightening fast response times, so this may not matter to you.

(For anyone considering this and unaware of the many disappointed customers when they silently switched to cheaper NAND, do an internet search or read Amazon reviews to get more info).


***Buy this instead, you'll be very glad you did: http://www.amazon.com/PNY-6Gbps-2-5-...ds=pny+xlr8***

 

[BadThad]

From what I've read, the drives made in Taiwan are superior due to the better NAND used.

 

[deerslayer]

Same price at Amazon.

I put one in my aging laptop to speed up boot times and such. I wasn't looking for any kind of speed record, just something cheap to make it less painful to use.

http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digit...eywords=ssdnow

 

[DominionSeraph]

^^ Yup, the XLR8 is a better drive, and cheaper.

 

[dbk]

Why aren't 64gb SSDs $35 to $40 yet? 🙁

The Kingston is a lukewarm price at best based the chance that you'll get one with asynchronous NAND

 

[Rio Rebel]

The Kingston is a lukewarm price at best based the chance that you'll get one with asynchronous NAND

If by "chance" you mean "certainty", then I agree.

 

[SimMike2]

Why aren't 64gb SSDs $35 to $40 yet? 🙁

The Kingston is a lukewarm price at best based the chance that you'll get one with asynchronous NAND

I think they are phasing out the smaller drives. Too small.

 

[Replay]

PNY XLR8 120G 59.99 & "free shipping today" @ TigerDirect.

Don't buy an SSD till you need one the way prices are going.

 

[Masterplanet]

I have that exact SSD. It's wonderful.

 

[fire400]

7mm v300 awesome