Kingston Second Generation SSDNow V-Series Released

Kingston has announced the second generation of their SSDNow V-Series. The latest generation adds TRIM support and a modest performance gain, and comes in 30GB, 64GB and 128GB sizes. The good news is that the drive MSRPs remain the same as the current V-series drives and the V-Series 2 will be available starting February 15th. 

Kingston has announced the second generation of their SSDNow V-Series. The latest generation adds TRIM support and a modest performance gain, and comes in 30GB, 64GB and 128GB sizes. The good news is that the drive MSRPs remain the same as the current V-series drives and the V-Series 2 will be available starting February 15th.

The SSDs will be available as stand-alone drives or as part of an upgrade kit which includes the drive, a USB enclosure, drive imaging software from Acronis and mounting hardware for the 3.5" desktop version. All drives get a three-year warranty. 

Kingston SSDNow V Series Features and Specifications:

• Sequential Speed
  • 128GB: up to 200MB/sec. read; 160MB/sec. write
  • 64GB: up to 200MB/sec. read; 110MB/sec. write
  • 30GB: up to 180MB/sec. read; 50MB/sec. write
• Vibration operating: 2.17G (7-800Hz)
• Power specs: 128GB, 64GB Active: 5.2W (TYP); Sleep: 0.7W (TYP) 30GB Active: 1.7W (TYP); Sleep: 0.05W (TYP)
• Life expectancy: 128GB , 64GB: 1 million hours MTBF 30GB: 500,000 hours MTBF

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