Kingston released the new SandForce SF-2200 based SSDNow V+200, replacing the Toshiba-powered SSDNow V+100, and bumping speeds to take advantage of SATA 6.0Gb/s interfaces. The new V+200 will be available in a wide range of capacities, including 60, 90, 120, 240, and 480GB versions with peak read speeds topping out at 535MB/s and write speeds of 480MB/s. With a three-year warranty, Kingston is pricing these drives to start at $140 for the 60GB model and maxing out at $985 for the 480GB version.
UPDATE 2/17/2012: Kingston SSDNow V+200 Review
Kingston released the new SandForce SF-2200 based SSDNow V+200, replacing the Toshiba-powered SSDNow V+100, and bumping speeds to take advantage of SATA 6.0Gb/s interfaces. The new V+200 will be available in a wide range of capacities, including 60, 90, 120, 240, and 480GB versions with peak read speeds topping out at 535MB/s and write speeds of 480MB/s. With a three-year warranty, Kingston is pricing these drives to start at $140 for the 60GB model and maxing out at $985 for the 480GB version.
The SSDNow V+200 is aimed at small businesses and consumers who want a low-cost high-performance SSD. Compared to the SSDNow V+100 before it, this is a huge upgrade in the performance category.
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Specifications:
- Form Factor: 2.5-inch
- Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s), SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s), SATA Rev. 1.0 (1.5Gb/s)s
- Capacities: 60GB, 90GB, 120GB, 240GB, 480GB
- Sequential reads: SATA Rev. 3.0: 535MB/s, SATA Rev. 2.0: 280MB/s
- Sequential writes: SATA Rev. 3.0: 60GB – 460MB/s; All Others – 480MB/s, SATA Rev. 2.0: 260MB/s
- Sustained Random 4k Read/Write
- 60GB – 12,000/47,000 IOPS
- 90GB – 20,000/47,000 IOPS
- 120GB – 20,000/44,000 IOPS
- 240GB – 36,000/43,000 IOPS
- 480GB – 43,000/30,000 IOPS
- Max Random 4k Read/Write
- 60GB – 85,000/60,000 IOPS
- 90GB – 85,000/57,000 IOPS
- 120GB – 85,000/55,000 IOPS
- 240GB – 85,000/43,000 IOPS
- 480GB – 75,000/34,000 IOPS
- Power Consumption: 0.565 W (TYP) Idle / 1.795 W (TYP) Read / 2.065 W (TYP) Write
- Storage Temperatures: -40° C to 85° C
- Operating Temperatures: 0° C to 70° C
- Weight: 115g
- Vibration Operating: 2.17G
- Vibration Non-operating: 20G
- MTBF: 1,000,000 Hrs
- Warranty/Support: three-year warranty with 24/7 support
All the Kingston SSDNow V+200 models will include Intel 25nm asynchronous NAND, which will be comparable to OCZ Agility 3 and Corsair Force 3 models.
