Kingston SSDNow

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Apr, 2024

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 213 reviews of Kingston SSDNow. The average rating for this product is 4.5/5, compared to an average rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category for all reviews. Reviews about the reliability and price are overall positive, whereas views are divided on the design. Some have doubts about the size.

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We analyzed user and expert ratings, product age and more factors. Compared to other products in the same category the Kingston SSDNow is awarded an overall alaScore™ of 94/100 = Excellent quality.

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alaTest has collected and analyzed 5 user reviews of Kingston SSDNow from Amazon.co.uk. The average user rating for this product is 4.0/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.co.uk. Reviewers really like the price. The usability is also mentioned favorably, but many are negative about the size.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.co.uk give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

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Amazon.com review summary for Kingston SSDNow

alaTest has collected and analyzed 25 user reviews of Kingston SSDNow from Amazon.com. The average user rating for this product is 4.6/5, compared to an average user rating of 4.5/5 for other products in the same category on Amazon.com. People really like the reliability. The price is also mentioned favorably, but there are some mixed views about the size.

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100% of the reviews on Amazon.com give this product a positive rating.

Apr, 2024

Expert review by : Matthew Murray (pcmag.com)

Kingston SSDNow V+200 (120GB) Upgrade Kit

The Kingston SSDNow V+200 kit provides a no-nonsense—and almost too no-frills—way to upgrade your spinning drives to SSD speed.

Good write performance. Included accessory kit is a full-featured upgrade solution. Affordable.

Inconsistent read performance. Utilizes last-generation transfer technologies.

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Feb, 2012

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Expert review by : Simon Crisp (techradar.com)

Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 480GB review

Less than £1 per gigabyte for decent SSD speeds

Large capacity ; Good value ; RAISE technology ; SandForce controller

Average performance ; Slow write speeds ; Struggles with incompressible data

Tech Specs Product TypeSolid State Drive Product FamilySSDNow V+200 Drive InterfaceSATA Drive Width2.5" Drive Interface StandardSATA/600 --> Brand NameKingston Drive TypeInternal Storage Capacity480 GB Maximum Read Transfer Rate535 MBps Maximum...

Jun, 2012

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Expert review by : Roydon Cerejo (tech.firstpost.com)

Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 (90GB) Review

While SSDs are far from being mainstream drives or taking over as your primary drive, they are getting there, ...

At a street price of Rs.10,000, the Kingston V+ 200 is a quite an expensive proposition for just 90GB. We recommend you put in a little more and pick up their HyperX series of SSDs. You can get the 120GB HyperX SSD, which has the Synchronous NAND flash...

Mar, 2012

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Expert review by : Allan 'Zardon' Campbell (kitguru.net)

Kingston SSDNow V+200 90GB Review

The Solid State market has been thriving in the last six months. Part of this growth has been caused The Solid State market has been thriving in the last six months. Part of this growth has been caused by the Thailand floods which raised the prices of...

Great price point.

Incompressible data performance is lacking.

Kitguru says: A great value for money drive.

Mar, 2012

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

please do not buy this drive

PLease do not buy TLC nand ssd drives...

no pros - don't buy these junk TLC drive just because they are cheap PLEASE

The drive uses TLC nand, TLC nand is known WORLDWIDE as junk nand and does not last as long as SLC or MLC. They publish fasr read/write numbers but the drive slow down quickly especially when copying large files. If we all stop buying these junk drives...

May, 2016

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Kingston SSDNow KC380

I can't speak to its' long term reliability yet, but to this point I have never had a Kingston SSD come back to me because of failure. Was looking for a drive replacement to the "ultra portable" ie very small Dell Latitude E4200. Drive compatible with...

Performance, compatibility with Dell Latitude E4200

None yet

Apr, 2016

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Units OK - Order was odd!!!

Now this SSD size 1.8" is a good price so I am keeping the second SSD 120GB drive from this i7 hp laptop for a added on backup.

Both units test A-OK.

Well that above word "both" is indeed odd when you only order ONE!!!

Apr, 2016

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Works as advertised!

Installed in Intel NUC NUC5i5RYK, working perfectly!

-Fast -Compatibility

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Dec, 2015

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Consumer review (newegg.com)

Monster in a jar

Great solution for operating system and for heavy load software such as Adobe Suite Collection.

Amazingly fast and reliable. After installing all the necessary software, drivers, updates, games, etc... my Win 7 Ultimate still loads in 10-12 seconds from start

None

Apr, 2015

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Monster in a jar

Great solution for operating system and for heavy load software such as Adobe Suite Collection.

Amazingly fast and reliable. After installing all the necessary software, drivers, updates, games, etc... my Win 7 Ultimate still loads in 10-12 seconds from start.

None.

Apr, 2015

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