Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64GB SSD

Dr.Vijay · 27-08-2009, 08:51 PM

Kingston has been selling SSD units based on Intel's 'mainstream' and enterprise class drive kits but the newer V series is Kingston's own internal design optimized for value. Here with us today is a better specced V+ series SSD unit based on a Samsung controller. Check out how this newcomer fares against some of the fastest in the market.

http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...cid=10&id=2986

Dr.Vijay · 28-08-2009, 08:27 PM

Dear all, after further discussions with Kingston, there might be an issue with our drive which rendered uneven performance. As such we've unpublished the preview for the time being.

But stay tuned as we promise to update you guys with a full fledged review once the issue has been sorted out.

Best Regards,

Dr.Vijay · 18-12-2009, 02:15 AM

Full testing conducted again on retail drive with improved performance, hence we now present you our full review.

blantto · 19-12-2009, 12:19 AM

Corsair released firmware update tool for these Samsung PB22-J based drives. I have Kingston 64gb variant that came with vbm1801q, updated very easily with this tool. My firmware is now vbm19c1q and is TRIM enabled and is verified working with Crystal Disk info. Tool will most likely work for all of these rebadged drives.

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?p=431478

geekbrains · 19-12-2009, 02:28 AM

Are you guys sure that the Cache sizes are 256KB for SLC drives? Shouldn't it be in MB?

Dr.Vijay · 19-12-2009, 02:40 PM

Thanks for the update!
We didn't feel like taking the risk of flashing it when Kingston told us they are qualifying their units still, so we left it under default.

Looks like it's all safe from your account

Enjoy!

Quote:

Originally Posted by blantto

Corsair released firmware update tool for these Samsung PB22-J based drives. I have Kingston 64gb variant that came with vbm1801q, updated very easily with this tool. My firmware is now vbm19c1q and is TRIM enabled and is verified working with Crystal Disk info. Tool will most likely work for all of these rebadged drives.

http://forum.corsair.com/v3/showthread.php?p=431478

Dr.Vijay · 19-12-2009, 02:42 PM

Yup, those Intel drives come with very small dedicated cache.
What we do suspect though is that there is an unused amount of memory cells that might be used for further caching purposes. It's just our hunch, but the reported dedicated amount is that small figure.

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Originally Posted by geekbrains

Are you guys sure that the Cache sizes are 256KB for SLC drives? Shouldn't it be in MB?

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