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Kingston SSDNow V300 (120GB & 240GB) Review
Update: Kingston is now using slower Micron NAND in the V300 so you may want to think twice before buying this drive since the results in this review are...
43 by Kristian Vättö on 4/30/2013Kingston HyperX 3K (240GB) SSD Review
With OCZ intent on moving as much volume to its in-house Indilinx controllers as possible, SandForce (now LSI) needed to expand to additional partners. OCZ has strong control over...
44 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 4/10/2012Introducing Our 2012 Case Testbeds and Revised Methodology
Over the past year we've tested more than twenty different enclosures using our existing testbed and produced a mountain of comparative data. The goal of the undertaking is produce...
29 by Dustin Sklavos on 3/29/2012Kingston's SSDNow V+200: More Affordable SandForce
Last year Kingston introduced its HyperX line of SF-2281 based SSDs. HyperX marked the first time SandForce and Kingston ever worked together but the relationship continued. Kingston quietly introduced...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 1/19/2012Understanding Wireless Storage: Kingston Wi-Drive and Seagate GoFlex Satellite
Let me pose a hypothetical situation: say you bought an iPhone or iPad, but cheaped out and got a 16GB model. You’ve got around 10GB worth of music, a...
32 by Vivek Gowri on 11/21/2011Kingston Releases SSDNow V200 Series
Kingston has released a new SSD lineup named as SSDNow V200. This series comes in 2.5" form factor and is the successor of V100 series, which was released a...
12 by Kristian Vättö on 11/10/2011Kingston Shows off Business SF-2281 SSD & 64GB Sandy Bridge E
I dropped by Kingston's booth at the IDF tech showcase to check out two things this evening: Kingston's SSDNow KC100 and another Sandy Bridge E demo. The KC100 is...
11 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/13/2011USB 3.0 Flash Drive Roundup
Given the rise in prevalence of USB 3.0-enabled computer systems and maturation of the USB 3.0 flash drive market, we provide here benchmarks and real-world performance tests of USB...
42 by Zach Throckmorton on 7/29/2011Kingston's HyperX SandForce SSD
Kingston is a pretty big player in the SSD space but mostly on the mainstream/value end of the spectrum. With a fairly conservative strategy we haven't seen Kingston be...
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2011Kingston Wi-Drive Offers Wireless iPad Storage Expansion
Dozens of companies have built entire businesses supplying accessories to the iPod and iPhone. With the iPad, storage vendors are trying to get a piece of the pie by...
7 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/1/2011Kingston Releases New V100 Firmware to Address Data Loss Bug
While I was at CTIA last week I ran into a friend from Kingston who let me know about an issue with the JMicron JMF618 based SSDNow V100 SSDs...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 3/28/2011CES 2011: Visiting with Vendors
CES 2011 has kicked off in a major way and the talk on a lot of vendors lips is Sandy Bridge: what it means, what it brings to the...
20 by Dustin Sklavos on 1/7/2011Quick Look: Kingston HyperX MAX 3.0, A USB 3.0 V+100 SSD
Although OCZ was first on the market with a USB 3.0 enabled SSD with its Enyo drive, competitors are knocking down the doors and bridging the gap. We saw...
31 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/24/2010Kingston SSDNow V+100 Review
I'm not sure what it is about SSD manufacturers and overly complicated product stacks. Kingston has no less than six different SSD brands in its lineup. The E Series...
96 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 11/11/2010Kingston DataTraveler Ultimate 3.0 & OCZ Enyo, Quick Look at Two USB 3.0 SSDs
Since I reviewed my first SSD, three things have happened. 1) Controllers have improved significantly. My personal favorite, SandForce’s SF-1200, can outperform the original X25-M by more than 3x...
20 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 9/14/20102010 Value SSD (~$100) Roundup: Kingston and OCZ take on Intel
Two years ago the best SSD you could buy was made by Intel and it cost $7.44 per GB of MLC NAND. Today Intel is actually the value leader...
52 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 6/3/2010