Kingston SSDNow V+200 90GB SSD Review

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About the SSD

Today we will be looking at Kingston SSDNow V+200 90GB SSD drive from Kingston .

Kingston’s SSDNow V+200 solid-state drive combines exceptional quality and performance with an affordable price, making it ideal for businesses and consumers alike. This innovative drive features a second-generation SATA Rev. 3.0 SandForce Processor for best-in-class sequential read/writes combined with Asynchronous NAND. V+200 offers Data Integrity Protection that features DuraClass™ Technology plus RAISE™ for advanced data reliability.

Features and Specifications

• Multiple capacities — the right capacity to meet your storage standards
• Endurance — Data Integrity Protection featuring DuraClass Technology
• Dependable — RAISE™ for advanced data reliability
• Secure — Self-Encrypting drive (128-bit)
• Durable — DuraWrite™ optimizes writes to extend endurance
• Guaranteed — three-year warranty, free technical support and legendary Kingston reliability

The Specifications for the SSD are below ,

• Form factor: 2.5inch

• Interface: SATA Rev 3.0 (6Gb/s) , SATA Rev 2.0 (3Gb/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 | 90GB, 120GB, 240GB, 480GB – 480MB/s
  • SATA Rev. 2.0 – 260MB/s
• Warranty/support:
  • three-year warranty with free 24/7 support
• Power Consumption:
  • 0.565 W (TYP) Idle / 1.795 W (TYP) Read / 3.230 W (TYP) Write
• Storage Temperature: -40°C ~ 85°C

• Operating Temperature: 0°C ~ 70°C

• Dimensions: 69.85 x 100 x 9.5mm

• Weight: 115 grams

• Vibration Operating: 2.17G

• Vibration Non-Operating: 20G

• MTBF: 1,000,000 Hrs

Packaging and Unboxing

Kingston SSDNow V+200 comes in pretty much standard box . It is enclosed in the hard plastic case in which you can clearly see the SSD itself before buying which we think is quite good because in this case consumer can have a good look at the product . Also some of the features are mentioned on the box like Sanforce Controller and Free Tech Support , Also read and write speeds are also mentioned on the sticker placed on the box .

The packaging includes a manual and the Kingston SSDNow V+200 SSD itself . Note that there is not mounting bracket included in it like it was included in HyperX 3k .

Closer Look at the SSD

The Front side of the SSD is standard design , You can see the model of the SSD and the capacity in this case 90GB is mentioned on the front . The SSD itself has very nice quality regarding the body .

The back side of the SSD have the necessary connecter for the SATA Data cable and SATA power cable . The SSD is very sleek in design as it should be . You might have no problem in tucking this SSD in any place in your computer case.

Benchmarking and Results

The rig we will be using today for testing Kingston SSDNow V+200 90GB is ,

• Intel Core i7 2600K CPU
• ASUS P8Z68 V PRO
• 8GB Patriot Memory RAM
• Kingston SSDNow V+200 90GB SSD ( OS )

The results for ATTO Disk Benchmark , Crystal Disk , HD Tune , are below .

In The end ( Conclusion )

In the end all we have to say that this SSD is amazing in performance for its given price . The Kingston SSDNow V+200 is the best choice for those who have a little tight budget and want to upgrade to SSD from standar mechanical drive. This will definitely give them a huge boost in performance .
Also this SSD is very durable and strong in built quality . Moreover Kingston is covering this SSD with 24/7 support and 3 years warranty which is also a plus point .
We are very pleased to announce that Kingston SSDNow V+200 90GB SSD receives award at TechTipsnReview due to its performance and the price to performance ratio .

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