Kingston SSDNow V300

[Boddy]

Amazon has there drives listed as:
120GB $42.86
240GB $64.99
480GB $129,50
960GB $390.77

Amazon.com: Kingston Digital 240GB SSDNow V300 SATA 3 2.5 (7mm height) Solid State Drive (SV300S37A/240G): Computers & Accessories

The UV400 model is slightly cheaper as well. But slower performance in some areas.

For Australians have a look at MSY parts list.
https://www.msy.com.au/Parts/PARTS.pdf


Are these drives any good?
At these prices, could this be a better deal than used SSDs?

 

[andrewbedia]

No. That entire company is a snake (in my opinion)

Kingston Responds to Bait and Switch Allegations on V300 SSD - Futurelooks

They've also bait and switched server ram that caused some real problems and never apologized for it. I'm sure someone here will chime in about it.

 

[PRIMEZ]

I think Sandisk Extreme Pro is faster and cheaper. Aren't they?
Amazon
And you can even get cheaper on ebay.
eBay

 

[iq100]

I believe Kingston is a company that manufactures nothing. They reserve the right to change the components, keeping the same item description. So what you actually get is a moving target.

 

[BackupProphet]

I also believe that Kingston SSD is one of the few that do not honor O_DSYNC, which will cause you a lot of pain if you lose power.

 

[Mirabis]

I also believe that Kingston SSD is one of the few that do not honor O_DSYNC, which will cause you a lot of pain if you lose power.

hmmm my boot/os disk is a Kingston V300 for Server 2012 R2 ... worrysome hehe

 

[Patriot]

Not worth the risk, and there are better drives for the cost.