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 Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:00 pm Post subject: Kingston Releases SSDNow V200 Series |
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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 year ago. Below is a table of the specifications.</p>
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Kingston SSDNow V200 Series Specifications</td>
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Capacity</td>
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64GB</td>
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128GB</td>
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256GB</td>
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Controller</td>
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JMicron JMF66x (?)</td>
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Interface</td>
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SATA 6Gb/s</td>
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Max Sequential Read</td>
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260MB/s</td>
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300MB/s</td>
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300MB/s</td>
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Max Sequential Write</td>
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100MB/s</td>
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190MB/s</td>
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230MB/s</td>
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4KB Random Read (IOPS)</td>
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32,000</td>
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36,000</td>
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32,000</td>
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4KB Random Write (IOPS)</td>
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1,400</td>
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2,500</td>
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4,000</td>
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Price</td>
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$131</td>
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$216</td>
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$481</td>
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V200 brings support for SATA 6Gb/s, which is always a welcome addition, although the speeds are more SATA 3Gb/s level. The controller is manufactured by JMicron and it's most likely JMF66x as that is JMicron's first and only SATA 6Gb/s controller if their roadmap is to believe. It was first shown in Computex 2011 and back then, JMicron claimed up to 500MB/s read and 400MB/s write. As the table above shows, something does not add up. V200 is good for only up to 300MB/s, 200MB/s short of the predicted read performance. Either Kingston's firmware is very bad, or JMicron had far too big expectations in June. JMicron's SSD controllers have usually been aimed at low-end SSDs, and JMF66x seems to be no exception. Of course, the other possibility is that the controller is not JMF66x, but a different SATA 6Gb/s controller which is not shown in the roadmap.</p>
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Kingston markets V200 as a budget SSD, but I beg to differ. SF-2281 based 60GB OCZ Agility 3 goes for $86 in NewEgg, and 120GB and 240GB versions of this SSD go for $155 and $340 respectively. On average, Agility 3 is 30% cheaper and speed wise it's almost twice as fast. It's possible that resellers will sell V200 at lower prices but a 30% drop is unlikely (the prices in the table are from Kingston's online store).</p>
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If you are insterested in cheaper SSDs, stay tuned for our analysis on TLC NAND flash, which will (hopefully) be out soon. </p>
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Source: AnandTech
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