http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/ Engadget Comments for Kingston's latest SSDNow V+ reviewed in 128GB flavor http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/Feb 17th 2010 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
The problem with this drive is that the Vertex (and similar drives) is simply much faster at the same price and capacity, at least before the market corrects for it. ]]>Feb 17th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
Read the articles/reviews on Anandtech discussing SSDs, TRIM, and "dirty" SSD performance, and a light bulb clicked. I used a zero wipe utility to clear the 16GB drive, then re-installed Windows to it. Performance is VASTLY improved. Based on that experience, I will NOT buy a drive without TRIM support (the 1st gen SSD Now! drives), no matter how cheap it is.]]>Feb 17th 2010 11:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/Feb 17th 2010 9:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/Feb 17th 2010 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
Yes, I am very pessimistic with SSD prices, I realy need tons of TB storage (I use Media Center stuff, HD videos, HD Tv recordings, Photos in RAW...), I will easy prefer a 2TB HDD over a 128gb SSD... evem if it's 2TB HDD over a 1 TB SSD...

I realy don't see the price get near so soon.]]>Feb 17th 2010 11:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
WTF? Prices will fall faster than that, dude. Look at how much they've fallen so far after only having been out a few years; think about how much longer hard drives took. The pace of technology today compared to even 10 years ago is pretty crazy.

Now if only RAM would get cheaper. Seems like it does, and then they conveniently introduce a new standard meaning prices get reset, and then stop making the older ones so then those don't get any cheaper either. And with the predicted increase in prices of all computer components throughout 2010 and possibly 2011, it's not helping either.]]>Feb 17th 2010 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
Don't you remember the news that "SSD's Will Become Mainstream in 2010"? we are not even near that, How come in the year that "SSDs Will Become Mainstream" a 64Gb or a 80 Gb SSD is the price of 2Tb HDD? No way I'll buy SSD just for speed, I do Raid for that.
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You b@st@rd! ;-)]]>Feb 17th 2010 10:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/Feb 17th 2010 10:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
Yup, that's what I want too... I'll probably hold off on a desktop build until that happy dream becomes reality.]]>Feb 17th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
Velociraptors are an extinct species! :D]]>Feb 17th 2010 11:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
If you're storing the same data across several machines, it makes a lot of sense to go to a central storage solution; especially one with integrated backup and simple remote access. The massive boost in desktop/laptop performance was only a side benefit.

I look at my 15k scsi desktop now and think "Why are you so slow?"]]>Feb 17th 2010 11:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
And that's how you use SSDs. Get one just big enough for your OS and applications, and use an HDD for data. You get the performance benefits of the SSD and the size benefits of the HDD. When you use BOTH types it's like bulk storage nirvana.]]>Feb 17th 2010 1:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/
I think the word you meant was "wringer". :-)]]>Feb 17th 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/Feb 17th 2010 10:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/17/kingstons-latest-ssdnow-v-reviewed-in-128gb-flavor/Feb 17th 2010 6:44PM