Kingston technology has launched the new range of SSD called the SSDNow V+200 series in India, if you remember I had reviewed the Kingston SSDNow V+100 series a couple of months ago these new V+200 brings to us the goodness of SATA 3.0 (6GB/s) interface and uses the SandForce controller.

The SSDNow V+200 features the second-generation high-speed SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) SandForce SF-2281 Processor and outstanding sequential read and write speeds of up to 535MB/s and 480MB/s. The SSDNow V+200 enables fast system start-up, rapid data access and speedy copying of large files such as videos, presentations and graphics illustrations.

Kingston SSDNow V+200 Features & Specifications:

Endurance: Data Integrity Protection featuring DuraClass Technology
Dependable: RAISE for advanced data reliability
Secure: Self-encrypting drive technology
Durable: DuraWrite optimizes writes to extend endurance
Form Factor: 2.5″
Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s), SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s), SATA Rev. 1.0 (1.5Gb/s) Capacities1: 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; All Others – 480MB/s
SATA Rev. 2.0: 260MB/s

Sustained Random 4k Read/Write2
60GB – 12,000/47,000 IOPS
90GB – 20,000/47,000 IOPS
120GB – 20,000/44,000 IOPS
240GB – 36,000/43,000 IOPS
480GB – 43,000/30,000 IOPS

Max Random 4k Read/Write2
60GB – 85,000/60,000 IOPS
90GB – 85,000/57,000 IOPS
120GB – 85,000/55,000 IOPS
240GB – 85,000/43,000 IOPS
480GB – 75,000/34,000 IOPS

Power Consumption: 0.565 W (TYP) Idle / 1.795 W (TYP) Read / 2.025 (TYP) Write
Storage Temperatures: -40° C to 85° C
Operating Temperatures: 0° C to 70° C
Weight: 115g
Vibration Operating: 2.17G
Vibration Non-operating: 20G
MTBF: 1,000,000 Hrs

These Kingston SDDNow V+200 SSD’s will be available in 60GB, 90GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities as either a stand-alone drive or as an upgrade kit and comes with a three year warranty and technical support.

If you remember I had done a SSD vs HDD test using with the Kingston SSDNow+ 100 and a normal 7,200 rpm HDD and the Kingston SSD just blew away the normal HDD it would be very interesting to see how this new SSDNow V+200 series stack us as the old one was using the SATA2.0 controller and the new ones are using the SATA3.0 interface.