Von Blade takes a look at the Kingston SSDNow V+ 64GB to see if the low price means a drop in performance.
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OC3D Review: Kingston SSDNow V+ 64GB
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Very nice review mate, after reading;
"Luckily you aren't the type who want the quick answer otherwise you'd have skipped on to the conclusion", I decided to continue reading as I am the kind of person referred to that skips on !
I do agree that an SSD is the best performance upgrade for a PC, however the price is still way too high and unfortunately it doesn't look like it will be dropping soon. That said, I know I will have one/three soon ! Good job.
"Luckily you aren't the type who want the quick answer otherwise you'd have skipped on to the conclusion", I decided to continue reading as I am the kind of person referred to that skips on !
I do agree that an SSD is the best performance upgrade for a PC, however the price is still way too high and unfortunately it doesn't look like it will be dropping soon. That said, I know I will have one/three soon ! Good job.
damn tempting for Red October Mk2... really want something a bit bigger, but £130 for a fast as hell drive is tempting, and I imagine 64gb is enough for Windows 7 and a handful of games... damn you, I want this now!
Still, those write speeds are very impressive, anyone know how much the 128Gb model costs?
Still, those write speeds are very impressive, anyone know how much the 128Gb model costs?
going on play.com for £120... is that the same drive?
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/2358/1...-Accessory-Kit/Product.html?searchtype=genre#
Cause if it is I might just buy one, or get Santa to get me one
http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/-/2358/1...-Accessory-Kit/Product.html?searchtype=genre#
Cause if it is I might just buy one, or get Santa to get me one
Rastalovich
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Great review.
All we really need now is for another company to undercut Kingston by £20 and the cycle of sanity can continue.
I do agree that the pricing of this is 'good' in comparison with it's fellow suspects, but on the whole, whilst also considering the traditional drive it's reviewed against, I strongly disagree with the 9 rating in the price category. I personally think ssds should start with a '5' rating handicap on general principle.
What does bother me is whilst it boots an OS nicely faster by some 10-15s usually, the files in consideration against the game loading are not a fair template for comparison. What I took from it is that forgiving 10-15s, the traditional harddrive is an awesome purchase, whilst ssds are what they are.
If a traditional harddrive comes out with a 128mb (or even 64mb) cache, the ssd drive will look pretty poor. This ofc will only happen with those manufacturers who don't make ssds.
All we really need now is for another company to undercut Kingston by £20 and the cycle of sanity can continue.
I do agree that the pricing of this is 'good' in comparison with it's fellow suspects, but on the whole, whilst also considering the traditional drive it's reviewed against, I strongly disagree with the 9 rating in the price category. I personally think ssds should start with a '5' rating handicap on general principle.
What does bother me is whilst it boots an OS nicely faster by some 10-15s usually, the files in consideration against the game loading are not a fair template for comparison. What I took from it is that forgiving 10-15s, the traditional harddrive is an awesome purchase, whilst ssds are what they are.
If a traditional harddrive comes out with a 128mb (or even 64mb) cache, the ssd drive will look pretty poor. This ofc will only happen with those manufacturers who don't make ssds.
Rastalovich
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That an@logy has never worked for me. I can't think of anything relevant to today that the X1950 could do better than the HD5970. Mode promote to an external tv whilst using mpclassic perhaps as the drivers are old enough and u could use an unupd8d xp.
Whereas the F1 can do what HDD's were designed for alot more than all but 1 (that I know of) single SSD can. And that's to store more pr0n, I mean data.
Whereas the F1 can do what HDD's were designed for alot more than all but 1 (that I know of) single SSD can. And that's to store more pr0n, I mean data.
VonBlade
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It's not an analogy. It's pointing out that your argument is invalid.
HDDs are not priced comparably to SSDs, nor even are they in competition with them. The sole feature is that they both store data. Thusly HDDs are not taken into account when scoring the price.
Maybe the F1 can do what HDDs are designed to do. But in case you didn't notice this is an SSD review.
HDDs are not priced comparably to SSDs, nor even are they in competition with them. The sole feature is that they both store data. Thusly HDDs are not taken into account when scoring the price.
Maybe the F1 can do what HDDs are designed to do. But in case you didn't notice this is an SSD review.
Rastalovich
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name='VonBlade' said:
U need to look up what it means butt.
And u need to rethink - thinking that SSDs are not in competition with HDDs. They each have more than just the unique feature to store data.
If u also didn't notice, the F1 is used as a comparison more-or-less through-out the review.
Infact, what the fudge was the point in posting what u just posted ?
FarFarAway
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It is very difficult to justify a price tag like that on what is essentially a 64gb hard drive. Sure it's priced well compared to the competition, but the competition is priced at laughable levels.
Good review all the same
Good review all the same
