Introduction
01
Kingston, the world's largest independent memory-module
manufacturer, has
a different line
line
of
thought as far as solid-state
drives (SSDs) are concerned.
Viewing SSDs for acceleration and upgrade rather than pure storage, the
company has a steadily increasing line of budget drives, priced to
entice users away from traditional spinning medium.
Kingston's budget SSDs are grouped under the SSDNow V-series banner. We
took a look at the
64GB
V
model, retailing for £100, and found that its JMicron
controller
to be rather poor in comparison to most other drives'.
The faster
64GB
V+ drive increases performance,
considerably so, through the use of
better underlying technology. Competitively priced at £135,
it's
still too rich for most folk looking for a cost-effective upgrade to
serve as a boot drive.
Now Kingston is aiming at bringing the benefits of SSDs to the masses
with an attractively priced
40GB
V-series
model.
Set to etail at around £70 for the bare drive and £75
for an
upgrade kit, we take a look to see if it's worth ditching the
mechanical monster and replacing it with a budget SSD.
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