Kingston SSDNow V300 (120GB)
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Let’s get straight to the point here: unless you come across this unit at a discounted rate to clear stock, you should stay clear. There are simply better options available in the market for the same expenditure. Only those who don’t do their research end up buying this drive at full price.
Like with other 120GB drives in this roundup, the V300 incurs a performance hit compared to the larger-capacity models from the same series. However, the vendor-stated specs are low to say the least, listing just 180MB/s read and 133MB/s write.
Our tests found the manufacturerquoted read speed to be far off reality with the drive reaching within the 480–515MB/s range. However, the quoted write speed was much closer to reality, with the drive achieving a meagre 155–166MB/s range. At these speeds, you may as well be using a mechanical drive like a Seagate Barracuda 1TB drive and enjoy eight times the storage capacity.