Kingston 128gb SSDNow drive -$119.99

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After mail in rebate but still a screaming deal. Anybody have this drive and have a good experience with your MBP?

http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx?cm_sp=ShellShocker-_-20-139-135-_-02142011

 

[Hellhammer]

IIRC Kingston V-series uses Intel controller so it's not a bad drive. Their firmwares are worse then Intel's though, at least in terms of performance.

 

[Fubar1977]

Yep.
Fitted it about 3 weeks ago.
Easy swap, no problems and a very noticeable speed increase over std HDD.
e.g. Boot from cold around 15 secs
Neo-office took 12 "bounces" to launch, now takes 2
Everything just feels nice and nippy, defiantly recommend at that price, got a good deal on mine too.
The plan is to run it in my MBP until prices drop on 500GB models and then stick the kingston in my Mini.

 

[fibrizo]

IIRC Kingston V-series uses Intel controller so it's not a bad drive. Their firmwares are worse then Intel's though, at least in terms of performance.

Actually the SNV425 series uses a Jmicron controller. 618 if I recall correctly.

Decent sequential speeds, but gets crushed by intel and sandforce drives in random 4k stuff.

http://www.legionhardware.com/articles_pages/kingston_ssdnow_v_series_snv425_s2_128gb,6.html

Price isn't bad after rebates though, (75$ rebate is annoying though) and will still be faster than a spinning disk by far.

Another review, again faster than spinning disk, but outclassed by any top tier SSD controllers
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=872

 

[Fubar1977]

There are certainly much faster drives out there, but very little around that price.
The difference between various SSD`s is often hard to spot in normal use however the difference between any platter based drive and any SSD is usually very noticeable.

 

[thetruth1985]

I also have this drive and it rocks. I have not tested in against another SSD but It's world's faster than the 7200 rpm drive that it replaced.