Kingston SV200S3N/256G any good?

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Hi, i have a friend that is selling me this SSD really cheap
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139957

200dollars like new... but i dont see any reviews comparing this ssd with high performance SSD to see is worst buying

Is this anygood?

thanks

 

[rolli59]

Atleast the price is right (cheap)! Here is a review with no show stoppers http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?cat=&id=588&pagenumber=10

 

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Atleast the price is right (cheap)! Here is a review with no show stoppers http://www.rwlabs.com/article.php?cat=&id=588&pagenumber=10

oh wow thanks man, seems to be a really good SSD, but i just find out that they have issue with the firmware :S what about that?

 

[rolli59]

The sandforce issue has been known for some time but all manufacturers have claims that their new firmware fixes those (I personally do not know). I personally would gamble on that for the price as long as warranty can be used, if no warranty I would buy something else.

 

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[wpcoe]

oh wow thanks man, seems to be a really good SSD, but i just find out that they have issue with the firmware :S what about that?

Be very leery about that drive. See this "Kingston SSDNOW V200 Is Having Serious Performance Problems" thread for some eye-opening reports. Someone posted in the first week of February that Kingston told them that the next *BETA* firmware to address the issues was expected in "~6 weeks." (!)

The latest posts in that thread indicate that Kingston is accepting RMA returns and replacing them with SSDNow V+200 drives. If you get a warranty with your drive, that might be the way to go?