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Kingston Ships Near 1TB Consumer SSD In Value Series

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Kingston's V310: The bigger capacity model of the inexpensive V300

Kingston started shipping the V310 SSD, its latest model in the SSDNow V300 Series. The SSDNow Series is a "value" line that emphasizes a low price to performance ratio. The V300 series is currently available in 60GB, 120GB, 240GB, and 480GB. The new V310 expands that to a single 960GB capacity SSD.

The V310 comes with a Phison 3108 controller and can reach read and write speeds up to 450 MB/s each. The V310 random 4k Read/Write are 40,000 and 20,000 IOPS, respectively, and received a PCMark 8 score of 4,700, according to Kingston. While these marks are not particularly impressive when compared to the competition, this is Kingston’s first SSD nearing 1TB capacity and is marketed as a value model for consumers needing more storage. 

The V310 SSD comes as a single stand-alone drive or as a kit that includes cloning software and installation necessities. It is backed by an industry standard 3-year warranty.

While the V300 was regularly one of the cheapest SSDs you could buy, new V310 pricing has not been released, so we will wait and see how value oriented it truly is.

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    Karsten75 , July 22, 2014 11:23 AM
    I wonder if they'll pull a stunt like this again?
    http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand
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    chesterman , July 22, 2014 12:15 PM
    Quote:
    I wonder if they'll pull a stunt like this again?
    http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand


    Nice to see that there are affordable large SSDs to come, but i'll keep a eye open after what i read in this article.
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    Godloki , July 22, 2014 12:23 PM
    Quote:
    I wonder if they'll pull a stunt like this again?
    http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand

    boycotting Kingston after I got screwed with the v300
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    Amdlova , July 22, 2014 1:40 PM
    kingston drop the good ssd on test... when go to store u get the worse tech in the world... Kingston for me ? never
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    BulkZerker , July 22, 2014 1:57 PM
    Depending on the price as long as it doesn't crap in its pants like early ssd s and need reformatted yearly to retain 50% of its "new" performance its a godsend to those wgod otherwise opt out of a ssd.
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    soldier44 , July 22, 2014 5:50 PM
    Samsung 850 pro 1TB in my near future.
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    RussK1 , July 22, 2014 5:54 PM
    Kingston and PNY pulled a doozy they'll never recover from. Send samples for review and switch out the parts for the consumer to buy. "What you thought you bought, but didn't".
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    chaotixblade , July 23, 2014 9:49 AM
    Yeah, I got ripped with the v300, I'm not buying from Kingston any more.
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    chaotixblade , July 23, 2014 9:50 AM
    Yeah, I got ripped with the v300, I'm not buying from Kingston any more.
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    ozicom , July 23, 2014 1:17 PM
    Most of the desktop pc's are not using at least one 5 1/4 drive bays. Why don't a manufacturer think to build a cheap 5 1/4 SSD. Quantum made Bigfoot HDD before and sell it at past. Also the drive can be combined with a slim DVD or Bluray player or can be sold as bundle.
    Just think about it.
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    Karsten75 , July 23, 2014 3:40 PM
    Quote:
    Most of the desktop pc's are not using at least one 5 1/4 drive bays. Why don't a manufacturer think to build a cheap 5 1/4 SSD. Quantum made Bigfoot HDD before and sell it at past. Also the drive can be combined with a slim DVD or Bluray player or can be sold as bundle.
    Just think about it.


    Making the drive in a 2.5 inch form factor means that with a drive caddy it can fit in any sized bay. They are not limited to customers only wanting it in larger drive bays.

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    FrodoSwaggins , July 31, 2014 9:18 AM
    I can see it now. A year from today there will be a lot more competition in the 1TB< SSD market. That means dirt cheap SSDs, and the slow and painful death of Hard Drives, which has been going on for a little while now.