Kingston Digital announced its new SSDNow V+200 Solid-State Drive (SSD), which is available in 60GB, 90GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities.

For more information visit: www.kingston.com

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Kingston Digital Ships High Performance SSD Upgrade Solution for Business and Consumer Use

• Next-Generation SSDNow V+200 Balances Performance with Price
• Wide Capacity Range Ideal for Corporate Deployment, Personal Users

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.– Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the latest addition to its SSDNow family, the SSDNow V+200. The new Kingston® SSDNow V+200 solid-state drives are the ideal high-performance upgrade solution for the performance minded yet cost-conscious business or home user.

The SSDNow V+200 features the second-generation high-speed SATA 3.0 (6Gb/s) SandForce® SF-2281 Processor and outstanding sequential read and write speeds of up to 535MB/s and 480MB/s. The SSDNow V+200 enables fast system start-up, rapid data access and speedy copying of large files such as videos, presentations and graphics illustrations.

“Kingston constantly strives to offer the perfect upgrade solution to cover each market segment. The SSDNow V+200 drive has been specifically designed to meet the needs of both business and home users looking for an inexpensive yet powerful upgrade,” said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston. “The SSDNow V+200 is equipped with all essential tools needed to extend the lifecycle and boost a system’s performance to the maximum. The balance between performance and price makes this SSD deliver the best ROI as an upgrade for a fleet of corporate notebooks or desktops or the home PC.”

The SSDNow V+200 is available in 60GB, 90GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities as either a stand-alone drive or as an upgrade kit to make installation easy and quick. Upgrade kits include cables, brackets, cloning software and HDD enclosure — everything the business or home user needs to get started.

Kingston SSDs are backed by a three-year warranty and 24/7 live technical support. For more information visit www.kingston.com

Kingston SSDNow V+200 Features & Specifications:

• Dramatic performance for any system upgrade
• Multiple Capacities: the right capacity to meet your storage standards
• Endurance: Data Integrity Protection featuring DuraClass™ Technology
• Dependable: RAISE™ for advanced data reliability
• Secure: Self-encrypting drive technology
• Durable: DuraWrite™ optimizes writes to extend endurance
• Form Factor: 2.5″
• Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s), SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s), SATA Rev. 1.0 (1.5Gb/s)
• Capacities1: 60GB, 90GB, 120GB, 240GB, 480GB

• Sequential reads:
SATA Rev. 3.0: 535MB/s
SATA Rev. 2.0: 280MB/s

• Sequential writes:
SATA Rev. 3.0: 60GB – 460MB/s; All Others – 480MB/s
SATA Rev. 2.0: 260MB/s

• Sustained Random 4k Read/Write2
60GB – 12,000/47,000 IOPS
90GB – 20,000/47,000 IOPS
120GB – 20,000/44,000 IOPS
240GB – 36,000/43,000 IOPS
480GB – 43,000/30,000 IOPS

• Max Random 4k Read/Write2
60GB – 85,000/60,000 IOPS
90GB – 85,000/57,000 IOPS
120GB – 85,000/55,000 IOPS
240GB – 85,000/43,000 IOPS
480GB – 75,000/34,000 IOPS

• Power Consumption: 0.565 W (TYP) Idle / 1.795 W (TYP) Read / 2.065 W (TYP) Write
• Storage Temperatures: -40° C to 85° C
• Operating Temperatures: 0° C to 70° C
• Weight: 115g
• Vibration Operating: 2.17G
• Vibration Non-operating: 20G
• MTBF: 1,000,000 Hrs
• Warranty/Support: three-year warranty with 24/7 support

1 Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. For more information, please consult Kingston’s Flash Memory Guide at Kingston.com/Flash_Memory_Guide.
2 Based on “out-of-box performance” with IOMeter 2008. Speed may vary due to host hardware, software, and usage.

Kingston SSDNow V+200 Solid-State Drives
Part Number    Capacity and Features    MSRP
SVP200S3/60G    60GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (stand-alone drive)    $ 140.00
SVP200S3/90G    90GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (stand-alone drive)    $ 196.00
SVP200S3/120G    120GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (stand-alone drive)    $ 245.00
SVP200S3/240G    240GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (stand-alone drive)    $ 479.00
SVP200S3/480G    480GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (stand-alone drive)    $ 970.00
SVP200S3B/60G    60GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (upgrade bundle kit)    $ 156.00
SVP200S3B/90G    90GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (upgrade bundle kit)    $ 211.00
SVP200S3B/120G    120GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (upgrade bundle kit)    $ 260.00
SVP200S3B/240G    240GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (upgrade bundle kit)    $ 494.00
SVP200S3B/480G    480GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (upgrade bundle kit)    $ 985.00

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About Kingston Digital, Inc.
Kingston Digital, Inc. (“KDI”) is the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Established in 2008, KDI is headquartered in Fountain Valley, California, USA. For more information, please visit www.kingston.com or call 800-337-8410.