Remember that SSDNow V+ SSDs we were talking about yesterday that managed to find their way into a local UK shop? Well, Kingston has decided to go official with this new line of solid state drives, which come in a very large number of storage capacities and offer numerous cool features on the side.

The good thing is that Kingston organized a local event for the promotion of this new storage solution (among other things), so we've gotten a closer look at the device, as well as at the pretty cool system used for demoing it. While we won't go into too many details on this issue (apart from the fact that it was based on an Intel Core i5 860 CPU running overclocked at 3.7 GHz and packed and NVIDIA GTX 275 GPU, also overclocked), we'll also have to mention that it was used for demoing Kingston's own HyperX memories as well (naturally, overclocked).

Anyway, coming back to the SSD in question, we'll have to say that it will be available in 64GB, 128GB, 256GB and 512GB capacities, and that it will come with a bundle including cloning software, a 2.5-inch USB enclosure, 2.5 to 3.5-inch mounting brackets and SATA data and power cables.

The addition of TRIM support helps the Kingston SSDNow V+ maintain optimal write speed throughout its lifespan. And since we're on this issue, we'll have to mention that the Kingston storage solution will attain a sequential read speed of around 230MB/sec., as well as a write speed of about 180MB/sec., which is way above what past SSD solutions had to offer.

“The new Kingston SSDNow V+ is an ideal solid-state drive for high-level consumers and in corporate environments where efficiency and performance are important as more system resources are in use,” said Steve Hall, European Product Development Manager for Flash, Kingston Technology. “Users will be more productive as the drive now features TRIM support, is available in higher capacities and is speedier overall with improved read/write speeds.”

P.S.: We've also got one of these babies up for review, so check out our review-dedicated section in the near future if you want to see just how these new SSDs manage to fare when put through their paces.



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