It's been a while since we've seen Kingston launch something in its SSD family, but it would really seem that the wait was worth it. So, after announcing a USB flash drive with a 265GB capacity, the company has just introduced a new SSD series that reaches the same capacity, but also offers improved power consumption and data transfer features.

The V+ is the latest addition to the SSDNow family of solid-state drives from Kingston. The V+ is currently available in the United States in 64GB, 128GB and 256GB capacities; the 64GB drive is available worldwide with increased capacities to come.

Like most other similar drives out there, the V+ has a 2.5-inch footprint uses a standard SATA interface and is extremely durable with no moving parts and less heat generation than a typical hard-disk drive. The drives, which measure 69.85mm x 100mm x 9.5mm and weigh around 84 grams, support operating vibrations of up to 2.7G (non-operating vibrations of up to 20G), operating shocks of up to 1500G and have a life expectancy of around 1 million hours MTBF.

According to Kingston, the new drives reach random 4K read speeds of up to 6,300 IOPS, and random 4K writes of up to 291 IOPS. Moreover, the Kingston SSDNow V+ has a sequential read speed of up to 220MB/sec. and write speeds of up to 180MB/sec. Of course, the speeds also depend on the storage capacities, the 64GB model, for example, reaching just around 140MB/sec.

"The SSDNow V+ is the ideal solid-state drive for power users, system builders, system integrators, and in demanding corporate environments where efficiency and performance are important as more system resources are in use," said Ariel Perez, SSD business manager, Kingston. "Users will be more productive as the drive's higher capacities and IOPS allow for more data storage and faster boot and application load times."

Pricing for the SSDNow V+ series also depends on the storage capacities, the 64GB model selling for $254, the 128GB flavor for $500.00 and the top-range, 256GB version for $992.00 (still way too expensive for most mainstream consumers).


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