Kingston debuts 96GB SSDNow V+100 solid state drive, complete with 25 percent performance boost

Another week, another SSDNow drive. This go ’round, Kingston’s trotting out a midrange 96GB version of the SSDNow V+100, which promises to offer a 25 percent increase in performance over existing V+ units. Furthermore, this guy has an enhanced ‘always-on’ garbage collection feature, which purports to clean redundant data from the drive to prevent performance degradation and maintains the drive over its life cycle. Thankfully for you dual-boot users, the garbage collection scheme operates independently from the OS — in other words, it works with both modern, TRIM-supporting systems such as Windows 7, as well as older legacy OS’ such as Windows Vista and XP that do not support TRIM. The 96 gigger carries an MSRP of $290, while a 64GB unit can be had for as little as $220 and a 512GB version for a staggering $1,900. Continue reading Kingston debuts 96GB SSDNow V+100 solid state drive, complete with 25 percent performance boost Kingston debuts 96GB SSDNow V+100 solid state drive, complete with 25 percent performance boost originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 02 Nov 2010 11:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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