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I remember there was a lot of controversy that the Kingston SSD was terrible, is it still bad or is it worth it?

 

The only one that was "bad" is the SSDNow v300, and that one is still bad.

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I remember there was a lot of controversy that the Kingston SSD was terrible, is it still bad or is it worth it?

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The only one that was "bad" is the SSDNow v300, and that one is still bad.

ok thats all i need to know thanks

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I dunno, If you've never had an SSD before, it (the V300, the controversial one) will probably seem good either way. That's what I see mine and I don't know which one I have. Somebody did an in depth performance analysis and iirc it was found that you'd notice very little difference in day to day applications.

 

Edit: Found it:http://www.gamersnexus.net/guides/1360-kingston-v300-asynchronous-vs-synchronous-benchmark

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1:30 - why do you think there's something wrong with them??

 

they are not the best for performance but they are right there with most of the SSDs

 

Samsung SSD's are the controversial ones with their 840 Evo #NANDGate

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My trust is still bad 

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We bought a bunch of servers with the SSDNow v300 as their boot disk (Server Vendor pulled a fast one on us - not using them anymore obviously) and we have had 70% die (stop showing up as connected) in a year. They aren't being overheated (max 80F ambient), overworked (less than two full drive writes per month), or waterlogged (climate controlled 10-50% relative humdity). Our data suggests they are bad SSDs, maybe just a really bad batch though.

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I remember there was a lot of controversy that the Kingston SSD was terrible, is it still bad or is it worth it?

Does'nt LMG use Kingston SSD's in their superfast cache server? And didn't they do a sponsor spot about how great their SSD's were for a while? Seems pretty clear to me that if they are willing to use it, it can't be horrible :P

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Does'nt LMG use Kingston SSD's in their superfast cache server? And didn't they do a sponsor spot about how great their SSD's were for a while? Seems pretty clear to me that if they are willing to use it, it can't be horrible :P

AFAIK, it is only the SSDNow V300 that was bad, and the rest of the Kingston lineup is good. But I only have experience with the V300s

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