Kingston or PNY

[Guest Haduvokone]

Hi, i got an gift card for a computerstore for crhistmas perfectly enough for an ssd 120GB.

now my question is should i choose a kingston ssd or a PNY ssd both 120 gb thanks!

 

btw i don't bother with saumsong and stuff these are the only two affordable options in that store

[EarthboundHero]

PNY

[79wjd]

Don't get the Kingston V300, other than that, most ssds are pretty comparable. 

 

You should also check out: Sandisk, Crucial, Adata, OCZ, and Corsair* as they are also often among the cheaper of the ssds.

 

Sandisk Ultra 2, Extreme 2, Ultra Plus 

Crucial MX100, m550, m500 

OCZ Arc 100

Adata SP600, SP900

Corsair LS, LX 

[Guest Haduvokone]

Don't get the Kingston V300, other than that, most ssds are pretty comparable. 

 

You should also check out: Sandisk, Crucial, Adata, OCZ, and Corsair* as they are also often among the cheaper of the ssds.

 

Sandisk Ultra 2, Extreme 2, Ultra Plus 

Crucial MX100, m550, m500 

OCZ Arc 100

Adata SP600, SP900

Corsair LS, LX 

thanks but those are the only options and a samsaung in that store usally i know wich ssd's to get but here those are the only two and i have no exprerience with them

[TheMcSame]

Which models are they? That's kinda something we need to know, especially if Kingston is in the equation.

[Guest Haduvokone]

Kingston v300 i know it's bad an the PNY optima

[Guest Haduvokone]

Don't get the Kingston V300, other than that, most ssds are pretty comparable. 

 

You should also check out: Sandisk, Crucial, Adata, OCZ, and Corsair* as they are also often among the cheaper of the ssds.

 

Sandisk Ultra 2, Extreme 2, Ultra Plus 

Crucial MX100, m550, m500 

OCZ Arc 100

Adata SP600, SP900

Corsair LS, LX 

Hut should i get an v300 or an PNY optima They are both the same speed

[79wjd]

Hut should i get an v300 or an PNY optima They are both the same speed

Not the v300, the V300 is garbage. 

[Guest Haduvokone]

Not the v300, the V300 is garbage.

Why? Ps only have experience with Saumsong drives

[79wjd]

Why? Ps only have experience with Saumsong drives

Because Kingston swapped out the controller of the V300 shortly after all the reviews/benchmarks were posted with an inferior controller; a controller which yields lousy results -- results, which often give the V300 HDD-like performance. 

[Guest Haduvokone]

Because Kingston swapped out the controller of the V300 shortly after all the reviews/benchmarks were posted with an inferior controller; a controller which yields lousy results -- results, which often give the V300 HDD-like performance.

Looked ad an articel but PNY did the same but small reviewers after the chip swap stil get 450~ mb read and 160 write

[Guest Haduvokone]

Because Kingston swapped out the controller of the V300 shortly after all the reviews/benchmarks were posted with an inferior controller; a controller which yields lousy results -- results, which often give the V300 HDD-like performance.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7763/an-update-to-kingston-ssdnow-v300-a-switch-to-slower-micron-nand

You are right!!! Look at this 170 read 85 write that's terrably slow unbelievable kingston has don this

[WastedEmu]

Spend the extra couple dollars and get a Samsung, so far I've had good luck with their drives, I've started to out all of those in my new builds, and builds for other people.

Another brand I've personally never had problems with is OCZ. I've been using their Vertex 4 drive for 3 years now with no issues at all. Windows has never been reinstalled and it runs slightly slower than when it was first installed. I don't know how their newer series performs though

I tried PNY, and 3/4 drives have failed on the builds I've put them in. And I have the person using the 4th drive keeping everything on an external hard drive just incase, because I honestly don't trust them at all.

[hojnikb]

Because Kingston swapped out the controller of the V300 shortly after all the reviews/benchmarks were posted with an inferior controller; a controller which yields lousy results -- results, which often give the V300 HDD-like performance. 

 

They didn't swap controller, stop spreading bullshit.

 

Kingston switched NAND to async version, which is significantly slower than sync. Controller is the same.

[hojnikb]

If you have to chose between PNY and Kingston, grab PNY. Although its sandforce, its still miles better than kingston. They are just plain garbage.