CONCLUSION

   I can’t speak on behalf of all of you out there but I really hate it when people try to trick me and the same of course applies to manufacturers. So when a few months back I remembered the V300 “fiasco” I just had to make sure that our sample was not “cherry picked” and thus better compared to what you all could get after that. Unfortunately I was able to secure a 240GB sample so a direct comparison with the 120GB one we got back in 2013 is obviously not possible. Still it’s quite clear that at least the 240GB model surpasses the 120GB In almost every test and in some like IOmeter by a very long distance. Because of that I feel that Kingston either performed some firmware tweaks to achieve these read/write numbers or the 240GB model still uses Synchronous NAND flash modules (something which we can’t see because of the Kingston branding on them) so the “bait and switch” trick doesn’t really apply here, at least not in terms of performance (in the end however it’s always up to you to believe what you will). With that out of the way even 3 years later the SSDnow V300 240GB can still compete with the latest consumer oriented SSDs and that’s more than what I was expecting.

 The SSDnow V300 240GB by Kingston is currently available in 3 different versions, standalone (the one we got), desktop bundle kit and notebook bundle kit. The first retails for just USD77.70 inside the USA (Amazon.com) and for 77Euros inside the EU (Amazon.co.uk) while both kits retail for roughly 20% more. Overall the SSDnow V300 240GB still performs very well, offers a TBW of 128 with a MTBF of 1 million hours and is priced fairly and so for all of the above it gets our Golden Award.

PROS

- Build Quality (SF-2281)
- Very Good Performance (Especially For A 3 Year Old Model)
- 128TBW / 1 Million Hours MTBF
- 3 Year Warranty With Free Technical Support
- Available Bundles (Notebook/Desktop Kits)
- Price (For Some)

CONS

- 3 Years in The Market / NAND Flash Performance “Issue” (not encountered in our tests)