Hard Drive Reinvented with New Cost effective Desktop Upgrade SSD Solution

Revive your desktop by upgrading your existing Hard Drive with a Kingston SSDNow 30GB V Series Kit









International CES Las Vegas, NV and Fountain Valley, CA -- January 6, 2010 -Kingston Digital, Inc., the Flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., the independent world leader in memory products, today announced the Kingston SSDNow V Series 30GB Boot Drive, the latest addition to its V (Value) family of solid-state drives (SSD). Priced under £90.00 , the Kingston® SSDNow V Series 30GB Boot Drive is one of the best and most cost-effective ways to accelerate any desktop’s boot, shutdown and application load times. See the SSDNow in action.



“In real-world numbers this means that by upgrading with an SSDNow 30GB drive, you can speed up open and close times of web browsers such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, and programs like iTunes or Photoshop by almost 6 times over existing regular desktops hard-disk drives*”. said Jim Selby,Senior Product Marketing Manager Kingston Technology.



As part of Kingston’s goal to provide an easy upgrade path for first-time users, the drive is also available as an all-in-one bundle kit that includes cloning software, 2.5" to 3.5" brackets and SATA data and power cable extenders. The included cloning software and step-by-step instructions make it simple to move the contents of one’s existing hard-disk drive (HDD) to the SSDNow. Once cloned, the OS and applications reside on the SSDNow while the HDD serves as storage for data such as music, videos, files and photos.

The Kingston SSDNow V Series 30GB Boot Drive and will begin shipping in late February 2010. It is backed by a three-year warranty, 24/7 tech support and legendary Kingston reliability. For more information visit www.kingston.com/europe

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Kingston SSDNow 30GB Boot Drive Features and Specifications:



· Sequential Speed**: up to MB/sec. read

MB/sec. write

· Performance: enhances productivity; makes users more efficient

· Innovative: 2.5" form factor; uses NAND Flash memory components

· Silent: runs silent and cool with no moving parts

· Reliable: less likely to fail than a standard hard drive

· Shock Resistant: no moving parts; handles rougher conditions than a hard drive

· Supports S.M.A.R.T.: Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology

· Guaranteed: three-year Kingston warranty, 24/7 tech support

· Capacity1: 30GB

· Storage temperatures: ° C to ° C

· Operating temperatures: ° C to ° C

· Vibration operating:

· Vibration non-operating:

· Power specs:

· Life expectancy:

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* Test system: Intel® DG45ID Desktop Motherboard; Intel® Core™2 Duo E6550 Desktop Process @ 2.33 GHz; 4GB system memory; on-board SATA 3Gbps with ACHI enabled; Windows Vista® SP2. Using the industry-standard PCMark® Vantage Advanced HDD Suite, the 30GB Boot Drive received a score of 20257 on a Windows 7 system, whereas a 7200RPM hard-disk drive reached 3294**. Using PCMark® 05 for a Windows XP system, the 30GB Boot Drive received a score of 22519 compared with the hard-disk drive score of 6508**. PCMark Vantage Advanced HDD Suite and PCMark 05 runs a series of tests such as Windows 7 and XP startup, importing photos, adding music to Windows Media Center and application loading. The score is an indicator of how many bytes are moved per second.



** Based on internal testing. Performance may vary based on system settings.

1Some of the listed capacity is used for formatting and other functions and thus is not available for data storage. For more information, please consult Kingston’s Flash Memory Guide at Kingston.com/Flash_Memory_Guide.



Kingston SSDNow 30GB Boot Drive

Part Number


Capacity and Features

SNV325-S2/30GB


30GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (stand-alone drive)

SNV325-S2BD/30GB


30GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (desktop bundle)

SNV325-S2BD/30GB-2P


30GB 2.5″ SATA SSD (desktop twin-pack)






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About Kingston Technology Company, Inc.

Kingston Technology Company, Inc. is the world’s largest independent manufacturer of memory products. Kingston designs, manufactures and distributes memory products for desktops, laptops, servers, printers, and Flash memory products for PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras, and MP3 players. Through its global network of subsidiaries and affiliates, Kingston has manufacturing facilities in California, Malaysia, Taiwan, China and sales representatives in the United States, Europe, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand,India,Taiwan, China, and Latin America. For more information, please call +44 (0)1932 738888 +44 (0)1932 738888 or visit www.kingston.com/europe

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