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The Kingston SSDNow V 30 GB SSD
The Kingston SSDNow V 30 GB solid state drive, which is also known by its official model number of SNV125-S2/30GB, looks like any other 2.5" hard disk drive. It was certainly designed to conform to the 2.5" form factor, allowing it to easily replace any 2.5" hard disk drive. But you will know that this is no hard disk drive the moment you hold it in your hands - it's as light as a feather!
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As it only serves to protect the NAND chips, controller and circuit board inside from static damage, the case is flat on both sides. The top has a simple label that lists the model number, capacity, and place of manufacture, amongst other things. The underside is completely featureless.
Usable Capacity
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This Kingston SSDNow V drive officially has a formatted capacity of 30 GB. We checked that out by formatting both in NTFS using Windows Vista.
The actual formatted capacity was 30,014,435,328 bytes. This is slightly (~14 MB) above than the official storage capacity. With about 95 MB allocated to the NTFS file system, the actual usable capacity was about 80 MB below 30 GB.
Let's take a look at its specifications.
Specifications
Model |
• SNV125-S2BD/30GB (Desktop bundle) |
Formatted Capacity |
• 30 GB |
Guaranteed Sectors |
• NA |
Bytes Per Sector |
• NA |
Onboard Cache |
• 64 MB |
Memory Channels |
• Unknown |
Internal Data Transfer Rate |
• 180 MB/s (sequential read) |
Maximum I/O Transfer Rate |
• 3.0 Gbits/s |
Input And Output Per Second (IOPS) |
• NA |
Power On To Ready |
• 1 second |
Power Consumption |
• 1.7 W (Read/Write) |
Interface |
• Serial ATA 3.0Gb/s |
Supported SATA Data Transfer Mode |
• 3.0 Gbits/s |
SATA Hotplug Capability |
• Yes |
Maximum Height |
• 9.5 mm |
Maximum Width |
• 69.86 mm |
Maximum Length |
• 98.9 mm |
Weight |
• NA |
Power Requirements |
• 5.0 V ± 5% |
Ambient Temperature |
• 0 °C to 70 °C
(Operating) |
Maximum Shock |
• 1500 G (Operating) |
Maximum Vibration |
• 2.17 G @ 7-800 Hz (Operating) |
Drive Acoustics |
• 0 dBA |
Non-Recoverable Read Errors |
• NA |
Endurance |
• Read : Unlimited |
MTBF |
• 500,000 hours |
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