Kingston 64GB SSDNow V+ Series 2.5″ Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $64 AR

[oliverredfox]

Saw this over at slickdeals http://slickdeals.net/forums/showthread.php?t=2911987

Kingston 64GB SSDNow V+ Series 2.5″ Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $64 After Rebate.  At a $1 per GB after rebate, it’s about as cheap as SSD go.

http://www.buy.com/prod/kingston-64gb-ssdnow-v-series-2-5-internal-solid-state-drive-ssd/q/loc/101/213780106.html

[Mike Garcen]

i almost posted this myself! pretty sweet deal!

[swoon]

I’m always tempted by these deals on the smaller capacities, but I always want the 120GB .

[oliverredfox]

[quote=swoon]

I’m always tempted by these deals on the smaller capacities, but I always want the 120GB .

[/quote]

I still want a 120GB or bigger too =).  For now I’m living with my 32gb and 64gb(60gb technically).  I was a bit worried about the 32gb, but it holds enough to run a Windows 7 system along with a few key apps.  If I was running a laptop or single drive computer then both would be too small for me, but since both have 2TB+ of hard drives in them too it works out.  I got the 32gb on Black Friday for $30 and since then every SSD I see tempts me to add them to all my computers.

 

Here’s a 128gb one just for you: http://dealnews.com/Kingston-128-GB-SATA-3-Gbps-2.5-SSD-for-150-after-rebate-free-shipping/460736.html

[swoon]

Yes, if it is just the OS, 60GB is plenty. But, if you ever want to install games (and who wouldn’t want blazing fast load times from games), those 10GB+ games chew up the space quickly.

[oliverredfox]

Heh, yeah, they do eat space fast.  I’ve got LOTRO on the big SSD and it’s nice not having any lag going between zones.  I’d love it if was bigger so I could fit Portal 2 on there too.  Maybe in a year when the prices drop down to my impulse buy range.

[mikinho]

For a HTPC I think 60GB64GB is the sweet spot.  Anything smaller and at some point you’ll either have to sacrifice caching (page file, %ProgramData%, etc.) or do regular maintenance,

For a primary workstation I need 128GB or higher though.  Development kits and IDEs are huge.  With the bare minimal I need for work it is close to 52GB full and with a 60GB that just doesn’t give enough head room for Service Packs.

[PAPutzback]

$1 a gig is awesome. 

Below are the numbers from 2010 for the Kingston 64.

Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV425-S2/64GB

200/110

 

3/16 – 139.00

5/20 – 137.99

 

So the price has been cut by a little more than half in the last year and the speeds on the drive posted are 230/180. A little quicker for the value drive than the model from last year.

 

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