To test the Kingston SSDNow V300 240G Upgrade Kit I used ATTO disk benchmark and CrystalDisk Mark. These two programs give a pretty good indication of level of performance one can expect. Testing Methodology: Here are the results and the Kingston SSDNow V300 240G Upgrade Kit doesn't fail to impress.

Providing consistent good results on the Blackmagic Cinema Camera MFTwhich is also on the recommended list at Blackmagic Design web site.

Easy To Install; Fast; Highly Compatible; Quiet; Reliable

I have an old PC with an old drive and wanted to give it a bit more useful life at minimal dollars. This kit is good value and makes data migration simple. I gave it 4 stars on average simply because it's my first SSD and I don't personally have any perspective on whether it's better or worse than...

Lastly, with the initial create task in Compile Bench the performance out of the KINGSTON SV300S3 120GB on Ubuntu with the Linux 3.13 kernel was on par with the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD. At the end of the day there isn't anything special about the Kingston SSDNow V300's performance.

It sometimes costs less than better performing drives.

When first released and reviewed by the industry Kingston used synchronous NAND when building the V300's; In later revisions they transitioned to using cheaper asynchronous NAND which has resulted in severely degraded performance and did nothing to make customers aware of the change

HDD drive failure so decided to go with a SSD. Easy to setup. Cloning software was included, but I was unable to use due to HDD failure, but did try it after, very good product. Buying the kit would be the easy way to go. SSD has decreased boot up times to less than 45 seconds.

Kingston changed the internal components they are currently shipping in this product to lower quality ones without changing the product name. I have one of the early one that is really fast but this newer version I bought is MUCH slower.

half the speed of plextor m6s... & does get warm & eats double power compared to the m6s

Easy To Install; Quiet

Runs Hot; Slow

Product works well but way overpriced for what I found at other local stores.

It's a hard drive. It's hard and it drives. :P