Kingston Now Shipping “Ultra Value” UV400 SSDs

Kingston has announced that it is now shipping its “ultra value” UV400 solid state drives, offering up to 980GB of storage for under £200, with its four-channel Marvell controller boasting 10x the performance of a 7200RPM HDD and 550MBps/500MBps read/write speeds, respectively. The 120GB model is available for as little as £30.

“We are proud to bring UV400 to market allowing users of all levels to replace their current mechanical hard drives with an SSD and see the benefits of higher performance,” Nathan Su, Flash Memory Sales Director for Kingston, said. “The combination of a powerful four-channel controller and TLC NAND makes UV400 perfect for consumers who want to upgrade their existing system at an entry-level price.”

Specifications:

Form factor: 2.5″

Interface:
SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0 (3Gb/s)

Capacities: 120GB, 240GB, 480GB, 960GB

Controller: Marvell 88SS1074

NAND: TLC

Baseline Performance:
Data Transfer (ATTO):
120GB — up to 550MB/s Read and 350MB/s Write
240GB — up to 550MB/s Read and 490MB/s Write
480GB — up to 550MB/s Read and 500MB/s Write
960GB — up to 540MB/s Read and 500MB/s Write

Maximum Random 4k Read/Write (IOMETER):
120GB — up to 90,000 IOPS and 15,000 IOPS
240GB — up to 90,000 IOPS and 25,000 IOPS
480GB — up to 90,000 IOPS and 35,000 IOPS
960GB — up to 90,000 IOPS and 50,000 IOPS

Power Consumption:
0.672W Idle / 0.693W Avg / 0.59W (MAX) Read / 2.515W (MAX) Write

Storage temperature:
-40°C~85°C

Operating temperature:
0°C~70°C

Dimensions:
100.0mm x 69.9mm x 7.0mm

Weight: 57g

Vibration operating:
2.17G Peak (7–800Hz)

Vibration non-operating:
20G Peak (10–2000Hz)

Life expectancy: 1 million hours MTBF

Warranty/support:
Limited 3-year warranty with free technical support

Total Bytes Written (TBW):
120GB: 50TB
240GB: 100TB
480GB: 200TB
960GB: 400TB

If the UV400 series isn’t your bag, the release of the range seems to have triggered a drop in prices for Kingston’s HyperX Savage SSD range, with the 960GB drive now available from certain retailers for just over £200.