Kingston has announce a new member of its SSDNow SSD family, the KC300 series. Based on Sandforce controller, the new KC300 series will be available in capacities of up to 480GB and feature read and write transfer speeds of up to 525MB/s and 500MB/s.

Packed in a 2.5-inch, 7mm-thick form factor, the new SSDNow KC300 series features Sandforce SF-2281 controller and will replace Kingston's previous V+200 and the KC100 line of SSDs aimed for the business market. The new KC300 series feature enterprise-grade SMART capability, Data Integrity Protection with DuraWrite technology and RAISE support that reduces the number of uncorrectable errors in the drive.

As noted earlier, the KC300 series will be available in 60, 120, 180, 240 and 480GB capacities and feature sequential read and write speeds of up to 525MB/s and 500MB/s, while the PCMark Vantage HDD suite score is at 57,000 points. The maximum random 4k read and write performance depends on the actual modes so the 60, 120 and 180 will be able to get up to 84k/64k IOPS, the 240GB one is set at up to 84k/52k IOPS, while the 480GB model can achieve up to 73k/32k.

As it was the case with previous Kingston SSDs, the new KC300 line will also be available as a stand-alone drive and as an upgrade bundle kit that includes a 2.5-inch USB enclosure, 3.5-inch bracket, 7 to 9.5mm adapter and HDD cloning software. The entire line is backed b y a 3-year warranty and has a MTBF of 1 million hours.

Unfortunately, Kingston did not announce the precise price or the availability date for the KC300 lineup.



Source: Kingston.com.