With prices dipping and higher capacity drives available, SSD is now becoming a common part of DIY systems. Today, we take a look at Kingston's M Series SSD drive. For those who are familiar with SSD, the Kingston M Series drive actually is an OEM of the Intel X-25M SSDSA2MH080G1 drive with a capacity of 80GB. This is a 2.5" SSD Drive and it looks identical to the original Intel drive.

SSDNow M Series drives increase performance with the impressive input and output operations per second (IOPS), a result of the drive's NAND Flash components and the powerful Native Command Queuing. With higher IOPS than a standard mechanical hard disk drive (HDD), SSDNow M Series allows for faster boot times and faster application loads than HDDs, ultimately making a power user more productive.

SSD uses a standard hard disk drive interface but unlike an HDD, SSD is very rugged and can handle more shock because it's built with no moving parts. Kingston's SSDNow M Series can withstand greater shock than an HDD, making it an ideal solution for executives and road warriors who push the limits of their notebooks.

Kingston's SSDNow M Series drives are equipped with S.M.A.R.T (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) to tell the user when a drive is about to fail.

For added peace of mind, the drives are backed by 24/7 tech support, a three-year warranty and legendary Kingston® reliability.

Features

Fast – 250MB/sec. read, 70MB/sec. write, 2.5" form factor  MLC
Durable – no moving mechanical parts, enabling the SSD to handle rougher conditions
Guaranteed – backed by a three-year Kingston warranty and 24/7 tech support
Reliable – low write amplification and unique wear-leveling design mean the drives will last longer
Advanced Architecture – 10 parallel channel architecture
Specification

Form factor — 2.5"
Interface — SATA 1.5Gb/sec. and 3.0Gb/sec.
Capacity * — 80GB, 160GB
Storage temperatures — -55° C to 95° C
Operating temperatures — 0° C to 70° C
Dimensions — 69.85mm x 100mm x 9.5mm
Weight — 86 grams (+/- 2 grams)
Vibration operating — 2.17 G (7–800Hz)
Vibration non-operating — 3.13 G (10–500Hz)
Power specs — Active: 0.15 W TYP
Sleep: 0.06 W TYP
Life expectancy — 1.2 million hours mean time before failure
Operating shock — 1,000 G/0.5 msec operating and non-operating
 

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