f*y
发帖数: 876 | |
R*******e
发帖数: 36 | 2 小心别买到firmware 5.06
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2316409
"I purchased several of these drives on sale from a local large retail chain
. Interestingly, Kingston sells two slightly different versions of the V300
presently in the exact same box. This subtle difference can be seen on the
label of the retail box that the drives ship inside.
Some drives have (small white) box labels to indicate "Made in Taiwan."
These units all ship with 5.0.5 firmware and it will show "SSD firmware: 505
...." on the same label. These drives ship in the kit version with a pre-
assembled, one-piece 2.5 to 3.5" adapter and one software CD (Acronis True-
image OEM).
The others have "Made in China" on the same label. These units all ship with
firmware 5.0.6. and are also marked as such on the outside box label. These
drives ship in a kit version with a un-assembled 2.5 to 3.5" adapter (two
side rail pieces) and two software CDs (one with install instructions and
the other with Acronis True-image OEM).
Having bought three such units several months ago and recently, you can find
either series of V300 SSD for sale. I prefer the 5.0.5 hands-down! Yes it's
got an older firmware, but the drive seems to benchmark dramatically faster
quiet during sequential read I/O. In AS SSD, the sequential read is 479 MB/
s in 5.0.5 (Taiwan) vs. only 179 MB/s for the 5.0.6. (China)! This test is
from a direct SATA-3 (600 MB/s) Intel port off a Z68-chipset motherboard. I
verified a similar huge drop on an older Intel 975 board w/ SATA-2. This
begs the question as to why the two series with two different firmwares and
what is the methodology Kingston will use to update them to the newer
Sandforce firmware - across the board? The toolbox software for download is
version 1.0 and appears to only provide drive info and smart status
presently. There is no optimization (force trim) nor firmware update
provision as yet in this software (like Corsairs' Toolbox). As such, there
may be subtle internal part differences that require different "tweaks"
before either the China- or Taiwan-made units can be firmware upgraded.
Kingston would have to track this origin info for all units - likely by
serial # or some other "digital ID" footprint field in the current firmware
in case the newer firmware requires "tweaks" for each these two series be
made independently. Let's hope these do provide an update soon!
Update: As of 12-10-13, Kingston now lets you download Toolbox 2.0 for this
drive, but there is still NO updated firmware for either firmware. I own 3
of the Taiwan drives (5.0.5) and couldn't be happier. Also, note that
Kingston tech support went out of their way to be upfront and responsive to
my questions." |
b**l
发帖数: 33123 | 3 只是这个版本？我有个印象Kingston这个牌子整个不靠谱。
chain
V300
505
【在 R*******e 的大作中提到】
: 小心别买到firmware 5.06
: http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2316409
: "I purchased several of these drives on sale from a local large retail chain
: . Interestingly, Kingston sells two slightly different versions of the V300
: presently in the exact same box. This subtle difference can be seen on the
: label of the retail box that the drives ship inside.
: Some drives have (small white) box labels to indicate "Made in Taiwan."
: These units all ship with 5.0.5 firmware and it will show "SSD firmware: 505
: ...." on the same label. These drives ship in the kit version with a pre-
: assembled, one-piece 2.5 to 3.5" adapter and one software CD (Acronis True-
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a******w
发帖数: 898 | |
d*b
发帖数: 21830 | |
a*****g
发帖数: 19398 | |
f*******r
发帖数: 605 | |
f****d
发帖数: 3217 | 8 那要买啥的，还是sandforge市面上多吧
【在 d*b 的大作中提到】
: SandForce基本都是垃圾，白送都不能碰
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h**2
发帖数: 2841 | 9 kst有两个line
低档的V系列和高档的hyperX 3K系列
可靠性不错，我有V，就是慢，但怎么也比硬盘快。hyper X应该不错
【在 b**l 的大作中提到】
: 只是这个版本？我有个印象Kingston这个牌子整个不靠谱。
:
: chain
: V300
: 505
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