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Although Kingston's UV500 can be found in both the company's Business and Consumer product line-ups, its major selling point; hardware based 256-bit data encryption and TCG Opal 2.0 support will really only appeal to the business end of the market. Most...
The Kingston UV500 SSD, 480GB model gives the user access to medium speed drive, including a decent amount of storage options which makes it ideal as your primary hard drive. If you're a gamer, designer or someone that wants the benefits of an SSD, it...
Taking an existing design and simply slapping new nand in it as a refresh may sound easy on paper but is rarely as simple in reality. Kingston did an excellent job bringing a 2014 era controller this far forward. This also shows how little SATA drives...
Kingston proves with the UV500 series that SATA drives are still alive and well. The security-conscious among us will very much appreciate the SED and the Security admins will like the OPAL 2.0 abilities. With capacities ranging from 120GB to nearly...
Although we have not covered a motherboard with an mSATA slot since theGigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BKin 2014, the Kingston UV500 240GB (mSATA) wraps up our trio of reviews in the series by covering all their bases. The Kingston UV500 is also available in2.5"...
Prices on Solid State Drives are dropping very quickly and with this drastic change in the industry it is time to think of replacing your junky ‘ol spinning drives. It's no secret that SSDs are going to give you a boost in read and write speeds and also...
The Kingston UV500 SSD series of self–encrypting drives is listed as both a consumer and business SSD by Kingston. The UV500 SATA SSD family is available in a wide variety of form factors (2.5″, M.2 and mSATA) and features the latest 3D TLC NAND. This...
We said at the start that the UV500 would be a success if its performance wasn't hampered badly in any one area, and thankfully that's the case. Being a sub-£100 almost-500GB SSD is a real selling point in and of itself, but with solid performance, good...
In a bid to become one of the most economical SSDs to ever hit retail shelves, the SATA version of the Kingston UV500 240GB did well in achieving its goal: For about $70 at press time, the UV500 is one of the lowest priced drives in the market today....
