Decent, affordable SSD?

I believe that particular SSD received excellent reviews on AnandTech when it was first introduced; however, I can't speak to the model you linked specifically. Depending on your budget, for a little more money you can double the storage and still get a "decent" drive - Crucial C300 64GB. I'm using that model currently and wish I had opted for something bigger. 30GB might be a tight fit depending on your needs/utilization.
 
Depends on what it's for? I put that Kingston drive in my Zacate build. It works just fine, but it's not the fastest. The Patriot 60GB Inferno that I put in my HTPC blows it away. But for the price, $55, the Kingston was a good deal.
 
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Both of the 96GB V+100 are going for a good price right now:

http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139408
or
http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139412

I bought the second one when Kingston was offering a great rebate on it. (And the rebate experience was fantastic.) But still, even without the rebate, at $160 or $150 for 96gb is a good price per gb. Definitely much better than the one you linked, both in terms of price/gb and for the performance. And I'm not sure how you'll live with just 30gb -- that seems way too small for me. Btw, the second one I linked just comes with some accessories, including software to clone HDDs by Acronis.

Also, the V+100 series is better than the V series that you linked. See here, for instance:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4010/kingston-ssdnow-v-plus-100-review/5

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JookyOne said:
I believe that particular SSD received excellent reviews on AnandTech when it was first introduced;
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I can't even find a review by Anandtech of the V series .... but I didn't look thoroughly.
 
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Also, I got an email from NE offering 10% off all SSDs for 72 hrs with the following code:

BTEKEHG28

Hope that helps.
 
I would recommend a Microcenter rebranded Adata, they are nice, not too expensive and are 64gb (for ~$100) I updated mine with Corsair Force firmware and it worked just fine, its a nice little drive.
 
That's weird... there is also this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139408

Description looks identical to the other one that I linked in my post above but this link comes with a $50 rebate? Whereas my link doesn't show the rebate? The rebate price is [H]OT!! It's in the hot deals section of the forum right now, that's how I saw it. I don't get wtf is the deal with newegg's website.
 
The Corsair Force is another very solid SSD. (One of the first to use the newer Sandforce controller). If you've got a SATA III connection, then the Vertex 3's seem to be the cream of the crop currently, but they don't come cheap!
 
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My experience getting the rebate from Kingston was probably the best rebate experience, though.
 
Kingston seems pretty good about there rebates my friends done 3 different ones through them and they all came within a month of him mailing them.
 
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