For this review Kingston has sent over one of their newest solid state drives, the 240GB SSDNow mS200, model number SMS200S3/240G. This is not your typical 2.5" SSD, but an mSATA drive whose footprint is eight times smaller, making it ideal for use in laptops and tablets. While the physical size is much smaller with this form factor, you can still achieve transfer rates and capacities to rival the best 2.5" drives.

The promotional image above shows the compact card to be reviewed. At just about 51mm long, 30mm wide, and just a few millimeters thick it is clear why this is the form factor of choice for portable devices. Even desktop motherboards have started to support mSATA drives as it is fairly easy to integrate a controller and connector on to a board in order to take advantage of the power of these compact storage devices.