Kingston SSDNow in MBP 2011 freezes up

So, I've just installed a Kingston SSDNow V+ 200 into my 13" MacBook Pro 2011.
The boot speeds of both OS X Mountain Lion, and Windows 7 in Bootcamp/Parallels is pheonominal!
However, I am having one issue with the speed during operation.
Every time I do more than one thing at once, or am just casually browsing the web, my MacBook will freeze up for 30 seconds.
Is this an issue with the SSD, do you think? Is anyone else having this issue?

Hey Clinton,
Thank you for your reply. I spent a couple more hours researching and found the problem and a solution. Some MacBook Pro models (especially the early 2011 models - my model), have a known issue with SATA3 Solid State Drives. I'm not 100% sure how it all works, but the conclusion was that SATA3 drives were problematic, and SATA2 drives worked fine in these MacBook Pro models. Luckily, the ODD to HDD caddy that I was planning to put my secondary hard drive in limited speeds to SATA2, so I put my SSD (primary boot drive) in that instead, and it has solved everything.
Loving the two drives in the MBP ... Optical Drives are useless.
So just to recap, if I'm not making any sense whatsoever... Early 2011 MacBook Pros dislike SATA3 SSD drives, and finding a way to limit the SATA3 connection to SATA2 solves all issues.
I'm not sure if this is relevant, but I disabled SMS (Sudden Motion Sensors) for extra measures... being SSD and all, there's no moving parts. I may have to reenable that for my secondary hard drive though.
Thanks for your reply!
Mick.

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