Silicon Power 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD R/W up to 3,400/3,000MB/s (SU002TBP34A80M28AB)

Like many other purchasers, I poured over dozens of NVMe / storage reviews before upgrading my 6-year-old Samsung SSD. This model, the P34A80 1TB, came out on top over and over again as the best bang for your buck drive. After installing the drive and performing a fresh install of Win10, including several reboots to install all available drivers and updates, the performance was ... disappointing. At best, it was immediately slower than my previous SSD. At worst, apps would take MINUTES to launch (or fail to launch), and Windows would misbehave in strange ways. According to CrystalDiskInfo, IOPS and throughput were abysmal -- roughly a fifth of what I saw in review sites benchmarks. This happens sometimes, and its usually a sign that the drive needs TRIMmed. No problem; I ran TRIM, rebooted, and immediately saw an improvement. However, apps were still sluggish and Windows was still misbehaving (for example, desktop icons would take an additional 10 seconds to appear after logging in; I dont even have this problem on my old laptop with its conventional magnetic drive). I re-ran Crystal, and got the results you see here. While these numbers arent terrible, and some exceed the published benchmarks, overall system performance is poor, and Im still seeing a number of bizarre Windows issues: icons not appearing until 20 seconds after logging in, apps that used to launch instantly now taking 15+ seconds, long boot times, and occasional app failures. I performed yet another fresh Win10 reinstall (not a reset), allowed it to run all available Windows updates, and installed my daily driver software: Firefox, Steam, and pCloud. Performance was fine for a day, but now its gone back to trash. Despite the reasonable benchmark performance, my system is NOTICEABLY slower than it was on my six-year-old SATA SSD. I dont mean it takes a few milliseconds longer to access a large database; I mean it feels like Ive gone back to an old magnetic drive. After reading a few reports of Silicon Power downgrading the chipset between the models that were sent to reviewers and the models that were sent to consumers, I suspect I found the root cause of my issue. Im going to be returning this and going with another brand.

so far so good. Dont really see a speed difference from the stock Apple drive but havent tried anything. At the very least, Ive doubled my storage space.

Very easy installation. Cheap price and 1TB of storage. It blows my Samsung 850 EVO SSD away in both read and write speeds. Windows boot and everything else system related. I sure hope this guy lasts at least a couple years and i will be very happy. My only complaint is it runs a bit hot. It idles around 45c, light work bumps it to early-mid 50s and heavy load up to 60+. In case youre wondering its not any of my other components spreading the heat to it because both my CPU and GPU are in the mid 30s with liquid cooling so this drive is by far the hottest component i have in my AMD build. Im thinking about running a separate fan on a gooseneck just to cover this drive by itself to lower the temps.

I have had this for a few weeks and am loving the super fast boot time. Turning PC on from an OFF state, my boot time to login screen is 11 seconds and to use-able desktop about 18 seconds. Copying large files from folder to folder is lightning fast. SSD temp is around 40 to 45 C at load and 30 to 35 C idle. And this even with a huge RX480 sitting on top of it. After constant long gaming with Witcher 3 and my graphics card temp at 60 to 70 C, my Silicon Power SSD remains in the 30s C. I just dont find some of the reviews claiming this drive runs hot to be all that credible. I would really need to see what their setup is like. i5-9400f 16gigs GSKILL RAM (2x8), 2400mhz ASRock H310CM-HDV/M.2 LGA 1151 (300 Series) MSI RX480 w/fan speeds controlled using MSI Afterburner NZXT H500 w/only 2 Corsair SP fans running (1 intake, 1 exhaust) My room temperature is around 76 to 78 degrees F.

Compré este ssd nvme porque anteriormente ya había comprado varios satas para unas pc viejitas que tuve. Armé una pc para un amigo y decidimos optar por este modelo de gen 3 por su relación rendimiento precio. Y como en las compras anteriores, SP no decepciona sino sorprende por su calidad y precio. Para la próxima compraré unos dos más, quiero probarlos en configuración raid.

Good price, works well and shipped quick. Using this as my second 2TB NVME in HP 17” Omen.

Some time ago I built my own desktop PC, based on a brick and mortars list. One item the suggested was a Samsung EVO, but at the time I could only afford a 250GB, which Ive been nursing along (I test and play with a lot of programs). A few days ago my grand-daughter unexpectedly loaded some version of Fortnight, over 80 GB, and that pretty much shot things to Hades. So I dug into some tech specs -- both about SSDs and my Mobo -- and opted for this SP 1 TB @ $130. One thing I preferred was that it was TLC instead of the more common (and cheaper?) QLC. The former reportedly offers greater write-cycles, hence longevity, with some differences in speeds (slower). But I dont do any intensive video editing or game-playing (ha, see my grandchildren for that), so as long as speeds are faster than a 5400 hard drive on USB v2, Im good. As it turned out, this actually appears to perform faster than my old EVO : see attachments. Thus, speed-wise, Im unexpectedly pleased, and would give it 5 stars. (Longevity, who knows, but it does claim to have a 5 year warranty.) The downside, and down to 3 stars is because, 1. It doesnt ship with a bloody screw. Now, I have a ton of PC screws, going back literally decades. But dang if I have any of these tiny things. Ive been told its a 2.0 x 3mm (CM2x3-3.3), so I have to go to Ace and see if they have one. Grrrr. I mean, they cant add one screw? Meantime, I used a kludgy long english thread of some type. Hope it holds for a day or so. 2. There is absolutely no documentation included (not sure what there should be, maybe a thank you note or warranty info?). They mention their free cloning software on the back of the SSD itself. Crazy. Fortunately, I have Acronis, so I cloned my old drive with that. 3. And their web site has no further info, no potential firmware upgrades, no SSD monitoring software, etc. Nada. I installed their SSD firmware upgrade software, but it didnt even see the SSD. What I bought is what Ill have. So support-wise, dont expect anything. Including, I fear, any warranty support? Ill update this if necessary. Just get a screw before you buy this.

When I upgraded my computer, I never heard of this type of storage. Everything I read, suggest this m.2 PCIe driver is faster and last longer than the SSD device. This was my first time getting it. Only if my love life was the same. When I try to insert the device into the slot, I notice that I need a special screw. I looked for the screw that might fit under the roof, but nothing fit. The screw was too big and the hole was too small. What a love life. The package does not come with the special screw, so I have to order one. Finally I was able to screw it tightly. Yes, the speed it real and it have lasted more than 2 years and no doctor was called.

Initially, this worked great, but after 4 months, I constantly got disk errors and blue screens. It would work for a while, but slowly data was being corrupted. I didnt realize it until random folders/files were inaccessible and my games would no longer work. My backups would not complete because it could not read the drive. Ran some tests on the drive and it would not complete because it was so bad. Good thing for the 5 year warranty.

Ive been using it as my main drive for the last 3 years without any issues, can recommend and its great value for money compared to other options on the market.