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

This review is for: Silicon Power 2TB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 TLC R/W up to 3,400/3,000MB/s SSD which I used to upgrade my 2014 macbook pro. It was easy to install(be sure to order adapter) and the speeds are very good for my laptop. R/W speeds are both over 1300mbps which is very good for my year macbook. I get this same speed in OSX Catalina and in my Windows 10 bootcamp install. It works great so far, my only concern is that my laptop does run noticeable warmer. Its not hot, just warmer....and when I installed Win 10 with bootcamp the fan actually kicked into high gear and I had never heard that before. So for my year macbook it does make it run warmer, but not hot....so it should be fine. The adapter card I used with it is: Sintech NGFF M.2 nVME SSD Adapter Card. If your wondering there is no room for a heat sink, even a very small one, once this is installed with the adapter card.

This drive has been through a lot in my system, and still working like a champ. I have been through 2 different motherboards, and 3 different processors (upgrades) with this drive, and it hasnt let me down yet. Ive had it in a system with an Intel i7-8700k, a Ryzen 9 3900x, and a Ryzen 7 5800x. Only reason this will come out of the system now is when I upgrade to the PCIe 4.0 2TB model of it.

Delivered on time and with no damage to the Philippines. Ive used it for about a month now and have not noticed anything wrong with it. I use it as a secondary drive to store my games and some of my files. I couldnt tell the difference playing with my games on it (PCIE 3.0) vs my main NVME storage (PCIE 4.0). I hope it lasts a long time. One of the best deals I could find on a 2TB drive since the cheapest ones on the local and online stores here cost at least twice as much. This is cheaper than some high end (1TB only) PCIE 3.0 NVME drives here.

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.

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.

Installed a couple of these in MacBook Airs that I have refurbished. Important to note that 2014/2015 MB Airs will experience a short delay when booting up (15-20 sec). This is because they are not the OEM drive and the EFI needs time to recognize it. Reset the PRAM and in most cases it will shorten the boot-up delay next time around. After the short delay I mentioned, this drive F-L-I-E-S. Very responsive and not sure you could ask for anything faster. I am currently using the 2TB version of this in my MB Air and response it good. NOTE: If using in a Mac, you need an MVmE adapter to use it. Spend another $9 and get a decent one, not the cheapies. Have beenusing mine for 6 mos now with zero issues.

Was looking for a budget nvme that had decent speeds and capacity and I decided on this one. I didn’t really think twice about buying it since I already own quite a bit of Silicon Power products and have only ever had one fail. After I received the nvme ssd I installed it to my system and used it as a secondary drive for 4k video editing. I proceeded to use it for only about a week before it stopped working. The first thing I noticed was that it gave me a prompt that said “device not specified”. I tried recovering the footage on the drive but I couldn’t read nor write any information from the drive. I proceeded to restart my computer to see if that would fix the issue but instead the drive no longer appeared in File Explorer. I tried reseating it and formatting the drive but nothing worked. Eventually I gave up and requested a replacement. When replacement arrived I set it up and started using it for the same purpose as the last and to my surprise, it failed after only three days of use! One thing I did notice is that the drive does get hot under load (measured using HWINFO). I made sure to measure the temperatures to see if it was a heat issue and it reached up to 85c before I turned off the system to prevent any damage. I then installed an nvme heat sink to test if it was a heat issue or reliability issue. Even with a heat sink installed it managed to reach a peak of 75c with an average of 47c under heavy load. To my surprise the replacement drive failed after three days of use! Both drives had little over 2TB of data written to them and about 400GB of data read, nowhere close to the drive durability rating. Pros: - Great Value...if it was reliable Cons: - VERY UNRELIABLE - HOT UNDERLOAD Overall, I think the drive is unreliable and not for those who need it for mission critical data and heavy use cases. I haven’t used the drive for lighter use cases so I can’t really give an opinion there but I think it’s best to avoid this drive.

Been using this as my OS and gaming drive since last year, and havent had any issues whatsoever. Sure, there are better quality Gen3 NVMe drives, but Im not about to pay an extra 40+ USD on them when, for my use case, I wont even notice a performance difference. If youre needing a new 2TB Gen3 NVMe with DRAM, this is the only one I trust in the 90-110 USD range.

The whole reason I bought this drive was because of the YouTube installation video I found where the owner specifically installed this drive on an X1 Extreme. The installation was easy, but I will advise any other X1X users out there to make sure they do not strip their screws! The manufacturer used way too much loctite on these screws so I ended up having to use needle nose pliers. Other than that it is running great and the storage is exactly the same as other drives I have used. Similar speeds for a fraction of the cost.

What a disappointment! The listing clearly says w/DRAM cache. It doesnt have it. The drive I received, with part number ending in AB, is not the same drive as the one well reviewed at various websites like Tomshardware. Those drives use Phiseon controllers and have DRAM, one chip per side. What I got uses the budget Realtek controller and has no DRAM. Be careful, the part number ending in AB is indeed mentioned in the product details, so technically you receive what you ordered. However the listing of the title and all the info/reviews out there Re for a different drive, which only has the same name, A80. Its insincere to say the least. Avoid.