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

I have installed two of these in my new system, one with the OS on it, and within two days I have started to get the Blue Screen of Death (BSoD). I even pulled them both out and reinstalled them, the BSoD still occurred. My computer is very fresh but I use it for grad school and would like to let the OEM know I have received a faulted drive. I will be contacting the company vie their support when available. Has anyone else encountered this issue? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- UPDATE: I had contacted Silicon Power of the issue, their technical customer service was great. Gave me specific actions to take to solve the problem. I obviously didnt want to format my drive but I did after getting angry of getting 3 BSoD in 10 minutes. I formatted it and updated the BIOS, I currently have not encountered the previous problem. They even provided me with RMA forms if Amazon did not take my replacement action (I never went through with this.) I shall keep this updated based on my experience. Silicon Power has been a great experience to work with to solve the problem I encountered with my inquiry of their product.

The installation was difficult. I wish they would add the tiny screw needed for installation. My new MSI MOBO didnt have it but was saved by a different MOBO. The docs were nonexistent with the device. I was able to see a barcode on the label and it brought me to the website. There I read about installing and cloning the source. What is NOT mentioned is to be careful what you use to clone the source. Sector size does matter in the process and not all clone software are the same. The echo that they supplied worked flawlessly. I might add it took 3 minutes to transfer 200GB. Nice I only gave it 2 stars for install for lack of direction and docs.

This is a good 1TB NVMe SSD. It has, of course, 1TB space and reads really fast, however, the write speeds vary from very fast to rather slow, depending on the test/bench marks. It is cheaper than the Samsung 970 EVO or WD Black NVMe SSD, but,..both of those perform better consistently at their rated read/write speeds. So, for about $20.00 more, Id go with the Samsung or WD Black for overall, consistent performance. Sorry Silicon Power. I got 2 of these on sale, (a really great deal) for my sons new laptop that came with a POS 128 GB, slug NVMe SSD, which btw, had 60 GB reserved for OS and bloatware. (REALLY..1/2 of the space was reserved and the partition was inaccessible for sizing. Sorry..off topic) So it was a great deal and they do function very well, just not consistently at the optimum rated write speed. I havent noticed any real lag or slowdowns due to this though, not yet, so I cant register a legitimate complaint about them. Overall, Im happy with the purchase and function/performance thus far.

I purchased the 1TB module. If youre like me, youve poured over reviews trying to maximize performance per dollar. According to umpteen reviews Ive read, this card ranks very highly in that regard. I assumed that was the card Id be buying, but thats questionable. BUYER BEWARE: The only similarity between this card and the one in all the reviews youve read is the Phison E12 controller. The current model no longer uses Toshiba flash, rather its using flash from a company called Unic, a Chinese flash manufacturer. I entered the chip markings into Google hoping to stumble upon some specs, but no dice, this flash memory is essentially unheard of as far as Google goes. To add a cherry on top, the DRAM buffer is now comprised of Nanya DDR3 modules, no longer the faster Hynix DDR4. At first glance this appears to be a classic bait and switch, but I *cannot* confirm this as I have not run any testing on this newer variant. In essence, if you purchase this, realize you will be taking a gamble on performance, as all review sites have reviewed the old revision with Toshiba flash & DDR4 buffer. My thought is that if SP is going to make a major change to SSD components, they reflect this change through a different model number or revision suffix, instead of sweeping the changes under the rug and hoping nobody notices. I am genuinely curious how this card compares to the older one performance-wise, but I decided I wont be that guinea pig; Ill choose a different SSD brand for my new build.

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.

There are two kinds of users when it comes to SSD storage. Those who have lost data and those who will lose data. I have moved from will, to have. Initially a few bad clusters started showing up then more and more with each use. I cannot trust this drive

Bought this to replace 3 Sata SSDs. Good news is, it fits perfectly in my mobo M.2 slot and windows runs wonderfully. Crystal mark data is better than my old drives...BUT... It runs barely faster than my old drives according to the bench test. I dont think that has anything to do with the card. MSI Z97 Gaming 7 mobo wasnt designed to take advantage of NVME so I can understand the slower than advertised speeds. I had a feeling it would be this way on my 6 year old rig. Luckily I have a new laptop this may go in or itll be perfect when I build my z490 build

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.

Stupid fast! Stupid cheap! Get it!! ***Remember kids, to PROPERLY test your m.2 in CrystalDiskMark, You HAVE to click on Settings and select NVMe SSD! If you dont its going to treat it like an SDD, not an SSD! If you are getting low 2000s thats probably your problem.

Samsung is no longer the only game in town... Or maybe they are. This thing probably uses Samsung chips. In any event, I dropped this in and cloned my 512GB Samsung 860 Pro over to it using Macrium Reflect. I extended the partition to use the whole 2TB. Then removed the Samsung and rebooted. It was like I never messed with it, except I now have 2TB of space instead of 1/4 of that. Beautiful. Being able to have and run everything from one main drive, and backup literally that one and only main drive has simplified things. And, reducing complexity in storage and backup is necessarily an increase in data security. The less there is to go wrong, the less that will go wrong. I am very happy with this.