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

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

*I bought the 512gb version* Ive had the ssd for a little over two months now and i use my laptop about 6hrs a day, and its work super fast and great load speeds it loads as if my apps were never closed! thats how fast! I had upgraded from an hdd, but i still use the hdd as storage and swapped the os and all my other applications on to the ssd so now all of my apps and os run at super high speed, pcie ssds are the first and best thing to upgrade when you want to make your computer faster. This nvme ssd is by far one of the most value for your money ssds out there I did tons of research on other products but I was also not wanting to spend $~160, becaase I was also buying some ram for my laptop (Also Silicon Power Ram!) The only trouble I had was with the copying and formating but theres tons of helpful youtube videos out there for it. Super easy to install to, theres also youtube videos on that to and also make sure you watch different kinds of youtube videos to gain all around specific knowledge and opinions to help mold you choices. great quality too!

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.

So I purchased this NVMe SSD back in October with the original plan of upgrading my Acer Nitro 5s stock Intel NVMe SSD. Well, at the time work was pretty hectic and didnt have the time for a clean install. I prefer clean installs when possible just to get the absolute most out of an upgrade like this. Now that Ive gotten home from assignment and things have cooled off I decided to finally dig in. Backed up bookmarks, passwords and files. Ready to rock. I had no idea this thing would be so much faster and just really wanted the space increase from 256 to 512. The pictures tell the tale. 1500 to 3200MB/s Read & 450 to 2200 Write! Thats 2x the Read speed and 4x the writes for 59 dollars! Wow! SSD & Ram prices are supposed to go up this year so upgrade while you can guys! Boot & shutdown times were noticeably improved. Take a look at the Random 4K speeds. Effectively 4x faster than before. Programs though opened fast before seem to open even faster now. Honestly, Im very impressed by the upgrade. Heat is def something to be aware of as the increase in tempis noticeable. In my Acer I can clearly feel it heating up the bottom of the machine more than the old unit did. Dont worry about reliability as NVMe drives thrive in heat and this isnt something to be worried about. Temps only spike under heavy or sustained work loads but quickly drop to around 29c while idle or during light loads. So again, its not defective just a byproduct of NVMe drives. Ive got WD, Crucial, PNY NVMes in various other systems and they all run hot. So again dont worry about it. So overall... Im happy with this upgrade and look forward to putting this thing to work.

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.

The install process was a breeze. Fired up the benchmarks and it was even a little faster than the manufacturer stated on the box, do not let the basic look of the drive deceive you, this thing is a rocket, for almost everyone I can think of there is no need to spend nearly twice the money on the Samsung drives unless you can truly benefit from it, and no, wanting the Samsung 970 evo plus for a game drive, because it will destroy every other drive, is not reason enough in my opinion, because it will not destroy this drive, they will be nearly identical. At the time of this review, this drive is 114.99 for 1 TB, the 970 evo Plus is 114.94, for half the capacity. I would happily pay 5 cents for twice the storage at almost the same speed every single day. Buy this and enjoy it.

Put it an external case-- able to format it & install a couple games on it. It gets very hot & loses connection to W10. All drivers are up to date & cables secure. I have a different brand case & smaller SSD that work fine.

Update:: my year old laptop nvme still doing great, have built multiple new pc with these and never seen one fail. If you have a heat sync it does very good but if not it’s fine, my intel 660p gets much hotter. The pic says it all... using crystal disk I took info as well. I idle at 28c during the hottest part of the stress test we hit 65c for only a second then 60,54,49,45,40,36,30,28. Extremely fast temp changes only was at max few seconds and this was still under 70. Will update if longevity holds but so far so good. Be sure to verify your board can support nvme if running a sata speed m2. If you have not tried NVMe and have a m2 slot I don’t know what else your waiting for. Prices are hovering at same price as m2sata for m2 nvme. Works great on my dell g5 laptop

System: HP Elite 800 G1 SSF (yes, very old) Combo with: * Dual M.2 PCIE Adapter for SATA or PCIE NVMe SSD with Advanced Heat Sink Solution,M.2 SSD NVME (m Key) and SATA (b Key) 22110 2280 2260 2242 2230to PCI-e 3.0 x 4 Host Controller Expansion Card * Kingston A400 240G Internal SSD M.2 2280 SA400M8/240G (used as boot and basic apps) * Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 (used as secondary disk for intense-hogging apps and caching) Warnings: * Will NOT work on older BIOS that dont support PCIe boot and UEFI. Not even with the SATA NVMe connection. Just not going work. Im lucky enough to discover that the latest 2.78 BIOS update actually allows PCIe to be detected and usable via the SATA NVMe portion (M or M+B key). * Will NOT work if youre depending on the PCIe NVME M.2 as the primary boot up because its faster for systems that utiliz old BIOS. Not going to happen. You MUST have the M or M+B Key SATA as the primary boot at max of 500MB/s read-write rate. * If youre purchasing for very old systems that dont have UEFI boot mode at bare minimum that supports PCIe NVMe, youre gambling with your money. With those warnings in mind, overall, the addon is quite awesome. Going from the SATA III with read-write at 120MB/s max, loading up at 500MB/s beats the old SATA III HHDs hands down. Paired up with M.2 500GB or 1TB, the system renewed with a new life to do light photoshopping/video editing for beginners as the read-write max out at 3282 MB/s. My old HDDs would have disk throttled at 90% to 100% constantly. With these additions, the HDD remains constant at 0% or max at 10% (for the booting SATA NVMe). Kids play games, and no hangup or bottlenecking like it was under the common SATA HDD. Compared to SSD and the old HDD temperature, SSD peaking out at 44C while the HDD roasts at 58C after 60 minutes. The provided silicone strips and radiating fins help with the temperature dissipation and maintained at 36C after 60 minutes. Not a bad deal.

Like the price the Read speed is good 544 mb/s the write is a little slow in the 300 mb/s. I worry the life is going to be much shorter than my Western Digital SSD 500 sata.