Silicon Power 1TB - NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD (SP001TBP34A60M28)

Just got 2 of these SSDs for my new Synology DS1821+ NAS. before inserting them in the NAS, I first tested them externally with an unknown NVMe M.2 to USB adapter I had lying around. Running CrystalDiskMark gave me 44-45MBps speeds!!! I panicked and was extremely disappointed and was planning to return them, leave a scathing review and buy more expensive but reliably fast ssds. But a little voice told me change the adapter just in case it was at fault. So, just got in a Sabrent NVMe M.2 to USB3.x adapter today and repeated the test and got the advertised 1GBps speeds sequential read/write speeds stated for the adapter. It is the maximum speed you can get for a 10Gbps USB 3.1 link. To get the 2 GBps (2000 MBps) advertised by these ssds, youll need a 20Gbps (USB3.2) or 40Gbps link (USB3.2 Gen 2x2) adapter. I hope these ssds are reliable and dont lose speeds over time. Timne will tell.

Using as a cache drive in UNRAID. Nothing is overtop of it. And whenever its in use, its hitting 60 degrees Celsius easily before the system has to just pause and wait for it to cool down. I have a heatsink on the way, as it obviously needs it, but I struggle to be optimistic at how much itll help. I have a 120mm fan now leaned on it, and its only made a small difference. I may end up trading it in to get something from a more known (and not cheap) brand if the heatsink doesnt help enough.

I bought the Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 TLC SSD (SP512GBP34A60M28) to use as a backup clone of my system. My first criteria for selecting was price. This little devil was just over $50 delivered. Second, it had to be reasonably reliable. The large number of reviews indicated it was. Speed wasnt really a concern. Ultimately I wanted a backup of my system so if something happened, I could be up and running within a few minutes. I know you can create a system image using Windows and an external HDD or SSD (which I did), but too often, when I go for the restore, after watching the progress bar for at least 45 minutes, I get a restore failure notice (which happened this time also). Luckily, I had a clone of the system that although slightly older than the image backup, booted. Usually I use Acronis to clone drives. I love the fact it will work with different size source and target drives as long as the data will fit. Anyway, I bought the Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 drive to clone my system. It installed as expected and worked without any issues. I noticed a couple of QR codes on the package and read something about free software as a thank you for purchasing their product. I wasnt expecting much but went ahead and checked out there offer. There were various utility apps but one among them was Echo, a disk cloning app. I thought what the heck, Ill take a look. Im glad I did. Their cloning software has so far been what Ive always wished Acronis would put out. Its a one trick app that will work with different size drives just like Acronis. It lacks all the extra baggage Acronis comes with and best of all does not install a bunch of services like Acronis does (for its backup software). It cloned my m.2 system drive in a matter of minutes. I also tried cloning my m.2 drive to a USB HDD. That took considerably longer, but the system booted from the HDD fairly quickly. For some reason when Ive cloned an SSD to an HDD using Acronis, the HDD will boot, but it takes forever. Did not have that problem using Echo. Bottom line, the Silicon Power 512GB NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 TLC SSD (SP512GBP34A60M28) seems to be a good piece of hardware and you can (at least for now) get a nice, simple, straight forward cloning app thrown in, all for just over $50. Thats a pretty sweet deal.

I wasnt expecting much for the price but it blew me away. I was getting about 1400 megabytes per second. I thought for this price it would be like 500 or something. how can your complain with 47 dollars for a 1TB SSD. thats insane.

This drive replaced my factory drive and has been going strong with no issues.

One of the slower SSDs but just fine for adding to a portable case or using as a storage drive. Works great so far and the price was right (under $80 at the time I bought it).

I’ve been in IT over 20 years and I have to say the value for the money can’t be beat. This drive worked great and windows 10 was zippy. If you are on a budget don’t be afraid to try out this drive.

Best Value for money Module. Doesnt come with a screw so keep that in mind. Write and read speeds at as per the claims and I havent faced any problems yet. Few reviewers have commented about heat being an issue. I myself have just seen the module hover somewhere around 61deg cel during intense operations of copying or gaming. Go for it if you are tight on budget. Just FYI Once you install it, you need to enable it from the disk manager by selecting the FS type.

I currently have this installed in an NVME external enclosure, so am not getting the speed that I would get from having it installed on the motherboard. It is working very well though as I am using it. I will be installing this on my motherboard in a couple of months, as I upgrade some other things. The memory works great.

Amazon replacement was quick the next day no hassle. I am using the upgrade from 256GB to 1TB now. Its quick and I have been using other SP products for a while. Good value for the price. Some times a unit will fail on first use. Better now than later.