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

I started getting these drives because they are cheaper than the name brands while still delivering the same quality.

Works great. No problems at all.

Esta perfecta, pero al momento de comprar me encuentro con que no tiene el tornillo para fijarlo a la placa por lo que me obligo a comprar uno aparte

This is a very cheap M.2 SSD. Performance is definitely not as fast as a Samsung EVO or any other upper tier brand, but if you want to throw this into an old or cheap system to make it a bit faster, this is a good choice. HOWEVER: If you want to use Linux on it, get something else. The SSD seems to be unable to be formatted by GParted or any of the Linux distros installers. Ive tried many workarounds assuming it was an issue with the systems I was using, but it is not. Only way to get Linux installed on it is by connecting it to a USB port through an adapter, and only Ubuntu works with that method.

MUCH faster than anticipated at around 3ish GB down, 2ish GB up. Generic PCIE 3.0 x4 adapter in a PCIE 3.0 slot; Asus Maximus VI hero/ z87 chipset. Works great as main boot drive. Actual test images attached

A great expansion for my 11.6” Asus with 64g eMMC. Makes the laptop usable. If only the RAM could be replaced this would be a real road laptop. The only issue is they always assume you’re replacing a drive and never include the screw, leaving you to sort through your collection to find the right size.

For reference, drive D: is the Silicon power, and drive C: is the original Lenovo ssd, with it’s specs to the right. I upgraded the storage on my 1yr old Lenovo Legion 5 Gaming laptop with this affordable drive, and was BLOWN AWAY by the speeds. The OEM drive has a 512mb DRAM cache and is rated for 3500 write/ 2800 read. (Comparable to a 970evo) The SP, despite not having a DRAM cache and being rated at less than 70% of the other drives speed, held right up to it in identical random read/write Benchmark tests and even surpassed it in a single queue read! When transferring files, the SP response time is a bit slower at around 20ms compared to <1ms, but for playing games and running CAD it is unnoticeable. I measured my Forza horizon 4 load times to be about half a second slower, but that was more likely human error than an actual difference. I am more than pleased by the performance of this drive, it’s definitely a slept on choice. If you want large capacity speed for cheap don’t waste money on a Samsung, try this first! Note: it does NOT come with a screw so make sure you have one.

I used it with the External USB connected enclosure and ot works great there.

Had to initiate a return on this after a whole month of utter headache with it only being detected about half the time. I bought it in the first place to replace an SSD that was having issues on boot with being detected by the BIOS (sometimes even shortly after the system booted, leading to a freeze as I was getting ready to start programs up on the desktop!)...and found the issue even worse on it. I reasonably concluded that it was actually the motherboard at fault, no biggie, as I still needed the drive to replace my three smaller drives with a cheap unified fast storage solution that could last for years to come... Except that with a brand new motherboard, the old SSD was always detected, and this...not. I tried everything from disconnecting all other drives to disconnecting the GPU to not using a heatsink I bought to updating the BIOS firmware to messing with obscure BIOS settings...and it was all for naught. My experience is not the norm of course, and supposedly theres basically always a 1 in 50 you get a bad drive (anecdotal evidence from searching though suggests it may be higher for SP hardware...), but I must express frustration about the apparently poor testing done on these drives before they ship out.

This drive was compatible with my latitude E5570, and very easy to install. It would only boot from initial power on in my latitude 5500, when the machine rebooted the drive would not be found.