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

The 512GB A60 drive surprised me considering the cost. Using CrystalDiskMark, I got the following scores: SEQ1M Q8T1 - 2417 MB/s read, 1184 MB/s write SEQ1M Q1T1 - 1986 MB/s read, 1183 MB/s write RND4K Q32T1 - 297 MB/s read, 358 MB/s write RND4K Q1T1 - 48 MB/s read, 184 MB/s write This was achieved without using a heatsink on the M.2, with 5 passes of a 1GB file in CrystalDiskMark. The drive performs significantly better at sequential reads than seq. writes, while also performing better at random writes compared to reads. As long as the device stands the test of time, it is an excellent bargain purchase, exceeding its advertised read speed (albeit falling a bit short of its advertised write speeds). I will update this review if the drive fails prematurely.

I remember when this type of storage was so expensive, and when these drives were shipped; Amazon would put them in big over-sized boxes. There would be air bags in there to protect the drives. Now that the price of 3D Nand has dropped, Amazon just ships these in flimsy plastic bags. These drives are susceptible to bend stress when packaged this way. Also, this brand initial packaging is very light. I bought a Samsung EVO drive of the same capacity, and it was packaged more securely. Besides that issue, these drives are great for quick budget builds, or if you want to add fast cheap storage to an external M.2 enclosure. I am going to use this to upgrade my sons current gaming PC. He will be upgraded to a Ryzen 5 2600X on a ASUS Prime B450M-A II motherboard, with 16 Gigs of DDR4 running at 3200 Mhz. His current M.2 is a 256 Gig drive.

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

Good value for money. Wasnt looking for best & fastest SSD just needed something to install OS to and this fit the bill just fine.

I use this NVME for my backup drive. All of this is through 3.2 USB Port and Cable. I have seen transfer rates reach 5GB a second! Why not install it inside the case? I can easily unplug it from the USB Port to backup another computer. Nice product.

Great budget NVMe SSD, but gets hot during intense operations.

Cheap ssd for gaming good value

I ordered this to replace a dead drive only to discover that it arrived DOA. Luckily the return process was streamlined and I got a functional replacement 2 days later. Over all a great cheap high speed drive with a decent amount of storage.

Works up to expectations so far. Only been a couple weeks but no issues yet.. Aint technology grand?