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

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.

I mainly got this as a replacement for my storage SSHD, but I now use it as my OS drive as well. My computer boots faster, file transfer are snappy, games load faster (though not much more noticeable than my older 850 Evo). If you use this for everyday use/gaming I dont think youll be disappointed. This all being said, there have been some changes to the device since many of the reviews came out. The one I got is no longer single sided, I havent been able to verify the controller yet, but if its single side 1TB its not the Phison E12 model. Having compared performance benchmarks to those on Tomshardware, the drive performs worse. In short, great SSD for the price. Great for every day use. However, the model has been changed since the original Phison E12 versions, so dont expect performance like you see in many reviews of the drive.

I had heard about Silicon Power switching components for cheaper parts after the initial batch of SSDs, but I guess I was lucky enough to get a good one. I benchmarked the drive and it seemed to have close to the rated performance, maybe off by 10% or so. So for the price I cannot really complain. Has worked flawlessly so far.

Getting advertised speeds after configuring bios and expansion card setup correctly. Used this on an Asus B550f gaming, non-wifi mobo inside a riitop m.2 expansion adapter. Only got 826MB/s R/W.. I had a wifi card in my bottom x1 slot, turns out on that mobo if you populate any of the x1 slots the x16_2 slot goes down x1 speeds. After I removed that WiFi card and forced gen3 on x16_2 I was off to the races. Well see how long it lasts!

Well folks... I have 7 NVMe drives. Samsung (3), WD, ADATA (2) and Silicon Power. Guess what? None came with a screw. If your motherboard did not come with one screw per M2 slot, blame the MB manufacturers not the ssd manufacturer. The three Gigabyte motherboards I have all came with one screw per m2 slot. Now for all of you whiney babies... get over it. Oh, by the way, this is a great drive but time will tell. Hopefully a better experience than a Samsung. Ive had this since October 2021 and is is running in perfect trim. Constant 28c under load with a NVMe passive cooler. Read/Write speeds are a bit better than advertised. Running MacOS 12.2.1 on a Mackintosh.

Popped it into an Eluktronics W650KKL (a Clevo laptop), it was recognized and worked well on Windows for a few days until the laptop would blue screen during gaming or just normal use. It came with a 5-year warranty which I did not take the chance to make good on so Im not sure whether to recommend against the product or not. My bet is that its not worth it. Look elsewhere.

This product is incredible and absolutely worth the money. I was initially skeptical on the possible quality issues this product may contain considering its cheap price, but after installing it, I must say I am amazed at its performance. I purchased this to upgrade the stock 128GB storage in my early 2015 MacBook Air, 11.6” i5. I had to purchase a cheap 5 dollar adapter(which is easily found right here on amazon) to allow me to install any standard NVME into Apple’s proprietary storage slot. After the install, I booted from my macOS installer usb and formatted the new disk with disk utility. Then, I installed Catalina fresh and restored my data with Time Machine. After getting all my data transferred, I ran Black Magic Speed Test. The results were staggering compared to the stock storage. With stock storage, I got a write speed of 154.6 MB/s and a read speed of 563.4 MB/s. With the A80, I got a write speed of 1056.2 MB/s and a read speed of 1324.8 MB/s. That’s nearly a 1000% increase(not a typo) in write speed and nearly 300% increase in read speed. The difference is incredibly noticeable and my MacBook flies. I HIGHLY recommend this for any use, whether it’s for a MacBook upgrade or a Windows desktop or notebook. I will be purchasing a second one of these to install in my main PC rig to replace an old SSD. If you’re in the market for a 1TB NVME, look nowhere else! This is the one to buy.

Update: Replacement unit arrived and all is (seemingly) well. I have increased my rating from 1 to 3, though I may revisit this review in the future if the drive impresses or disappoints over time. The SP A80 2TB M.2 drive that I received is defective. It fails to format correctly either as ext4 in Gentoo Linux or as NTFS in Windows 7. Using GParted, it appears to partition, format and mount successfully, but the drive is unusable. Using Windows Disk Management, it appears to initialise successfully, but quick format fails and full format holds the drive in an in-use state and never completes. I have requested an exchange for the same drive, so I hope the replacement fares better. I will update this review when I receive it.

Coming from a computer Technician that owns a Computer repair business this is worth every Penny! I have paid 3x this price for a 512GB SSD in the recent past! I have several other Silicone Power Products and have had good luck with all of them. I had a 60GB SSD that was a few years old die on me and I sent it off for replacement and got a brand new one in return less than 10days later! I recommend for its Speed, Reliability, and Ease of Use! As well as the Support if needed by Silicone Power! Great Buy dont pay $250 for the one from the big boys!

Absolutely recommended, I know this is a Gen3 NVME but it’s perfect for old equipments (2021 and older), this drive its gen3 top performance for an excellent price