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

Perfect for what its intended for

This drive is fast and works sufficiently in terms of speed. The only con I have experienced that it idles at 64°C without a heatsink. The max temp I have seen on a small load was 70°C on a mid level load. I will update Temps after the install of a heatsink. 70°C is the max temp an SSD should run at during a max load.

Always cautious when purchasing hardware for Dell computers given their third party compatibility reputation. This Silicon Power 1TB - NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen3x4 2280 SSD works flawlessly in my Dell XPS 15 9560 Laptop, this laptop is 6 years old. Installing and and configuring is fairly easy. I used their recommend Echo software to clone my Sata hard drive with no issues. With new SSD from power off to login screen is less than 25 seconds. Caution Tip: When cloning is finished DISCONNECT or REMOVE your old hard drive before first boot with your new SSD Drive, for some reason booting with 2 bootable drives confuses the Windows Boot Manager in the CMOS.

Works great! Easy install and good speed. 4 starts because of okay speed

I have been daily driving this SSD since September of 2022 and it works amazing, its more budget oriented but it doesnt feel like that at all! Highly recommend!!

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 have this one for 3 weeks now and It has been working very well for me. Very fast windows boot time. I havent checked its temperature under load, Im not worried cuz my motherboard came with M.2 heatsinks but Ive seen people complaining about its temperature without them. Overall a great value M.2 Memory

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.

Not the fastest but havent had one fail have like 6 of these and they are all still going.

For a medium tier ssd (just barely) this nvme m.2 performs pretty well. It has no heat sink and it’s dram-less hopefully anyone buying knows that, it’s not going to give you the same performance as a 970pro evo. As a drive for games though you’ll have no regrets. Installed this on my midrange pc (b450m) within minutes, I had to pop out the gpu as the location is a bit in there but that’s a mobo thing not the drive. Pretty solid read/write speeds for a gen3 midrange. Not really much else to add aside from understanding what you are buying, it’s a good price for a midtier dram-less ssd, the same from WD or Hynix will run you about $20-$30 more, but it’s still a 3rd gen and you’re getting what you paid for essentially. If you need something with higher TBW, read/write speeds, than please consider a higher tier WD or Samsung or consider a gen4 if your mobo allows it. What it’s good for: Basic file storage/transfer Games Some mid level media editing Huge improvement over any HDD and minimal improvement over sata SSDs What it’s not going to do: Large scale file storage/transfer (meaning it won’t do with the 1tb being constantly rewritten thousands of times abs might have performance issues if constantly full) 4k media editing The ability to cool itself when met with higher temps (100c+) if you buy a heatsink or your mobo came with one it might do slightly better