Model: S55 240GB Silicon Power Slim Solid State drives
Manufacturer: Silicon Power
Provided by: Silicon Power
Silicon Power is a relatively new name in the field of conservation. Founded in 2003 by a group of professionals specialized in international business, global marketing and engineering technician, the company has already established itself as one of the first producers of Taiwan. With an eye for attractive and versatile design, Silicon Power has built its brand around the concept that his clients deserve products that represent who I am in life and reflect their personality. The end result is a variety of storage products uniquely designed USB flash drives, memory cards and solid-state disks (SSD).
This spring, Silicon Power launched two new SSD friendly, the Velox V55 and S55 Slim budget. Designed for cost-conscious consumers looking to upgrade their system to a SSD, V55 and S55 are powered by PS3108-S8 processor of Phison has a 6 GB/s SATA interface, TRIM support, and a 512 MB cache. Both units are also equipped with up to 480 GB MLC NAND flash memory to carry up to 556 MB/s reading and 500 MB/s write speed. The only real difference between the two units is the form factor. Where the 9 mm thick and V55 can be installed on a desktop or notebook PC, 7 mm thick standard S55 is perfect for ultrabooks or ultra-thin notebook.
For this review, Silicon Power has sent us the 240GB version of S55 Slim. This SSD is capable of delivering up to 556 in MB/s sequential read and 480 MB/s sequential write speed as well as a maximum of 80,000 4 k random write IOPS.
Silicon Power S55 Slim 240 GB Solid State DriveGeneral specificationsPerformance
Environment
Dimensions and weight
Other features command supports TRIM and Garbage Collection technology
NCQ and RAID ready
Built-in intelligent monitoring system
Low energy consumption
Vibration and shock-proof
Quiet operation, no latency delay and no seek error
Three years warrantyNeedless mean, this is just a taste of what the S55 Slim has to offer. To give you an idea of what to expect, there will be a closer look at new SSDS from Silicon Power and then see how well it performs. the S55 has what it takes? Can provide the value and performance that we've come to expect from Silicon Power? Continue reading as we find.
