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Silicon Power Bolt B75 Pro Portable SSD Review

Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2019-12-22

The B75 Pro external SSD drive is a clear improvement over the regular B75 in terms of overall performance and we should not experience drastic performance drops if data is moved to it in small quantities. If we need to transfer large files from a single stage, the TLC NAND limitations will be visible as soon as SLC cache gets filled and writes can drop to as low as 6 megabytes per second. The aluminum chassis is light, gives the product an overall premium look and also acts as a heatsink for the internal 2.5’’ SSD.

A Closer Look Contd.

The enclosure does sport a premium look, thanks to its sleek and slim aluminum body; it weighs only 105 grams and comes with an activity LED, under the SP manufacturer logo:

The total thickness of the enclosure is 12.2mm:

On the back side of the drive, we have noted the total storage capacity but also an internal serial number:

The compact Type-C port is easily accessible:

After removing only four screws, we will have access to the drive internals:

The actual SSD does sport a SATA interface, that connects to an adapter; the SATA drive does use the top layer of the enclosure as a heatsink and uses a thermal pad for cooling purposes:

The controller has been updated to an ASMedia ASM235CM, that acts as a SATA to USB 3.1 Gen2 bridge:

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