In this review we will concentrate upon another mainstream PCIe Gen3 x4 M.2 SSD from Silicon Power, available with 256GB/512GB/1TB and 2TB capacities. The manufacturer does rate this drive with read speeds of up to 2200MB/s, while the writes are rated up to 1600MB/s, which should be more than enough for most users. The drive does also support NVMe 1.3 standard, while the HMB (Host Memory Buffer) allows the host driver to allocate system memory as buffer (RAM), allowing more sustained high transfer rates.

The product is shipped inside a very compact cardboard enclosure with a small window, that also highlights the total drive capacity, along with the 5-year warranty period:

Some more product details can be spotted on the back, such as the power rating, details on the service centers but also the product serial number and internal code name:

Inside the box, we will only find a transparent plastic mold, in which the drive is held secure:

The frontal area of the drive is completely covered by a large sticker that holds the full internal code name, the drive capacity, the product series but also the serial number:

On its back, there are no other mounted components:

After removing the sticker, we will spot another DRAM-less IC solution, with four 3D TLC NAND Flash packages, manufactured by Micron:

The SM2263XT controller from Silicon Motion is a 4-channel SKU built on the TFBGA288 package:

The 64-layer 3D TLC NAND ICs do carry the 29F01T2ANCTH2 code name, from Micron; we have found the same ICs with the previously tested Patriot Memory P200, but that was operating on a SATA 6Gb/s interface: