Another high-capacity SATA SSD has reached our test labs, this time from Silicon Power and we are talking about the Ace A55 to be more exact. The 2.5’’ SATA drives are slowly replacing the HDD counterparts and can have much more capacity in the same form factor: for example, we have noted the maximum capacity per consumer 2.5’’ drives is 6TB at the moment, while some drives, such as the A55 can go up to 16TB, which is insane!

This is a consumer, mainstream drive in terms of performance and is shipped inside a simple cardboard enclosure with a transparent plastic internal layer:

On the back side, we will note some drive specs, but also the internal code name and the drives’ serial number:

The Ace A55 is slim at just 7mm height and comes with an all-plastic enclosure; on the top area, we will note a large sticker which holds the product branding, its serial number, but also the capacity and supported standards:

On the bottom, we will note the drive mounts, but also the cover:

A closer look will reveal the SATA Data and Power separate connectors:

Mounting holes are also available on the sides, as with any 2.5’’ SATA drive:

After removing the bottom cover, we will note the drive motherboard is actually much smaller than the enclosure; only four plastic pins keep it fixed and there are no heatsinks attached:

We have also removed the board from the casing; on the frontal area, we will note the main controller along with two NAND chips:

On the back side, we do have the rest of two NAND ICs:

The drive comes with A1TB4CE / WM2401N3810080YT QLC NAND packages; after running the ID tool we have got the following:

Intel QLC 2048Gb/CE 1024Gb/die

The controller inscription tells us Realtek RayMX RM1135, which is basically a Realtek RTS5735 as per identification tool, with VE0R840H firmware version: