Silicon Power P34A80 PCIe Gen3x4 M.2 NVMe 1TB SSD
Conclusion
Going through all the performance tests, what’s really not to love about the Silicon Power P34A80? It performs almost on par with the Samsung 970 EVO Plus and best of all it’s around $100 cheaper. The P34A80 is certainly a very capable drive thanks to it’s Phison E12 NVMe controller and Toshiba BiCS3 TLC NAND flash memory. This combination has proven to be quite successful and the P34A80 is evidence of it.
One of the drawbacks with the drive is that there’s no way for you to apply heat spreaders on the underside of the drive, making it susceptible thermal throttling under heavy loads. Personally given the overall benefits the drive offers, I wouldn’t over think this issue and simply install a cooling fan closer to the drive.
It’s certainly interesting to see such a high performing drive being offered at this price point and kudos certainly goes to Silicon Power for that. Any minor quirks of the P34A80 are soon overshadowed when value is considered and it’s a definite recommendation from us.
| Table of contents |
| 1. Introduction |
| 2. Closer Look |
| 3. Performance Results |
| 4. Conclusion |
Silicon Power P34A80 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD
AU$205
Pros
- Excellent Performance
- Value of money
- Long Warranty
Cons
- Thermal Throttling could become an issue
What is the average failure time – million hours ???
Hi there
Refer to https://www.silicon-power.com/support/lang/big5/TBW.pdf which will give you an idea on the TBW rating. There’s an good article here https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/storage-at-microsoft/understanding-ssd-endurance-drive-writes-per-day-dwpd-terabytes/ba-p/426024 to work out what that works out to based on the drive size you want to purchase.
Performance
8.5
Price
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Warranty
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Build Quality
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Hi there. I bought a SP PCIe Gen 3M.2 2280 Nvme a80 1tb SSD but it has a black PCB. Is this a fake? I have looked everywhere and no one has black PCB s . Thanks
Hi Mircea
Do you have a picture of the unit? It’s hard to say the SP probably may have changed designs since our review. I could find out for you if required, however how has the performance been and hope you bought it from a legit source.