RAM | 256 GB |
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Hard Drive | 256 GB Solid State Drive |
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Silicon Power 256GB SSD 3D NAND A55 SLC Cache Performance Boost SATA III 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SP256GBSS3A55S25)
Digital Storage Capacity | 256 GB |
Connectivity Technology | SATA |
Brand | SP Silicon Power |
Hard Disk Form Factor | 2.5 Inches |
Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
Compatible Devices | Desktop, Laptop |
Installation Type | Internal Hard Drive |
Color | 3D NAND Performance |
Hard Disk Size | 256 GB |
Specific Uses For Product | personal, gaming, business |
About this item
- 3D NAND flash are applied to deliver high transfer speeds
- Remarkable transfer speeds that enable faster bootup and improved overall system performance. The advanced SLC Cache Technology allows performance boost and longer lifespan
- 7mm slim design suitable for Ultrabooks and Ultra-slim notebooks.
- Supports TRIM command, Garbage Collection technology, RAID, and ECC (Error Checking & Correction) to provide the optimized performance and enhanced reliability.
- 3-year limited warranty. (Please register your product via SP official website to get the complete manufacturer warranty services, product support and more.)
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Easy to install | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
Value for money | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Durability | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
For gaming | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.2 |
Storage Capacity | — | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
Sold By | — | Silicon Power USA Inc | Silicon Power USA Inc | Silicon Power USA Inc | Silicon Power USA Inc | Silicon Power USA Inc |
storage capacity | 256 GB | 512 GB | 128 GB | 256 GB | 1 TB | 2 TB |
hardware interface | sata 6 0 gb | solid state drive | solid state drive | solid state drive | solid state drive | sata 6 0 gb |
compatible devices | Desktop, Laptop | Laptop | Laptop | Laptop | Laptop | Laptop |
form factor | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch | 2.5-inch |
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3D NAND Flash for Enhanced Reliability and Power EfficiencySlim S55 applies the advanced 3D NAND flash that enables higher reliability and better power efficiency than traditional SSDs equipped with 2D NAND flash. Powered by SATA III 6 Gbps interface, the S55 is able to deliver incredibly high transfer speeds that enable short boot time, fast application loading and quick file processing. |
Built for MultitaskingEquipped with original controller and selected NAND Flash, the S55 guarantees high stability and longer lifespan. The SSD is ideal for heavy users to process large files and demanding programs. |
Multiple Techniques SupportedThe S55 is 7mm thin and vibration-proof since it contains no moving parts. Built with Bad Block Management, S.M.A.R.T. monitoring system and ECC technology, the S55 promises higher reliability and data transmission safety. |
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Technical Details
Brand | SP Silicon Power |
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Series | A55 |
Item model number | A55 |
Hardware Platform | laptop |
Operating System | SU128GBSS3A55S25AC |
Item Weight | 1.76 ounces |
Product Dimensions | 3.9 x 2.75 x 0.28 inches |
Item Dimensions LxWxH | 3.9 x 2.75 x 0.28 inches |
Color | 3D NAND Performance |
Flash Memory Size | 256 |
Manufacturer | Silicon Power |
ASIN | B075RJS55D |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Date First Available | September 18, 2017 |
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Customer Reviews |
4.7 out of 5 stars |
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Best Sellers Rank | #507 in Internal Solid State Drives #3,380 in Computer Internal Components |
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Product Description
3D NAND Technology for Enhanced Reliability and Power Efficiency
Applying the advanced 3D NAND flash, Ace A55 features higher reliability and better power efficiency than traditional SSDs equipped with 2D NAND flash. The A55 offers improved endurance and longer battery life that you're able to work longer without frequently recharge your laptop.
High Transfer Speeds for Fast Start Up
Powered by high quality controller and original synchronous NAND flash, the A55 delivers incredibly high transfer speeds that enable short boot time, fast application loading and quick file processing.
SLC Cache Technology for Performance Boost and Longer Lifespan
The A55 especially applies the ”SLC Cache technology” that allows all data to be written in the SLC portion first and leads to higher peak writing performance. In addition, the technology can reduce write amplification and thus offer better endurance and longer lifespan of the SSD.
Free-download SSD Health Monitor Tool - SP Toolbox Software
The A55 comes with a free-download SSD health monitor tool - SP Toolbox Software, which is especially designed for you to easily monitor the current health status of a SSD. By such, you can run a performance test, get an overall health evaluation and check detailed information about your SSD, including used space on device, device temperature, total bytes written, S.M.A.R.T. status, erase count status and block numbers.
*Please download the software at SP Official Website.
Absolutely Reliable with Bad Block Management
The A55 is built with Bad Block Management, which can continually monitor and replace bad blocks to keep your system in good condition with prolonged lifespan of a SSD.
Multiple Techniques Supported
The A55 is one of the lightest and thinnest SSD of its kind yet it is shock- and vibration-proof since it contains no moving parts. Furthermore, S.M.A.R.T. monitoring system and ECC technology are equipped to promise higher data transmission safety.
3-year Warranty
The Ace A55 is backed by 3-year warranty.
*Please register your product via SP official website to get the complete manufacturer warranty services, product support and more.
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1 x Silicon Power Ace A55 Solid State Drive
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Customers like the performance, value, quality and ease of installation of the computer drive. For example, they mention it does the job perfectly, is super responsive and well worth the money. That said, opinions are mixed on durability and cloning software.
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Customers like the performance of the drive. They mention that it works perfectly, is super responsive, and does not slow down or hiccup. They also say that it is fast, reliable, and great quality. Customers also say the SSD works fine and that load times were cut down by a good amount.
"...They are fast, reliable and great quality...." Read more
"Got it in sep-2018 worked great for many years now that its March-2024 it started to freeze had to restart computer it lasted twice its original..." Read more
"...Again, better than expected performance for less than half the cost of the bigger brands...." Read more
"It works amazing" Read more
Customers appreciate the value of the computer drive. They say it's a good cheap purchase if you need a boost in speed. They also say the price to gigabytes and performance is very good. The size and price are both good, and the SSD runs pretty well for the price. Most competitors have better storage to cost value, and performance-per-dollar is outstanding.
"...that Silicon Power outdoes most of the competitors at a much better storage to cost value. They are fast, reliable and great quality...." Read more
"...Now, with that out of the way, these drives are awesome especially for the money...." Read more
"...Remarkable drive for the low price and well worth it...." Read more
"...The 256 GB SSD cost me $34 and it was worth every penny. This SSD is really great and a great piece if you want to upgrade an old laptop...." Read more
Customers like the quality of the computer drive. For example, they say it's a great product, runs fast, and flawless. Some mention that it'll be adequate for upgrading older systems and that it has no errors or issues.
"...They are fast, reliable and great quality...." Read more
"...Nary an issue, works great, and was nice and fast.Great for:Kid's computernon-production machines for net use..." Read more
"...The 256 GB SSD cost me $34 and it was worth every penny. This SSD is really great and a great piece if you want to upgrade an old laptop...." Read more
"...The product is super good." Read more
Customers find the installation of the computer drive to be easy. They mention that the installation process is smooth, the software is easy to use, and the drive is usable within seconds. Customers also mention that they never encountered any installation or functionality issues, and that the drive can be easily accessed in most computers.
"...No gimmicks, no run-around.To that end, I got what I paid for, no hassle & no complaints what-so-ever...." Read more
"...in under 10 seconds I have a log in screen and the log in is practically instantaneous...." Read more
"...and the company sent a new one super fast, no hassle at all...." Read more
"...installing two of these drives, I can say that the installation and reliability has been great...." Read more
Customers like the boot time of the drive. They mention that it boots up quickly, and programs open almost instantly. It improves their laptop's bootup and overall performance, and has a dramatic increase in booting up Windows 10. It installs easily, and the OS and software load correctly.
"...On the SSD, it's back to the way it was if not faster. FF launches instantly and immediately accepts and responds to keyboard input now...." Read more
"...Windows loads in about 10 seconds and programs open almost instantly...." Read more
"...When I tried to clone my disk, it gives me a BSOD and my pc didn't boot again...." Read more
"...It restored new life to a 15 year old desktop. Starts up in under a minute...." Read more
Customers like the size of the computer drive or storage. They say it works great, fits right into their laptop, and is compact. Some mention that it's a good option to load up smaller files.
"...It is so small and thin it will fit an ultra book. Sorry it won't fit laptop fitted with pci hard drives...." Read more
"...Pro's ++ Good Price+ Lightweight & Compact+ Good Read/Write Speeds+ 3D NAND TLC+ Decent 3 year warranty..." Read more
"...It was easy to install into my desktop internally as it is very small and the hard drive frame had a slot where it fit perfectly...." Read more
"...I'm so glad I went with the Power Silicone SSD. It is so small, lightweight and makes no noise unlike the HDD my laptop had...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the durability of the computer drive. Some mention that it holds up well, is reliable, and will last very long. However, others say that it failed after a year and a half, or even died in about 2 weeks of use.
"...It kept crashing and became very slow...." Read more
"...The drive is still in good health after 3 years of constant use...." Read more
"Drive failure... and this thing was the boot drive. I'm good still, was an upgrade for my house desktop. Would use these for cheap upgrades...." Read more
"...They all seem to hold up well and work great!" Read more
Customers are mixed about the cloning software that comes with the computer drive. Some mention that it includes a great system cloner software, while others say that it was somewhat difficult to use.
"...The only minor issue I have is with the cloning software...." Read more
"...functionality issues. Be aware that the drive does not come with any cloning software, but a quick internet search will provide you with many..." Read more
"...I'll keep monitoring the drive. The software to monitor it is free and excellent...." Read more
"...tray that is a millimeter or two too big for the SSD makes it harder to install." Read more
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Used for my nephew's computer I build him for Christmas, with an AMD FX 6300, 8gb of RAM, Asus MA-970 chipset motherboard with garbage ASMedia hard drive controller. It actually sped the thing up nice with a legit copy of Windows 10 (using the Windows 7 key for authorization as it was tied to the motherboard on an OEM license).
Nary an issue, works great, and was nice and fast.
Great for:
Kid's computer
non-production machines for net use
light to medium-duty Laptop
machines you are gifting away, to friends, family, or grand-ma
Storage for media files (get the bigger model, but check prices against more known brands first)
Not to great for:
Content creation, or other heavy-duty multimedia work like video editing or game design. Get an NVME or high-end sata drive for that, you'll thank yourself later.
Saving large pictures when working with 4k or higher, get something like an NVME drive for this again.
Conclusion:
For all those times when it doesn't pay to spend the extra 10~20$ to get a super-fancy brand, as not everyone needs that nor will notice the difference, these drives fit the bill. I have no complaints and have had a few SP brand drives without any issue. Just go in knowing that, while they're much much faster than any hard drive could ever hope to be, they're not the fastest thing out there, nor will they set any speed records. The top-half of the drive is plastic, vs some other drives that have a complete metal enclosure. The drive does not go fast enough to warrant metal for heat-dissipation, so as not to worry, otherwise it wouldn't be designed this way.
This is a solid mainstream drive and is marketed as such. No gimmicks, no run-around.
To that end, I got what I paid for, no hassle & no complaints what-so-ever.
If your drive gets slow after an unplanned shutdown (as all Hard Drives or SSD's can), please open an Administrator-level command prompt (CTRL+SHIFT+CLICK) and type "CHKDSK /F C:" (provided C: is your SSD), and press enter. If it asks to do it after a restart, press Y and hit enter. Then save your work and restart the machine and wait patiently for a minute or two (or less!) while the machine checks the drive for loose files laying about. The machine will be faster after it auto-restarts upon completion.
This holds true for any drive OF ANY BRAND in a modern computer, and is due to the fact that an unplanned shutdown will mark the disk as dirty making the drive double-check where everything is, causing quite a bit of wait time for the CPU, resulting in slower performance and hitching in games or other applications. So write down that command and keep it for later incase the power goes out or the machine locks up or gets slow.
--Best of luck and GREAT PRODUCT!
Ok so first and foremost, anyone claiming speeds arent withing a few megabytes of rated numbers then there is an issue with the way it is set up in YOUR system, and not a reason for a bad review. First, make sure that the drive(s) are AHCI enabled in BIOS, and not set to IDE or some other setting, and if you dont know what that means or dont know how to do it well then thats also not SPs fault and not a reason to give less than 5 stars. Second, make sure that you are using STATA III cables rated to handle 6gb/s transfer speeds (Notice i said "gb/s" and not "GB/s" BIG difference in those abbreviations). Third, make sure that the SSD has T.R.I.M. enabled in OS and lastly, Forth, make sure the drive is properly aligned (and i dont mean when you install it), especially if you clone your OS onto it and use it as your boot drive. If it isnt properly aligned regardless of the rest of the settings youll be lucky to get anything over what a standard HDD transfers at, if that.
Now, with that out of the way, these drives are awesome especially for the money. They cost about half what the comparable Samsung drive or Corsair drive costs, yet performs identically.
I tested singled drive, and got 535Mb/s R and 515Mb/s W.
Then of course i tested them for the real reason i bought 2 (because lets face it why buy 2 and not use in RAID?) and tested the setup in RAID 0, 4k aligned, AHCI, and got 1Gb/s R and 775Mb/s W. WOW. Just a few megs shy of what my Samsung SSDs performed at. Again, better than expected performance for less than half the cost of the bigger brands.
4k reads were 300Mb/s which jumped to over 500mb/s at 8k and 161mb/s writes which jumped to ~300mb/s at 8k. After 32k, write performance was sustained at AVERAGE of 550mb/s peaking at 775mb/s and my reads were at 874 meg/s, however 1 more increment up to 64k and reads were sustained at 1gb/s consistently regardless of block size (64k through 4mb)
I didnt rate support because i dont use it nor will i in the future, so.... yeah, but im sure they are fine and do what they can within their obvious limits. Hope this review helps someone, anyone, everyone!
Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2019
Ok so first and foremost, anyone claiming speeds arent withing a few megabytes of rated numbers then there is an issue with the way it is set up in YOUR system, and not a reason for a bad review. First, make sure that the drive(s) are AHCI enabled in BIOS, and not set to IDE or some other setting, and if you dont know what that means or dont know how to do it well then thats also not SPs fault and not a reason to give less than 5 stars. Second, make sure that you are using STATA III cables rated to handle 6gb/s transfer speeds (Notice i said "gb/s" and not "GB/s" BIG difference in those abbreviations). Third, make sure that the SSD has T.R.I.M. enabled in OS and lastly, Forth, make sure the drive is properly aligned (and i dont mean when you install it), especially if you clone your OS onto it and use it as your boot drive. If it isnt properly aligned regardless of the rest of the settings youll be lucky to get anything over what a standard HDD transfers at, if that.
Now, with that out of the way, these drives are awesome especially for the money. They cost about half what the comparable Samsung drive or Corsair drive costs, yet performs identically.
I tested singled drive, and got 535Mb/s R and 515Mb/s W.
Then of course i tested them for the real reason i bought 2 (because lets face it why buy 2 and not use in RAID?) and tested the setup in RAID 0, 4k aligned, AHCI, and got 1Gb/s R and 775Mb/s W. WOW. Just a few megs shy of what my Samsung SSDs performed at. Again, better than expected performance for less than half the cost of the bigger brands.
4k reads were 300Mb/s which jumped to over 500mb/s at 8k and 161mb/s writes which jumped to ~300mb/s at 8k. After 32k, write performance was sustained at AVERAGE of 550mb/s peaking at 775mb/s and my reads were at 874 meg/s, however 1 more increment up to 64k and reads were sustained at 1gb/s consistently regardless of block size (64k through 4mb)
I didnt rate support because i dont use it nor will i in the future, so.... yeah, but im sure they are fine and do what they can within their obvious limits. Hope this review helps someone, anyone, everyone!
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I had the product for more than 3 weeks and no problem yet.
Good price for the product