Silicon Power 2.5 inch Velox V30 Series SATA600

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

2
Good:

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Average:

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Bad:

1

Pros:

Available in 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities, Good sequential read and write speeds with compressible data, SATA 6Gb/s interface, Supports SMART, TRIM and garbage collection, Equipped with DuraWrite and wear leveling, Well constructed, Includes a
SATA 6 Gbps support, Supports TRIM, 3 year warranty, Nice looking, rugged metal case, 3.5" adapter included
Great read performance, 2.5inch adapter included, Available in 60, 120, 240 and 480GB models.

Cons:

No way to tell if you're getting a drive with asynchronous NAND, Considerably slower with incompressible data, Hard to find in some markets, Pricey
Limited performance, High price, 60 GB could be too small for many users, Needs SATA 6 Gbps controller to perform best

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Last revision on July 23, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Available in 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities, Good sequential read and write speeds with compressible data, SATA 6Gb/s interface, Supports SMART, TRIM and garbage collection, Equipped with DuraWrite and wear leveling, Well constructed, Includes a
SATA 6 Gbps support, Supports TRIM, 3 year warranty, Nice looking, rugged metal case, 3.5" adapter included
Great read performance, 2.5inch adapter included, Available in 60, 120, 240 and 480GB models

Reviewers Didn't Like

No way to tell if you're getting a drive with asynchronous NAND, Considerably slower with incompressible data, Hard to find in some markets, Pricey
Limited performance, High price, 60 GB could be too small for many users, Needs SATA 6 Gbps controller to perform best
Availability, Write performance is a little weak
Poor performance with high queue depth

Expert reviews and ratings

The Silicon Power Velox V30 60 GB SSD is designed in a way that it uses only half of the Sandforce SF-2281's channels; think of them as independent paths between the controller and NAND flash memory chips, where your data is stored. With only eight...

By techPowerUp! on December 08, 2011

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I’m sure just like me when you are thinking about purchasing a solid state drive the name Silicon Power does not pop into your head. After spending a week testing this drive I can tell you that Silicon Power has a product that can compete with...

By ThinkComputers on November 14, 2011

We know that going with a smaller size SSD not only sacrifices capacity, but also potentially performance due to the type of NAND used. We were not sure how much of performance difference would it be and this is where the Silicon Image Velox V30 can...

By Bjorn3D on September 16, 2011

The Velox Series V30 is the first SSD from Silicon Power to come through the 'Labs. Like many of the drives on the market today, it's based on SandForce's popular SF-2281 controller and comes equipped with a 6Gb/s SATA interface. Early...

By CDRLabs on February 21, 2012

Au final, le V30 de Silicon Power n’est pas à la hauteur de nos espérances. Il offre d’excellents débits pour les fichiers fortement compressibles, par exemple les documents bureautiques, mais les débits chutent pour les...

By 01Net on January 30, 2012

Nella recensione che vi andremo ad illustrare e proporre nella giornata odierna, si prefigge lo scopo di analizzare in maniera dettagliata una delle ultime novità presentate dall'azienda taiwanese Silicon-Power, per il mercato dei dischi SSD...

By hwlegend.com on March 15, 2012

Fast 200 Euro will Silicon Power für die SSD Velox V30 mit 120 GB sehen - selbst für eine Flashspeicher-Festplatte mit Sandforce-2281-Controller ist das ein stolzer Preis. Der Test klärt, ob die 2,5-Zoll-Festplatte dafür eine...

By PC-Welt.de on December 13, 2011

Il nuovo Silicon Power Velox V30 è un prodotto molto appetibile per quanto riguarda le performance e il bundle offerto; la marcata differenza di IOPS rilevata in alcune occasioni (rispetto al Vertex 3), ci fa pensare che potrebbe arrivare a breve...

By hdblog.it on September 26, 2011