News Score a 2TB Silicon Power SSD for $75, Only 4 Cents per GB

[Admin]

The Silicon Power P34A60 (2TB) is available for $75, its lowest price yet over at Amazon.

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[AgentBirdnest]

Incredible... seems like it was only a few months ago that 1TB budget SSDs were beginning to reach that price.
I spent $300 on a 2TB SSD 27 months ago. : P I love how prices have fallen like a meteor this past year.

Any idea about the reliability of this particular SSD ?

 

[RichardtST]

Any idea about the reliability of this particular SSD ?

I've gotten a few SP drives. They're not fast. They throttle easily. But I can slap them into a Sabrent nvme enclosure and do backups and copy files around with no problem. I don't have enough experience with them to use as a daily work drive yet. But I've had no problems so far. Had more problems with the Samsung drives.... I don't buy those any more.

 

[Geef]

This would still be great for a storage drive since even a slow M.2 is faster than an SSD at least in transfer speed. I wouldn't use it for a main drive though.

 

[Math Geek]

i have the 1 tb version of this i paid like $40 for not too long ago. it works well for what i paid. for a second drive to hold some games on a budget, i'd not hesitate to buy another one.

it is funny though how far the prices came down. i paid $250 for my 2 tb 970 evo plus last year i guess it was and felt i got a GREAT price. that one is over $100 less now and dropping.

once the prices get this low i'm not mature enough to say no. if i see the 4 tb drives hit rock bottom i'll go stupid for sure and change all mine to those models. i know me, i've seen me do it. lol

 

[baboma]

>Any idea about the reliability of this particular SSD ?

https://www.silicon-power.com/support/lang/big5/TBW.pdf

TBW (total bytes written) is 1200TB, standard for 2TB TLC NVMe's. Generally better than QLC, although vendors are claiming new QLC units are getting better in reliability (of course they would claim that).

SP NVMe's have been around for a while, and are generally well-regarded, being TLC with reasonable prices, durability and performance.

This A60 part is a bit slow. It's suitable as a non-boot, storage drive, unless you're really strapped for cash. I suggest the faster A80 sibling (double R/W speed) at $95 for a boot drive for a "value" setup, although the A60's $75 price is certainly enticing. Both are PCIe3 parts.

https://amazon.com/dp/B07QR8LD7Y

There's been a bloodbath in SSD, with prices dropping precipitously. Every vendor is losing money and clearing out inventory. Don't take THW's word for it, search Amazon with "nvme 2tb" to see other SSD parts with lowered pricing.

 

[kiniku]

Nice marketing fluff piece Tom's. You compare this against only other 3.0 PCI SSDS, not a single PCI 4.0 SSD. I hope they paid well.

 

[USAFRet]

Nice marketing fluff piece Tom's. You compare this against only other 3.0 PCI SSDS, not a single PCI 4.0 SSD. I hope they paid well.

Given that it is a price announcement for a 3.0 drive, why should it be compared against 4.0 or 5.0 devices?

It is what it is.