SSD made of plastic

[PCGUY2015]

Hello I've just purchased an SSD and It is made of really light plastic.. I was wondering is this good or bad? Are SSD's normally from this material or did I just buy a cheap made SSD? Here is the model

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211987

 

[SkyNetRising]

Aluminium casing would be better. It helps with heat dissipation.
Plastic is really cheap option.

 

[photonboy]

Aluminium casing would be better. It helps with heat dissipation.
Plastic is really cheap option.

If I made an aluminum cap for my head that would also help with heat dissipation. I don't need it however, nor do these types of SSD's.

More info: http://www.thessdreview.com/our-reviews/adata-premier-sp550-ssd-review-240gb/

"Once disassembled we can see that they did not included a thermal pad to help distribute heat into the shell off the controller. During our testing runs the controller reached up to 63C, which isn’t too bad considering the drive is fully stressed."

So there you have it. Adding metal, and a thermal pad increases cost, but won't help performance. Longevity will be generally based on the amount of data written.

 

[photonboy]

Update:
There is actually a metal shell. It was confusing to see at first, but see my links. I think the top part is metal with the top part of the case cut away to show this.

This may only be for strength though as there's no thermal pad as said before.

*IMPORTANT*
One review said that the device had relatively poor performance, but this may be due to the firmware. I suggest checking periodically for NEW FIRMWARE.

(In general usage I don't feel much difference between SSD's even if as much as 3X slower)