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Silicon Power P34A80 M.2 NVME SSD (1TB) Review - MMORPG.com

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited May 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageSilicon Power P34A80 M.2 NVME SSD (1TB) Review - MMORPG.com

Solid state drives are finally cheap and reliable enough that everyone should have one. We’re looking at the cutting edge of this technology with the Silicon Power P34A80 M.2 NVME SSD (1TB). Using the same silicon pathway as your graphics card, it’s capable of speeds more than five times faster than a traditional SSD and costs only $129.99 for a terabyte. But, with the market becoming so crowded, is it worth it?

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  • 3dom3dom Member RarePosts: 889
    edited May 2019
    > $129.99 for a full terabyte... is it worth it?

    My first HDD had 1Gb and its cost was ~$600... People asked - why do I need that much space?

    And no, I didn't witness dinosaurs go extinct.
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  • JeffSpicoliJeffSpicoli Member EpicPosts: 2,849
    edited May 2019
    .... deleted not appropriate mmorpg content

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  • black9iceblack9ice Member UncommonPosts: 154
    'Silicon Power has been making memory and flash drives for enthusiasts for more than 15 years, so they’re no newcomers to the SSD business. The P34A80 is the company’s first attempt at an M.2 NVME SSD'

    The second sentence invalidates your first, They are new comers to the SSD market. And btw almost 30 years in the PC/server market and never heard of this company, I must live in a box.
  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    12 months ago you - pretty much - couldn't buy a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD. I remember having to order one of the new Intel 500Mb ones about 13 months ago and having to wait around 10 days for stock. None of the options were cheap either.

    And when the review says "not the fastest" in context it simply means only about order of magnitude faster than SSDs!

    Storage has - truly - undergone a silent revolution.

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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004
    Additional memory fueled by governments need to collect and store all the data it can on everybody. Consumers get the trickle down.
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  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    Octagon7711 said:
    Additional memory fueled by governments need to collect and store all the data it can on everybody. Consumers get the trickle down.
    We know where you live. You will desist from such posts!
  • foppoteefoppotee Member RarePosts: 537
    Very very nice indeed.
  • Abion47Abion47 Member UncommonPosts: 2
    black9ice said:
    'Silicon Power has been making memory and flash drives for enthusiasts for more than 15 years, so they’re no newcomers to the SSD business. The P34A80 is the company’s first attempt at an M.2 NVME SSD'

    The second sentence invalidates your first, They are new comers to the SSD market. And btw almost 30 years in the PC/server market and never heard of this company, I must live in a box.
    Last I checked, there are other kinds of SSDs than just M.2 NVME SSDs.

    And while I can't say I've heard of them either, Wikipedia does say they've been in business since 2003, so maybe until recently they've been making the silicon that other manufacturers put into their own products with their own names attached.
  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,507
    black9ice said:
    'Silicon Power has been making memory and flash drives for enthusiasts for more than 15 years, so they’re no newcomers to the SSD business. The P34A80 is the company’s first attempt at an M.2 NVME SSD'

    The second sentence invalidates your first, They are new comers to the SSD market. And btw almost 30 years in the PC/server market and never heard of this company, I must live in a box.
    They had made SATA SSDs before.  And apparently they even made an IDE SSD.  I didn't know that such a thing ever existed.  While they weren't one of the early developers of SSDs, they aren't brand new to the market, either.
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  • QuizzicalQuizzical Member LegendaryPosts: 25,507
    gervaise1 said:
    12 months ago you - pretty much - couldn't buy a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD. I remember having to order one of the new Intel 500Mb ones about 13 months ago and having to wait around 10 days for stock. None of the options were cheap either.

    And when the review says "not the fastest" in context it simply means only about order of magnitude faster than SSDs!

    Storage has - truly - undergone a silent revolution.

    Nonsense.  While SSDs of a given capacity were much more expensive a year ago, you very much could buy a 1 TB NVMe SSD if you had the money.  Or 2 TB, even.
  • GameByNightGameByNight Hardware and Technology EditorMMORPG.COM Staff, Member RarePosts: 811

    black9ice said:

    'Silicon Power has been making memory and flash drives for enthusiasts for more than 15 years, so they’re no newcomers to the SSD business. The P34A80 is the company’s first attempt at an M.2 NVME SSD'



    The second sentence invalidates your first, They are new comers to the SSD market. And btw almost 30 years in the PC/server market and never heard of this company, I must live in a box.



    They've made memory and SATA SSDs. This is their first M.2.
    gervaise1
  • gervaise1gervaise1 Member EpicPosts: 6,919
    edited May 2019

    Quizzical said:


    gervaise1 said:

    12 months ago you - pretty much - couldn't buy a 1TB M.2 NVMe SSD. I remember having to order one of the new Intel 500Mb ones about 13 months ago and having to wait around 10 days for stock. None of the options were cheap either.



    And when the review says "not the fastest" in context it simply means only about order of magnitude faster than SSDs!



    Storage has - truly - undergone a silent revolution.





    Nonsense.  While SSDs of a given capacity were much more expensive a year ago, you very much could buy a 1 TB NVMe SSD if you had the money.  Or 2 TB, even.



    Hence the words "pretty much". I didn't say "couldn't".

    When Samsung announced their new M.2 NVMe SSD lineup towards the end of 2016 the announced price of their 1Tb device was $1,229 - with no price for 2Tb. And Samsung were ahead of other manufacturers.

    12 months ago yes you could get M.2 NVMe SSDs with 1Tb - at a price. And maybe patience since even 512 had supply issues due to demand. But as I said "pretty much" not couldn't.

    Fast forward 12 months: no availability issues; huge price reductions. Which means the days of the 2Tb HD add-on are drawing to a close. Not forgetting that M.2 NVMe 's go in tablets as well. A silent, largely unheralded revolution.


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