Test: Einzeltest: Silicon Power Slim S55 240GB Solid State Drive
Zitat: Pro: + Available in 60GB, 120GB, 240GB and 480GB capacities
+ Slim 7mm form factor
+ Phison PS3108-S8 controller
+ Good sequential and random read and write performance
+ SATA 6Gb/s interface
+ Supports SMART, TRIM and Garbage Collection
+ Well constructed design
+ Reasonably priced
+ 3 year warranty
Contra: - Not as fast when writing incompressible data
- Hard to find in some markets
Silicon Power´s new Slim S55 SSD is a great choice for the cost-conscious consumer looking to improve the performance of their existing desktop, notebook or tablet computer. Powered by Phison´s PS3108 controller, this ultra-slim drive combines MLC NAND flash with a sizeable DRAM cache to deliver a fast and responsive computing experience. In our sequential read and write tests, the S55 was able to read at speeds as high as 556 MB/s and write at speeds in excess of 360 MB/s. It also did relatively well in our random write tests, producing more than 57,000 IOPS at low queue depths. Given, these numbers aren´t nearly as high as what we saw with Silicon Power´s Slim S70 SSD, but the S55 is still a huge step up over traditional hard drives. While the Velox V55 is available at Amazon , I could not find the Slim S55 in stock at any of the major US retailers. If the S55 is priced similarly, the 120GB drive should run about $70 with the 240GB version reviewed here going for as little as $100 when it finally ships.