Introducing: Silicon Power E20 SSD - system acceleration made easy

A few years ago, when the conversation was focused on high-capacity and high-speed storage, everyone was clearly thinking about hard drives, but today this situation has changed radically and flash memory-based drives, i.e. SSDs, have become a major player in the market. The speed has improved a lot, the capacity has increased and the service life has been increased, so nowadays SDD has to be taken seriously. However, there is no fear at all that SSDs will be able to displace HDDs in the coming years, which is simply unthinkable. Why? Although the price of SDDs is steadily declining, it is still very expensive compared to an HDD. Not only the device itself, but also the gigabyte / HUF ratio. Moreover, as we move toward higher capacity units, it will become more and more expensive per gigabyte (after a limit) if we look at SSDs, and in terms of HDDs, it is usually getting cheaper. While today a 2 TB winchester can be taken home for less than 20 HUF, we can't really find an SSD in this size, maximum RaidDrive SSD, the price of which we prefer not to write down.

In other words, the HDD stays for a very long time for data storage, but if you don't need a large storage space, but speed is important, then we can benefit a lot from the tempo of an SSD. We can currently envisage a "system disk" role for SSDs. We install the operating system, programs, games on it, and we enjoy the speed and the smoothness. The SSD is perfect for this at the moment, and it's affordable. This time we are offering a Silicon Power SSD as the main catch, which wants to attract attention with good speed and a favorable price tag. This is none other than the Silicon Power E20 SSD family!

Hopefully, the name of Silicon Power does not sound unknown, as many products have already appeared on the site from the factory's repertoire, their devices are usually characterized by pleasant design, good technical parameters and friendly price. The manufacturer is represented in the field of SSDs with two product families, one is the Velox V20 series kneading for high performance and extra features, and the other is the E20 for the mainstream segment. Both families are available in 2,5 "sizes and can be connected to the motherboard via a SATA2 interface.

The E20 series is available in four sizes: 32, 64, 128 and 256 GB, making it clear that you should use them as a system drive.

The product, which comes in a paper box - with a "peephole" - is attractive on the first receipt, although there is really nothing special about it, a black box, the SSD itself with a black, demanding sticker, describing the essential information. You don’t have to expect much from the contents of the box, as an SSD doesn’t even need too much to work. We get four screws and a user manual, but not a SATA cable.

No worries, let's take out the box of our motherboard, there will be 3-4 more unopened SATA cables in it! From an SSD's point of view, you can't really sing ode, as already mentioned, black cover, 2,5 "size and SATA2 interface," Warranty Void if Broken "sticker as an extra in one corner! 🙂

Let's look at the specification instead, because for an SSD, it tells the point:

• Dimensions: 100 mm × 69,85 mm × 9,5 mm
• Weight: 70 g
• Resistance: pull-off / connection test ~ at least 10,000 times
• Application of MLC (Multi Level Cell) NAND flash chips
• Operating voltage: 4,5 V ~ 5,5V
• Vibration resistance: 15G peak to peak maximum
• Impact resistance: 1500G maximum
• Transfer rate: maximum read ~ 250 MB / s; maximum write ~ 230 MB / s *
• The Self-Diagnostic Monitor and Reporting Service (SMART) can also be used to monitor the status of members of the E20 family
  * Note: Performance is platform dependent and may vary in different hardware environments

Additional features:

• Implement DDR2 DRAM Cache to increase E20 baud rate and extend life
• TRIM command support to increase write speed
• Standard 2,5 ”SATA interface and hard disk sizes (SATA SSD)
• Built-in ECC for data protection
• “Wear-Leveling” technology with a life-enhancing effect
• Compliance with European RoHS standards
• Low consumption
• Shock and vibration resistant
• Noiseless operation, low response time and no seek error
• 3 years warranty

As you can see, the list of abilities and attributes is thankfully quite long. The E20 series is a good average product line in terms of capacity and speed, with additional features such as a vibration- and shock-resistant housing; and with support for technologies like TRIM and SMART That was the paper, let’s see what the E20 can do on a live deployment!