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Compatibility
Customers generally find the Silicon Power SSD compatible with various motherboards, making it a popular choice for upgrading older computers. However, some users have reported issues with software recognition and installation.
Boot Time
Customers have mixed opinions on the boot time of the product with some reporting good experiences, while others had issues with slow or non-existent boot times. Some customers were pleased with the straightforward installation process and fast performance, but a few encountered problems with corrupted software and failed drives.
Highlights
Quality
Was able to easily initialize it and format with ease, and was recognized as additional drive by os.
Drive works, and speed seems more than adequate when moving files to it.
I have been getting this ssd for lowering computer builds for a long time i have a 512gb version of this that's been in a compu... Read More
It makes them very happy when they don't have to buy a new pc after upgrading it with one of these ssd drives.
Price
So, i ordered the silicon power a55 256gb ssd from amazon for under $20.
For under $20, it was the best bang for the buck for a 256gb ssd.
I'm holding off for now on getting new laptops that would well you know cost a lot more than two ssd drives.
Competitiveness
I've used lots of other ssd's from western digital, samsung, intel, mushkin, kingdian, ocz and others, and this drive seems as ... Read More
The overall performance of the laptops was a 100% better for both.
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- Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 11010.
- Previous analysis of this listing was an C grade.
- Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there may be deception involved.
- Our engine has determined that the review content quality is low.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 73.1% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 11,210 reviews as of our last analysis date on Feb 7 2025.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Checked sp website for firmware updates but didnt find much there that was helpful
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A friend gave me his old laptop with no hard drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So i ordered the silicon power a55 256gb ssd from amazon for under 20
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Note this drive doesnt come with a partition table so i had to create a gpt partiton table during the installation process
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Put these in two older laptops a toshiba p775 and a dell inspiron 7720 both are going on 13yrs old they needed updated to windows 10
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The overall performance of the laptops was a 100 better for both
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Will update if anything changes in the future
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I have been getting this ssd for lowering computer builds for a long time i have a 512gb version of this thats been in a computer running 247 for the last i think three 34 years
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