Silicon Power is a Taiwanese hardware manufacturer founded in 2003. In enthusiast circles, they are well known for providing high-quality flash storage products at reasonable pricing. Silicon Power’s various product lines include DRAM modules, SSDs, flash drives, and portable storage.
In today’s review, we’ll be taking a look at the Silicon Power XS70 1 TB SSD. This latest SSD release is built around Phison’s highly popular E18 controller paired with the newest 176-layer 3D TLC NAND flash from Micron—a combination we’ve seen in several other SSDs before, like the Kingston KC3000 and Corsair MP600 Pro LPX. Also included is 1 GB of DRAM cache from Samsung; it seems we’re finally seeing a widespread market release of these Phison E18 with B47R drives.
The Silicon Power XS70 comes in capacities of 1 TB ($130), 2 TB ($250), and 4 TB ($750). Endurance for these models is set to 700 TBW, 1400 TBW, and 3000 TBW respectively. Silicon Power includes a five-year warranty with the XS70.
| Specifications: Silicon Power XS70 1 TB SSD | |
|---|---|
| Brand: | Silicon Power |
| Model: | SP01KGBP44XS7005 |
| Capacity: | 1000 GB (931 GB usable) 24 GB additional overprovisioning |
| Controller: | Phison PS5018-E18 |
| Flash: | Micron 176-Layer 3D TLC B47R IA7BG94AYA |
| DRAM: | 1x 1 GB Samsung DDR4-2666 K4A8G165WC-BCTD |
| Endurance: | 700 TBW |
| Form Factor: | M.2 2280 |
| Interface: | PCIe Gen 4 x4, NVMe 1.3 |
| Device ID: | SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD |
| Firmware: | EIFM31.4 |
| Warranty: | 5 years |
| Price at Time of Review: | $130 / $130 per TB |
