Apotop S3C 256GB SSD Review

The Apotop S3C box art is very simple – black and purple with some details of the drive and the capacity clearly listed on the front. The slogan ‘Always On the Top' doesn't translate particularly well into English – ‘Always On Top' would have worked better for them.

The back of the box covers some details in multiple languages – alongside a CDM result (CrystalDiskMark) showing performance rated at ‘up to' 490 MB/s read and 275MB/S write).

The company include a 3.5 inch mounting bracket. The drive measures 7mm thick – making it ideal for an ultraportable replacement drive.

The chassis is painted black with a sticker on the front highlighting the product name and capacity.

The Silicon Motion 2246EN controller supports TLC, MLC and SLC NAND flash and the firmware is said to be robust and tweakable to suit many environments. This is a 4 channel solid state controller and is said to deliver greater performance than many 8 channel controllers. Power consumption is also highly optimised.

Synchronous MLC Flash NAND is used in this drive. It has overload protection, TRIM support, ECC EMS protection and SMART protection.

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