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Apotop S3C 256GB SSD Review

Allan 'Zardon' Campbell September 7, 2014 Featured Tech Reviews, SSD Drives


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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.
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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).
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The company include a 3.5 inch mounting bracket. The drive measures 7mm thick – making it ideal for an ultraportable replacement drive.
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The chassis is painted black with a sticker on the front highlighting the product name and capacity.
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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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