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Review: Silicon |
USB3 flash drives have matured to a point where
you can almost find any drive that you want, from flash drives that are SSDs, to
performance drives, and also value drives. There are also drives that don’t
follow common design, and are able to give a more pleasing look. Silicon Power
is a manufacturer that has a wide selection to choose from when it comes to
flash drives, from USB2 to USB3, capacities up to 128GB, drives that have a
unique design, and also many more options, not just in flash drives either. If
you'd like to learn more about Silicon Power, I'd suggest that you take a look
at their website and you can click here
to find out more.
Silicon Power was kind enough to provide me
with two of their latest USB3 flash drives, the Blaze B06 a value orientated flash
drive, and their latest top of the line USB3 flash drive, the Marvel M70. So
let’s start this review by taking a look at the packaging of both drives, before
moving forward to the testing.
Silicon Power Blaze B06 32GB USB3 flash drive, packaging and
specifications
Let's take a closer look at the packaging
of the Silicon Power Blaze B06.
The
front side of the package is what we have been used to seeing from Silicon
Power, simple and clean looking.
On the
back we find all the information about the drive, compatibility, and warranty.
A
few pictures of the Silicon Power Blaze B06
The
back is just white, so there nothing to see.
Specifications
Let's take a look at the specifications of
the Silicon Power Blaze B06 32GB as they appear on the official website.
To find out more on what is inside the
Silicon Power Blaze B06, I used a tool called Flash Drive Information you can
get it from here.
The Silicon Power Blaze B06 has Phison
PS2306 controller, but there isn’t any information about the Memory chips.
The blaze B06 is available in 8GB, 16GB,
32GB, 64GB, and 128GB capacities, is compatible with almost every OS, and comes
with a lifetime warranty.
Silicon Power Marvel M70 64GB USB3 flash drive, packaging
and specifications
Now it’s time to take a closer look at the
Marvel M70 flash drive, so let's start again by taking a look at the packaging.
It’s nice to see that for the Marvel M70,
Silicon Power did a very good job packing it. This time it’s well presented and
there are speed specifications written on the front of the package. First
impressions are very good.
The back follows the same design that we
have seen on all of the Silicon Power USB flash drives that I have reviewed.
All the warranty and compatibility info is displayed on the back of the
package.
The
front of the drive with the USB connector retracted,
and
the again the front of the Marvel M70, this time with the USB connector opened
and ready for use.
Finally
the back of the Silicon Power Marvel M70.
Specifications
Let's take a look at the specifications of
the Silicon Power Marvel M70 64GB as they appear on the official website.
Next was the Silicon Power Marvel M70, so
let’s find out more on what’s is inside, using Flash Drive Information you can
get it from here.
The Marvel M70 uses the a Phison 2303
controller, however this time we see that it uses Intel Memory chips.
The Marvel M70 is available in three
capacities, 32GB, 64GB, and 128GB and as with most modern flash drives it won't
have any issues with Windows XP, 7, and 8. It also comes with a lifetime
warranty.
Now it's time to put the flash drives to
the test and see what they can deliver. Let's start our tests
Now let's start our tests with the NTFS
file-system...
