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Hey guys, I've got something here to unbox today that is from a brand that I

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had actually never heard of before they approached me and asked me to do a

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YouTube video about their product. So, this is from Silicon Power. And like I

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said, if you're in North America, you might not have heard of them so much,

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but there are parts of the world where Silicon Power is quite well known. So,

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what I want you guys to do is if there is anyone in the audience today who has

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seen Silicon Power for sale in a shop near them, I'd like you guys to leave a

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comment on the video and say where you're from so that we can get a better

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idea of where Silicon Power is popular.

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So, I'm just going to go ahead and start with the unboxing process here cuz it's

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so shiny when the packaging's on it. So, let's have a look at what this is. The

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first thing we're going to see here is that it is a 2 and 1/2 in solid state disc. It's part of their Veloc series

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V20. This is sandforce driven. So that

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means we are using a sandforce controller. This is a SATA 2 SSD,

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although I don't believe it mentions that anywhere on the outside of the

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packaging. Okay. Enterprise class cost effective SSD built with Sanforce

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controller. It's available in a variety of capacities from 60 gig to 120 and

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higher. All right. We've also got reads up to 285 megabytes per second and

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writes up to 275 megabytes per second.

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They cover it with a three-year warranty. It does fully support trim.

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And that's pretty much it for the outside of the packaging. So, let's see what we've got on the inside with the

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silicon power SSD. Okay, that's it for the box. We

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have the SSD itself. We have what

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appears to be I don't know. Okay, we got an

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introduction. Okay, some some words of caution about not shocking it with

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static. That's good. Compatible with SATA 2. Okay, so they mention it here.

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Low power consumption, high performance, low noise. Well, no noise. So, these are

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all traits of SSDs in general. They've got a little installation steps outline

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and then a warranty card which you can fill out. And I suppose you do you mail

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it? Oh, no. You can also do this online. So, don't bother doing that. just do it

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on mine. Okay, we've got screws. So, we

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have eight screws. So, four of these are

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going to be to attach the SSD to the included 2 and 1/2 in to 3 and 1/2 in

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adapter. And the other four are going to be to mount the 2 and 1/2 in to 3 and

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1/2 in adapter into your case. So, they've actually helpfully labeled which

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end you should uh point the connector on the drive towards when you are

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installing it onto this drive sled. So,

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let's have a look at the drive itself. Here we are. So, it's got a nice

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golden black label on it. Silicon Power branding. Um, not a whole lot on it

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beyond that. Looks like it is made in Taiwan. Okay, so we'll move around to

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the back. It uses just a pretty standard black finish with uh with a little bit

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of speckled paint. So, it should be fairly fingerprint resistant. I mean, I

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don't know about you guys, but when I install an SSD in my system, I want it

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looking pretty good. At the back, we find our standard SATA power as well as

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SATA data interfaces. And in terms of

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mounting, we've got all of the usual ones. So, we have four on the bottom and

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then two on each side. So, what I'm

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actually going to be featuring this particular SSD in is a little guide cuz

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I've had quite a few people ask me, "Well, can I use an SSD for my OS?" And

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then can I use a hard drive for my data? So, I'm going to show you guys uh I

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haven't decided yet whether I'm going to do it on a laptop or on a desktop, but

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I'm going to show you guys all the steps involved in buying an SSD, adding it to

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your laptop or desktop, and then using your old hard drive for storage. Don't

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