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The Slim S80 comes in a brightly colored box. Along with a picture of the drive, the front advertises many of its key features including its 480GB capacity, SATA III interface and maximum read and write speeds The back of the box provides a bit more information, including the S80's specifications and a longer list of features. Inside, you'll find the SSD, a 3.5" adapter bracket, a mounting spacer for use with traditional 9.5mm drive bays, mounting screws and a small installation guide.
Physical Features:
Like Silicon Power's other SSDs, the Slim S80 is very well constructed. The outer casing is made entirely out of metal and is covered by a nice, matte black finish. The top of the drive also has a large, red and white sticker advertising its capacity as well as the fact that it is part of Silicon Power's S80 series.
Like Silicon Power's Velox V55 and Slim S55 series SSDs, the S80 uses Phison's PS3108 controller. The PS3108 can be found in a growing number of drives including the Corsair Force LS, Kingston SSDNow V310, MyDigitalSSD BP4 and Patriot Memory Blaze.
For the 480GB version of the S80, Silicon Power opted to use Toshiba's TH58TEG9D2HBA89 Toggle Mode MLC NAND flash modules. Looking at the pictures above, you can see that there are eight of these 64GB chips on top of the PCB. The S80 also has a single 512MB NANYA NT5CC256M16CP-DI DDR3L-1600 SDRAM memory chip that is used for caching.
