Low-cost 120 GiB SSD duel: SanDisk SSD PLUS vs. Kingston SSDNow V300
The SanDisk SSD PLUS 120 GiB
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Figure 2 shows the SSD PLUS 120 GiB, which has a very light plastic case.
Figure 2: the SanDisk SSD PLUS 120 GiB
The bottom cover is also made of plastic. In this cover there is a sticker with the drive information, as seen in Figure 3.
Figure 3: bottom of the SSD PLUS
The drive can be opened with a blade, since the cover is only fitted. Figure 4 shows the unit open, unveiling the small PCB. On the solder side, we see only two flash memory chips.
Figure 4: SanDisk SSD PLUS open
On the component side, you see only the controller chip. On the 240 GiB model, there are two more memory chips on this side. There is no cache memory.
Figure 5: component side of the PCB
The controller used by the SanDisk SSD PLUS is the Silicon Motion SM2246XT.
Figure 6: controller chip
The flash memory chips are from SanDisk. Unfortunately, we were not able to found more information about this chip.
Figure 7: memory chip