Team Group MP33 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
Team Group
54 Overall Score
vs
Silicon Power A55 128GB SATA III 2.5"
Silicon Power
33 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Team Group MP33 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
No customer feedback yet
Silicon Power A55 128GB SATA III 2.5"
82 out of 100 medium confidence 12 reviews
Users generally praise this budget SSD for its excellent value, easy installation, and significant speed improvements over traditional HDDs, especially for reviving older systems or as boot drives for servers and NAS builds. While some note that higher-end drives like the Samsung 860 Pro offer better performance and longer warranties, most agree that for everyday tasks and cost-conscious buyers, this drive performs admirably. A few isolated issues were mentioned, such as one drive going read-only (though RMA was smooth) and a lack of mounting screws, but overall sentiment is highly positive.
Pros
- Excellent value for money
- Easy installation
- Significant speed boost over HDD
- Great for reviving old systems
- Reliable for boot drives in servers/NAS
Cons
- Lower performance than high-end SSDs
- Shorter warranty than competitors
- No mounting screws included
- Potential for drive failure (rare)
- Not for heavy workloads
Value for money 8
Performance 7
Ease of installation 5
Reliability 5
Suitability for old systems 4
Warranty and support 3
Scores
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Specifications
| Team Group MP33 | Silicon Power A55 | |
|---|---|---|
| Drive | ||
| Capacity | ||
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 | 2.5" |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x4 | SATA III |
| Protocol | NVMe | SATA |
| PCIe Generation | 3★ | — |
| External | ✗ | ✗ |
| Performance | ||
| Sequential Read (MB/s) | ||
| Sequential Write (MB/s) | ||
| Random Read (IOPS) | No data | |
| Random Write (IOPS) | No data | |
| Hardware | ||
| NAND | TLC | TLC |
| DRAM Cache | ✗ | ✗ |
| Reliability | ||
| Endurance (TBW) | 65★ | — |
| MTBF (hours) | No data | |
| Warranty (years) | 5★ | 1 |
| Features | ||
| Heatsink | ✗ | ✗ |
Pros & Cons
Team Group MP33 256GB PCIe 3.0 x4 NVMe M.2 2280
- Strong affordability (88th percentile)88th %ile
- Strong random (78th percentile)
- Strong endurance (73rd percentile)
- Strong social proof (68th percentile)
- Below average capacity (17th percentile)17th %ile
Silicon Power A55 128GB SATA III 2.5"
- Strong affordability (91st percentile)91st %ile
- Strong social proof (77th percentile)
- Below average capacity (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average speed (22nd percentile)
- Below average random (22nd percentile)
- Below average endurance (34th percentile)
Verdict
Winner: Team Group MP33
Scores 54 overall, wins 6 of 6 usage categories and 9 of 16 specs.