The cost-effective P210 SSD from Patriot comes in 2.5’’ SATA format, with transfer speeds of about 512MB for reads and 430MB/s for writes in ideal case scenarios (SLC buffer is not filled up). The drive can be had with capacities of 128GB, 256GB, 512GB, 1TB and 2TB and can be considered as a great upgrade in laptops which have a secondary HDD as a storage drive or in mainstream desktops as a boot/storage drive.
The product is shipped inside a simple cardboard/plastic enclosure, which shows the main highlights right in the front:
On the back, we will note of some drive specifications in multiple languages, details regarding the Patriot offices around the world, a small product description but also links to various Internet resources:
Despite the entry-level/mainstream segment this drive covers (depending on the chosen capacity), the P210 is built from an all-aluminum chassis, which is considerably more durable versus plastic enclosures on other drives. The top cover does include a sticker with the product code name, the drive name and total capacity:
On the back, we were used to seeing an additional sticker with more in-depth specifications, but on the P210 there is none:
The SSD has a low-profile 7mm height and on the sides we can see the mounting holes; an extra screw is also available here, to further reinforce the chassis:
The SATA Data/Power connectors are clearly visible:
Opening the chassis is not an easy process, but it is doable; the PCB takes only one half of the space and seems to be manufactured for models which use more ICs:
The other side of the PCB comes with the controller but also two NAND flash packages:
The Silicon Motion SM2259XT is a 4-channel SATA controller for delivering cost-effective solutions, in a DRAM-less manner:
The NAND ICs are QLC packages of 1TB each:
