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Silicon Power Armor A60 USB 3.0 Portable HDD Review

Storage/HDD by stefan @ 2015-05-31

After releasing the rugged Armor A30 model, Silicon Power went ahead and upgraded it with a new Armor A60 model, which has passed the military drop-test standards (MIL-STD 810G), including the specific height free fall test of 122cm. Additionally, the product is water resistant by supporting the IPX4 standard while the internal Toshiba MQ01ABB200 drive is equipped with a G-force sensor for protecting itself when large vibrations are detected or when it falls off the surface.

A Closer Look Contd.

To protect against damages, the USB 3.0 port is also covered by a silicone cap:

By removing the four bottom screws, we were able to disassemble the drive and look inside for more details; the 2TB disk drive is also wrapped inside the silicone layer for vibration dampening, along with the SATA-to-USB 3.0 adapter:

After removing the drive from this layer, we will discover that we are dealing with a Toshiba MQ01ABB200 drive which was intended for storage applications and regarding specifications we could remind Serial ATA 300 interface at 5400RPM and 8MB of cache:

The drive is thicker than usual models, holds internally four 500GB platters and has a thickness of 15mm; the drive is also equipped with a G-force sensor for protecting itself when large vibrations are detected or when it falls off the surface:

The drive is provided with the usual SATA Data/Power ports, but also four pins for factory use purposes:

On its back we will be able to see the electrical board, which also supplies power to the central motor:

Upon a closer inspection of the adapter, we have discovered the JMS567 Bridge Controller by JMicron:

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