Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2016-12-19
The SSD L 480GB coming from KFA2 and sporting the GAMER branding is meant to be positioned in the mainstream section and has the same performance levels as the Silicon Power S55 SSD we have tested back the summer. The product integrates a Phison PS31100-S10C-12 quad-channel controller along with Toshiba 15nm TLC NAND, but also 512MB of Kingston cache.
While we would have expected to work with a chassis with screws, the GAMER SSD L 480GB does employ a screw-less design as we have seen with other models we have tested in the past. This type of chassis is a bit tricky to take apart in order to check the internal components, because the slim aluminum chassis usually bends a bit in the areas we will insert the tool and also the paint can be chipped off.
After carefully opening the unit up, we will get to expose the internal PCB, which does not occupy the entire space inside:
On the frontal PCB area, we can see four NAND packages, a central controller but also some RAM cache:
A close-up does reveal TT58G51ARA Toshiba 15nm TLC NAND packages:
The central controller is a Phison PS3110-S10C-12, which is a smaller variant of the PS3110-S10-X controller and features four NAND channels instead of eight on the fully-fledged variant:
The RAM cache is a Kingston D2516EC4BXGGB and is 512MB in capacity:
The back side of the PCB does feature four other identical TLC NAND Flash ICs:
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