Patriot P300 M.2 PCIe Gen 3 x4 2TB SSD Review

Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2021-03-15

The 2TB version of the P300 SSD does deliver good overall performance by employing a DRAMless solution via the Phison PS5013-E13-31 controller, which also supports Host Memory Buffer for keeping the write speeds constant for longer. The system performance will also affect the drive speeds but overall we have seen better read/writes versus the 1TB SKU.

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Packaging, A Closer Look

The 2TB version of the entry-level P300 SSD from Patriot Memory has reached our labs just recently. It does come with a blue PCB and a Phison controller. The product includes a 3-year warranty, while the rated TBW is at 640TB. Its packaging is like the ones we have seen along with USB Flash Drives and memory cards, a combination of cardboard and protective plastic in the middle:

 

 

 

On the back side we will note some hardware specifications, in different languages, together with addresses of Patriot offices around the world, some online resources but also the product serial number:

 

 

 

By removing the top cardboard packaging layer, we will uncover the plastic casing the drive is held in:

 

 

 

The frontal area of the PCB is fully covered by a large white sticker, highlighting the total drive capacity, the internal code name, supported standards and more!

 

 

 

On the back side there are no other components available:

 

 

 

The SSD NAND IC packages are positioned the same as on the 1TB version, but the controller is different:

 

 

 

This time we are talking about a Phison PS5013-E13-31 controller with 4 channels and 4 lanes and employs a DRAMless solution. It makes use of HMB (Host Memory Buffer) function which allows the drive to use a portion of the system memory for caching purposes, minimizing the costs:

 

 

 

The drive utilizes four Toshiba TLC 3D NAND Flash ICs with the TA8HG65AWV code name. each having 512GB of storage:

 

 

 

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