Solidigm P44 Pro 2TB

Been using this for 1-2 years now and have had no issues. At the time, benchmarks rated it as high. I probably couldn't tell the difference between this SSD and a "cheap" one as I do not push it to the limits. Fast and reliable so far.

So far so good. Does everything it says it's supposed to do and haven't had any issues thus far.

I've been using this in a secondary system for a while, and it's been a very nice and fast drive. I would put more into this review, but Solidigm no longer makes the drive, or any consumer drives for that matter, and stock appears to have dried up now. This appears to be very similar to the Sk Hynix P41 Platinum, having the same basic specs and Sk Hynix being the owner of Solidigm. Since the P41 Platinum has a competitive price, and this drive was discontinued, I can't be too harsh in this review. Another good, competitive option is the Seagate FireCuda 530R, being faster and having double the TBW of both drives. I also own the 530R and will be reviewing it soon, with more info since it seems to be little known.

I don't know how I'm just finding out about Solidigm but better late than never. For starters this company shows & displays what good packaging is all about which is important for delicate computer parts. As far as performance, I'M BESIDE MYSELF with the sheer & refined power that this thing puts out, just when I thought that I couldn't squeeze anymore power out of my rig I bolted this little guy onto the M.2_1 slot and was in shock & awe, they claim a 20% speed increase & it's not too far off from that. I purchased the P41,P44 & they are worth every penny.

My initial thought on this drive is “uncertainty”. Initially the drive formatted well and was fast. Eventually, within the hour, something caused the drive to “soft crash”, it hung up and stopped working reliably. I re-formatted it, duplicated the initial tests annd setup and it froze again. On the 3rd attempt, the drive held. As a professional, I’m skeptical of relying on it as a main drive at this point. I’m afraid to depend on it too much because I don’t want to lose any data. Make sure you ALWAYS have a sizable and reliable backup, of which mechanical drives still seem most trustworthy and affordable over the long-haul.

This is basically a SK Hynix division under a different label and a dedicated team that works on Solidigm products. They took over the Intel NAND business, making really good use of that Intel NAND in their P41 model. As of this review, a 2TB P41 is five less than what I paid for a 1TB P44. But to be clear, this P44 carries SK Hynix controller and NAND. I don't know, my ego wants at least the faster even at the expense of double capacity.Gen4 doesn't matter to my workload. But why not if my laptop supports it? I don't push anything for heat problems to occur. I do want consistent reliable performance though. SK Hynix is vertically integrated, much like WD and Samsung, so they can quality-control the whole stack tightly. Samsung's 980 Pro has both had its round of issues and also carries a premium because they built that mindset into consumers. Don't be like that. Frankly my next option would either be the Solidigm P41 Plus for capacity purposes; or WD SN770 or another P44 Plus (the SK Hynix Platinum 41 still carries a big premium also) for consistency. It's not a must-buy but you won't have second doubts about performance with this drive. Capacity, sure, wondering if $5 more for half is worth the numbers. But that can be solved with a subsequent drive purchase.Packaging came in a small box, a paper box, and plastic. No tiny screw, no heatsink. Drops right in. I didn't install the optional driver or software but there's some potential gains to be had with that. I don't ever expect to ever claim a warranty on any tech thing but the website looks reliable enough to actually submit a support request.Update: I added some benchmarks testing 2GB files, pretty much the largest single chunk limit in my work. One is on battery, my laptop caps everything at Gen3 speeds; plugged in is Gen4 as fast as it goes. There’s a bunch of things that determine sustained speed over heavy writes but at 1TB capacity, the threshold is around 200GB before slowing down. Most people aren’t moving that 24/7 nor should they given the expected DWPD for consumer drives. For a detailed review, Tom’s Hardware tested both 1TB and 2TB models.

I installed this SSD in a new desktop build I did about nine months ago, and it has worked flawlessly from day one. I have never had an SSD drive before, and although I know the specs say it's faster than a hard disk, I swear I can actually see the difference in responsiveness. As long as Microsoft isn't slowing me down with some kind of updates or "background" operations, this thing is lightning fast.

and I've been building PC's and Workstations for a long time. A Youtuber named Tech Notice done a vid with literally dozens of M.2's and the specs of the Solidigm seemed to be the best fit for my workstation. So far so good, very fast and it doesn't run super hot either. I have a laser temp gun to verify the temps my monitoring software puts out.