Silicon Power Armor A30 USB3

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

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Good:

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Average:

1
Bad:

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Pros:

Available in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities, Fast transfer rates with USB 3.0, Backwards compatible with USB 2.0, Good looking and well constructed design, Advanced internal hard drive suspension system, Meets the U.S. military droptest standards, Top of t...
Build Quality, Design, Size, Military Grade Rugged Enclosure (Shock/Dropproof), Excellent Performance, Low Temperatures, SP Widget (Free Download From Silicon Power)
Build Quality, Design, Size, Military Grade Rugged Enclosure (Shock/Dropproof), Very Good Performance, Low Temperatures, SP Widget (Free Download From Silicon Power)

Cons:

Design is not water or dust proof, Entire case is not scratch resistant
Plastic case

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Last revision on November 12, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Available in 500GB, 1TB and 2TB capacities, Fast transfer rates with USB 3.0, Backwards compatible with USB 2.0, Good looking and well constructed design, Advanced internal hard drive suspension system, Meets the U.S. military droptest standards, Top of t
Build Quality, Design, Size, Military Grade Rugged Enclosure (Shock/Dropproof), Excellent Performance, Low Temperatures, SP Widget (Free Download From Silicon Power)
Build Quality, Design, Size, Military Grade Rugged Enclosure (Shock/Dropproof), Very Good Performance, Low Temperatures, SP Widget (Free Download From Silicon Power)
Clean and simple look, Very good read/write performance, You can carry the USB cable with you all the time, Three year warranty, Compatible with Windows/Linux and Mac OS, Can handle torture from a three year old kid

Reviewers Didn't Like

Design is not water or dust proof, Entire case is not scratch resistant
Plastic case

Expert reviews and ratings

What can I say? Silicon Power seems to have delivered another excellent product. There are a lot of things to like about the Silicon Power Armor A30. For starters, this thing attracts attention just based purely on its color and abnormal shape. The slim...

By APH Networks on June 24, 2014

So let's start this review by taking a closer look at the Package and its contents.Let's start with a visual inspection of the drive, and as we see the drive comes in regular packaging.The front of the box is has the same design that we saw with the...

By MyCE on October 30, 2013

The Armor A30 is a great choice for travelers, sports enthusiasts or anyone else needing a rugged, yet affordable, portable hard drive. Silicon Power's new drive is good looking, well constructed and is equipped with an advanced internal hard drive...

By CDRLabs on March 24, 2015

I've been testing portable hard drives for a long time now and i have to admit that the performance gap between 1TB and 2TB models is something we didn't see back when we moved from 500GB to 1TB models. Now of course I'm not complaining or anything since...

By NikkTech on October 26, 2014

Design on the Silicon Power Armor A30 is fairly solid. In our drop tests, the Armor A30′s enclosure proved to be fully capable of protecting the spinning drive inside despite multiple drops from multiple heights according to the MIL-STD 810G standard....

By custompcreview.com on July 24, 2014

It's been over a year since I tested an external USB 3.0 hard drive and back then it was a 1TB unit. The performance was pretty good, and things have only gotten better. The Silicon Power Armor A30 drive has great performance, an attractive design and is...

By BCCHardware on July 23, 2014

Although Silicon Power has used the same drive model for all 3 Armor PHDs we've tested so far namely the Seagate/Samsung ST1000LM024 (only this time over it seems to have an updated Cache of 16MB) we got some strange results since sometimes the A30...

By NikkTech on July 03, 2014

As the Power Armor Series A15 drive we have tested a while back, the A30 variant comes with the same HDD model, but we were surprised that the overall performances were a little bit better. The outside casing is made from plastic, while the silica...

By MadShrimps on December 26, 2013

Il Silicon Power Armor A30 1TB è commercializzato ad un prezzo di circa 110€, poco superiore alla media per questo tipo di drive. La qualità costruttiva è piuttosto elevata, non abbiamo riscontrato nessuna imperfezione nello chassis in plastica,...

By techstation.it on November 19, 2013

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In questi giorni di test abbiamo trattato con una certa irruenza il Silicon Power Armor A30, sbattendolo a destra e manca come fosse un portafogli o un pacchetto di sigarette e simulando, persino, una caduta accidentale da circa un metro di altezza:...

By Nexthardware on October 26, 2013

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