SilverStone TS231U-C Dual-Bay USB-C RAID Enclosure Review

Test System, Software, & Methodology

For this kind of reviews, I use two types of drives whenever it is possible, HDDs and SSDs. Hard drives have the capacity advantage while SSDs provide a better performance. Both have their merits and it depends on your usage scenario which you’ll opt for.

The drives will be tested in all available drive modes. In this case, it is RAID 0, RAID 1, JBOD, and no RAID. Each drive mode is tested with a variety of benchmark apps before its destroyed and I move onto the next mode. This will give you a great view of a possible setup’s performance and comparable values to other reviews and devices.

The SSD tests are mostly relevant in regard to the possible max performance. As such, I’ll only set the SSDs up in RAID 0 mode which offers us the best performance. This test will show us the maximum possible performance of the enclosure.

Test system:

• Gigabyte GA-Z170X-Gaming 7-EU
• Intel Core i5-6600K
• EVGA GTX 980 SC
• Kingston Fury DDR4 2400MHz 32GB
• Patriot Hellfire NMVe M.2, 480GB
• be quiet! Dark Power Pro 10 850W
• Thermaltake Water 3.0 Ultimate

Software used:

• AIDA64 Storage Benchmark
• Anvil’s Storage Utilities
• ATTO Disk Benchmark
• AS SSD Benchmark
• CrystalDiskMark 64bit
• Windows 10 Pro