THE PILOT-E 500GB

Just like with the Helix-L drive the Pilot-E arrived inside a blister package which allows you to see the drive from the front.

A thank you text by Mushkin is placed at the rear along with a sticker which contains the product serial number and barcode.

Contained inside the blister package are the Pilot-E drive, the thank you note from the CEO of Mushkin and a sticker.

As usual the Pilot-E drive follows the typical M.2 2280 form factor (22mm wide and 80mm long / M-key).

On the top side of the PCB we find the Silicon Motion SM2262EN NAND flash controller right next to two 128GB 64-Layer 3D TLC NAND flash modules and a single 512MB module all by Micron.

Just like with the Helix-L the Pilot-E is a dual side drive so on the other side of the PCB we find two more 128GB 64-layer 3D TLC NAND flash modules by Micron.