THE HG6 256GB (THNSNJ256GCSU)

Typically we received the sample in bulk packaging so nothing else came along with the drive.

The HG6 256GB features a 7mm thick 2.5" aluminum enclosure.

As usual the large sticker placed at the top of the drive includes information such as the model name, serial number, barcode, capacity, factory rollout date, electrical requirements, sector count and connectivity.

The sticker is usually placed at the rear of the drive (also covers these two holes). The HG6 SSD model in our hands makes use of the usual SATA data (v3.1 to be exact) and power connectors.

Tiny screws hold the housing of the drive into place but they are not hard to remove.

The rear side of the PCB is completely empty not only in our 256GB variant but also in the 512GB one (no place for NAND flash modules here).

As you can see all of the modules and the controller have thermal pads on them used to transfer heat to the aluminum casing (not something new but still effective).

There are eight 32GB Toshiba 19nm toggle 2.0 MLC NAND flash modules on this side of the PCB.

Toshiba uses their very own NAND flash controller (TC358790XBG) which we've also seen used in their Q Series Pro series.