Sabrent SB-ROCKET-NVME4-500 500GB Rocket NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 Internal SSD Maximum Performance Solid State Drive

I built a new gaming rig a few months back. I thought my SATA SSDs would be fine, and did not look into using NVME SSD for my OS Drive. After a few months I was noticing the system was not as fast as system guilds I had researched. The eventual fact was my build was not running any NVME SSDs. So I did upgrade my OS Drive to NVME SSD, and I am still shocked how much better my system runs. So this got me thinking about adding a large capacity NVME for my newer game titles. I have a 3.5TB SATA SSD that has 500GB free, and the optimization utility is warning about slower performance due to low capacity. So my hope was to move my newer games to the NVME for faster load times, and hopefully gain back some performance/endurance for the SATA. I started looking, but was only ... MoreI built a new gaming rig a few months back. I thought my SATA SSDs would be fine, and did not look into using NVME SSD for my OS Drive. After a few months I was noticing the system was not as fast as system guilds I had researched. The eventual fact was my build was not running any NVME SSDs. So I did upgrade my OS Drive to NVME SSD, and I am still shocked how much better my system runs. So this got me thinking about adding a large capacity NVME for my newer game titles. I have a 3.5TB SATA SSD that has 500GB free, and the optimization utility is warning about slower performance due to low capacity. So my hope was to move my newer games to the NVME for faster load times, and hopefully gain back some performance/endurance for the SATA. I started looking, but was only finding 2TB capacity with decent Read/Write/IOPs. Then I found the Sabrent 4TB ROCKET NVMe M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD. I had not heard of Sabrent, so I tried to find reviews. Not many had reviewed the 4TB SSD, but many had reviewed the other Sabrent SSDs. I was impressed by the positive reviews, and most feedback was consistent about the quality/value of the SSDs. The price was a bit high, but the capacity per price is lower then average. With the 5 year warranty the value is even better. So I decided to purchase it via the Newegg Market Place. I have recently installed the drive, and started moving files over. I decided to use the heatsink that came with my motherboard. Idle temps were about 33C, and while in use tend to be 45C. Crystal Disk Mark reported Read/Write of 3250MBps/3025MBps. Copying of my Steam Library (2.6TB) took a bit over 2 hours from my SATA SSD with an average transfer rate of 450MBps. I let the NVME cool down before run some game tests. Games do seem to load up faster in some respects. Texture pop in was far lower, and loading screen progress bars do fill faster in some areas. Games that have large maps (FallOut 4, GTA5) populate distant cells quickly with little resource pop in. So I would say this drive does well for games that benefit from higher read speeds. I would highly suggest the Sabrent 4TB ROCKET NVMe M.2 PCIe 3.0 x4 SSD. Large capacity, good Read/Write/IOPs, and a 5 year warranty backing up the endurance of the drive. I am glad that I was able to buy this product, and not have to settle for a lower capacity. One other feature that I like is the Sabrent SSD utility. It only detects M.2 drives, but it is far better then any SSD utility I have used. Well designed UI that tells you all the useful information. Temp, current firmware, serial number, and much more that other utility software makes you dig around in walls of text. It also work with non Sabrent drives! Another value add if you ask me.

I spent a lot of time shopping SSDs, and this seemed like the best balance of performance and cost. With how much the prices have come down recently, I don't really know why you wouldn't get an NVME for your main drive (OS and applications). I love my startup times with this drive. Speed and life expectancy were my biggest considerations for this drive. Going off of the specs, it does well in both areas. I don't think I would notice a difference between this and a slower NVME drive, but it's definitely noticeably faster on startup than my old SSD. I use this is my main drive, with a cheaper 1TB NVME drive for file storage. That's more than enough storage for what I do, so it was hard to justify NOT going with an NVME for that second drive.

This is an excellent alternative to other brands with higher awareness. Packaging is a nice quality tin with foam so these are unlikely to be damaged during transit. The speeds are not Samsung Evo but so close and way ahead of other WD, Seagate, Crucial etc at the same price point. This is MLC with some SLC cache to get the performance of both read and write. The Sabrent Rocket Q is QLC so is likely to be slower on the read (I cannot confirm this as I have not reviewed the rocket Q). This is a good Nvme drive and is faster than most. The 5 Year warranty is untested so I cannot comment other than most competitors come with 3 years (make of that what you will). I think they are trying to establish a quality brand in SSD so you are getting a premium product at lower ... MoreThis is an excellent alternative to other brands with higher awareness. Packaging is a nice quality tin with foam so these are unlikely to be damaged during transit. The speeds are not Samsung Evo but so close and way ahead of other WD, Seagate, Crucial etc at the same price point. This is MLC with some SLC cache to get the performance of both read and write. The Sabrent Rocket Q is QLC so is likely to be slower on the read (I cannot confirm this as I have not reviewed the rocket Q). This is a good Nvme drive and is faster than most. The 5 Year warranty is untested so I cannot comment other than most competitors come with 3 years (make of that what you will). I think they are trying to establish a quality brand in SSD so you are getting a premium product at lower than normal price. A good buy. Well worth considering against other more established brands.