SABRENT 1TB Rocket Nvme PCIe 4.0 M.2 2280 Internal SSD Maximum Performance Solid State Drive (Latest Version) (SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB).

Loved the drive Really fast booted windows in under 10 seconds, seemed almost instant on, but sad to say today it decided to start blue screening and dropping from my bios. Reinstalled windows on another drive, I have a m.2 nvme usb stick, so i popped this in it to salvage some files i needed, grabbed the files i needed. it dropped from the usb stick a couple times, so i know its bad, oh well, i decided when these m.2 flash drive nvmes came out and i spent a hundred on it and it lasted me a year, i got my money`s worth. Well its time to buy another .. prolly going to get the terabyte one this time.. :)

I compared this to many other NVMe drives on the market and was looking to upgrade from my older Gen3 500gb offbrand NVMe I was using as my boot drive. I considered the industry accepted go-tos Samsung and Western Digitals of the memory world, but I decided to give Sabrent a try as the price to performance wasnt matched by anyone else in the segment. I am glad I did. Cloning my boot drive with Sabrents Acronis software could not have been easier, a couple of clicks and I was done. Moving my OS (Windows 10) and relevant data from the old drive to the new was easy, ridiculously easy. I now have a much faster (Rocket is an appropriate name) drive, with more storage for a relatively low price. My OS loads quicker, games and programs I have installed on this drive have faster load and response times, and moving huge files happens FAST. I am so impressed I am planning on ordering two more and populating all my M.2 slots and maybe running a RAID set up. While it is not a make it or break item I did like the tin case it was shipped in, packaging was a nice touch, and the Acronis software available for download is a value add as well. If your in the market for NVMe Gen 4 M.2 drive I would highly recommend this product. Please make sure your motherboard has PCIexpress 4.0 (Gen4) M.2 slot (although this is backwards compatible and will work in a Gen3 M.2 slot, albeit with a reduced bandwidth). Note I am using this on a B550 Aorus Master motherboard.

The drive seems to be running well having had it installed a couple days. Unfortunately, it is unclear how well supported this device is as it is necessary to register via Sabrents website. However, the website will not recognize the account I create despite me having seemingly successfully created the account. I wanted to contact Sabrent to get help. BUT you cant without a registered account. I tried to create another account using a different email address. Same problem. You have to doubt the sincerity of a company which wont let you register your account and requires an account to even contact them! Is the warranty for real? UPDATE: so I have worked out that although they ask for username and email to be entered as part of the registration process, unintuitive KT the user name you give must be identical to your email (!). With that it’s possible to register and get the warranty. Sabrent should correct this and provide a help contact email messaging contact. The drive itself is delivering the expected performance and has not disappointed. Accordingly, I am revising my rating from 2-stars to 4-stars (I will revise to 5-star if Sabrent amend their website and improve their customer service)

Performance is fine, it runs as advertised. However, I use this on my desktop daily driver and I had the first one die on me about 6 months in. I got a replacement through warranty and that one just died after about two years. I would avoid these and go with the samsung 980 pro which is about the same price anyway.

I installed this as a second drive for doing video editing mostly. It was generally easy to install ( the utility from the website is not as user friendly if you are not familiar with drive cloning, transfer, and format types ). It is definitely faster than some of previous generation SSDs that I had been using.

I bought this to power my new computer I built to replace the last one I built in 2011 (2.5 128GB Crucial SSD). AMD X570 Chipset for my MB and Ryzen 3700X for the CPU. RX5700 GPU (not a huge gamer). My MB recognized this immediately and I was off and running. MB had built in heat sink so I did not need to buy the one from Sabrent where it was included. Holy cow is this thing lightning quick. I loaded Windows 10 on a USB 3.0 thumb drive and it installed in no time at all. From power button to login its about 5 seconds. Simple stuff (Chrome, Word, Excel, etc.) opens instantly. Installs of downloaded programs are mere flashes on the screen. Load times of games I am sure have been reduced but its hard to tell because my old machine cant load any of these new ones so I dont have comparison. Ive always liked Sabrents products but this is the first foray for me into an actual internal PC component. I know Samsung is the king of these drives but I wanted something PCIe 4.0 and this was the most affordable way to get into the space. As long as this thing lasts for awhile, Im all about it. I almost want to get a second one just to transfer stuff between the 2 drives!

Sabrent NVMe 4 500GB setup as I ended up seting it up NOT using Acronis. Motherboard:MSI x570 a-PRO Samgung 500GB SSD 16GB memory BIOS system MBR (Warning-Save a back-up if your moving your data this is for your data safety and I take no responsibility for data loss. if your not sure you know what your doing...DONT) I spent 7 days working with the Acronis software and came to the conclusion that it was not for me. 1. unable to delete program after clone completing. Very large and caused m.2 failure when deleted. 2. M.2 requires GPT not MBR and if your system was set up under MBR it will not clone with Acronis without changing the system to GPT. 3. To find if your sys is MBR or GPT, right click This Computer, Manage, Disk Management, right click on your Basic drive (left hand side). 4. if it reads convert to MBR your in GPT and (goto 7.) if it reads convert to GPT continue to 5. 5. If a new install and you dont mind losing ALL data and wiping it clean do this: open command prompt type diskpart type list disk, Enter key. You will get a list of all disk running on system. type select disk (X), Enter key. the number of the disk you wish to convert. type convert GPT, Enter key. go back and check 3 and 4. Should now read convert to MBR if all went well install all new Windows and software you want on clone M.2 (goto 7.). 6. If your NOT into losing all your MBR files then: open command prompt type diskpart, Enter key type list disk, Enter key. You will get a list of all disk running on system. type select disk (X), Enter key. the number of the disk you wish to convert. type MBR2GPT, Enter key. This was a new command added to windows 10 and is -SUPPOST- to be lossless convert go back and check 3 and 4. Should now read convert to MBR if all went well 7. At this point you should have a GPT disk ready to clone. M.2 is new so if you have more then one M.2 slot you may try the other if the first one fails. install it and set it up as you would any new disk so it is showing as an active disk. 8. GOTO Windows 10, search for settings, then Backup, under Backup on right side select Go to Backup and Restore (Windows 7) yes, it said windows 7 but it works in windows 10, ask Microsoft why not me. Now you will Create a system image and can be copied to a DVD, network file, spare Hard disk but NOT the current system disk. 9. Shut down computer, Remove/disconnect the system disk. restart with Windows install disk, goto trouble shooting and select the system image you save and install it in the new M.2. Remove every thing but M.2, reboot and it should reboot into M.2. 10. Hope it worked for you. Now you can move the M.2 to any slot you wish and it should work. Tech did till me the M.2 will convert to MBR but my system did not accept cloning in that mode ????, could convert as a storage but not as main drive in my sys no matter what I tried would it run in MBR. New 6 Mar 2020 Upped to a 3 star cause this thing is fast, very fast Update: Has been working fine. In-out near 5000. I use Folding@Home and lots of gaming and was OK kinda with the AMD fan until I started the Folding program which has some programing/M.2 compatibility...the temp went 85c-95c. This is not an M.2 problem it is a software problem and Im waiting till F@H gets more complaints with M.2 users. My fix...NZXT liquid cooler and now its 70c not cold but cooler. Normal idle 48c and see the boards the Ryzens run hot compared to I7, so Im happy.

This SSD was purchased solely because my new mobo has dual m.2 sockets. I always install my OS, CAD and Design software on a samsung pro, period. So I figured I would try this cheaper brand for a games drive as nothing of great value would be lost if the worst happened. So Ill start first with pros. This drive was cheaper than my Samsung Pro 980 by around 50 dollars. This drive as well as my 980 pro are both 4.0 drives and my 980 pro beats this drive by an average of 1500mb/s, but after all it was cheaper. I find the speed of the Sabrent acceptable. CONS The install sheet asks first and foremost if you are holding a double sided or single sided SSD. (I dont know why they cant just print off different instructions based on unit instead of a generic sheet but whatever). The heatsink comes with a thermal pad pre attached to the base plate and also one attached to the underside of the heatsink itself. The problem is the 500 GB has chips on BOTH sides but on one side it only has chips coming up about half way. So no matter WHICH directions you follow the thermal pads are going to be under differing pressures. If you follow the single sided instructions and double up on the pads on the base it creates almost too much pressure against the area that has chips on both sides. And if you follow the double sided directions then it doesnt feel like too much pressure where the chips are double sided..but now you dont really have great contact on the other end where there are only chips on one side. I guess it should be no surprise that my 980 pro only runs about 6 C warmer than this SSD with the heatsink. (980 doesnt have heatsink other than tape that comes on it from factory) And the 980 pro is on the very bottom so doesnt get the best airflow, I would wonder which one runs cooler just stock. Ill also point out that the m2 screw that came with the sabrent was stripped, BAD. Thankfully I work on a lot of electronics and have a big organizer filled with m2 screws of every length conceivable. Finally, During installation make sure you get your Serial Number if you intend to warranty this. Because even though it doesnt say it anywhere, you only get a one year warranty WITHOUT registration. I have an Aunt who works for the FTC, she said they have to disclose this type of shenanigans up front which they do not so they may very well be violating CFR and you could potentially leverage this fact into getting service a few years from now, but I wouldnt count on it. If your wanting the whole 5 years better go uninstall it hope the thermal pads dont get messed up and grab that serial. I dont care to be honest. If this SSD dies then that will just ensure I steer clear of anything Sabrent in the future. A good company with a SOLID product shouldnt ever have to really worry about the warranty. So why is Sabrent trying to cloak their policy? Are they expecting a lot of drives to crash after a few years? I am a Samsung fanboy, always have been at least on SSDs that is. I have only ever had to file one warranty claim with Samsung and they honored it even though it was 4 years and 10 months old. NO.QUESTIONS.ASKED The main thing they cared about was that I was below the TBW level, which I was just by a bit. That replacement is still going today in my media PC in the living room. You dont buy something hoping youll need the warranty on it, but man...that 50 dollar price difference is really looking miniscule now eh. My . 02 cents.

Cloned my Lenovo Yoga 256gb drive to 1TB. Used the Acronis cloning software. Took about 8 minutes using a USB C port. No hassle and very fast. This is a PCI 4 device and the Yoga is a 3 computer. Can use it if I need to use in a new machine.

I picked the 2TB w/ Heatsink version of the drive and its very fast (paired w/ a x570 so getting full speed on it). Using it as the main boot drive w/ some games installed on it. So far its been a lot faster than the old SATA SSD it replaced. One thing to note: the 2TB has chips on front and back, so I opted for the extra heatsink (vs using the MB sink that just covers the 1 side). It was only a few bucks more, so figured why not. However if you plan on using the included heatsink is it takes up a bit more room (little bit on width, quite a bit to the height). For point of reference... in my motherboard, from top-down, it goes.. M2, pcie (primary video card), empty (overhang for vid), M2, pcie, m2+pcie (dual), pcie. For this setup, it only fits with the included heatsink the top-most slot (just barely enough room between CPU clamp and Video Card). In the 2nd M2 slot, it is slightly under the video card so the larger heatsink cant be used. In the 3rd M2 Slot, it hits slightly on the pcie retention bracket just above it (might work w/ careful positioning). Note the MB heatsinks are not a bulky and dont have this issue (but they only address 1 side). The heatsink itself gets surprisingly warm, almost hot... so it is transferring heat. Since the heatsink is so relatively cheap, I recommend getting it just in case you can use it.