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

Man this thing is fast, well faster than what came with the computer. Im no tech-nerd but you could tell the difference...

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.

Easy installation, fast, stable. Using it for the OS drive.

I installed the Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2 Internal SSD Extreme Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-1TB) in my system and cloned my older SSD to the new one using the provided cloning software (Acronis True Image). My PC is configured with the following: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core CPU, Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB of RAM, Asus AM4 TUF Gaming X570-PLUS motherboard, older GPU GeForce GTX 770, Samsung 850 SDD and a Western Digital 1TB harddrive. I benchmarked the Sabrent 1TB Gen4 Rocket at : ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CrystalDiskMark 7.0.0 x64 (C) 2007-2019 hiyohiyo Crystal Dew World: https://crystalmark.info/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * MB/s = 1,000,000 bytes/s [SATA/600 = 600,000,000 bytes/s] * KB = 1000 bytes, KiB = 1024 bytes [Read] Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 4998.316 MB/s [ 4766.8 IOPS] < 1676.89 us> Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 3038.782 MB/s [ 2898.0 IOPS] < 344.63 us> Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 1143.324 MB/s [ 279131.8 IOPS] < 1778.72 us> Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 59.703 MB/s [ 14575.9 IOPS] < 68.43 us> [Write] Sequential 1MiB (Q= 8, T= 1): 4399.291 MB/s [ 4195.5 IOPS] < 1903.46 us> Sequential 1MiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 4324.735 MB/s [ 4124.4 IOPS] < 242.17 us> Random 4KiB (Q= 32, T=16): 837.485 MB/s [ 204464.1 IOPS] < 2427.51 us> Random 4KiB (Q= 1, T= 1): 158.242 MB/s [ 38633.3 IOPS] < 25.71 us> Profile: Default Test: 1 GiB (x5) [Interval: 5 sec] <DefaultAffinity=DISABLED> Date: 2020/06/25 5:44:55 OS: Windows 10 Professional [10.0 Build 19041] (x64) Extreme performance and beyond my expectations. Excellent product that more than lived up to specifications.

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.

Fast shipment but unfortunately the Sabrent 1TB Gen 4 M.2 SSD was defective and it would lock up my computer within 30 minutes of mild use most of the time it would lock within 5-10 minutes. It took me multiple evenings to troubleshoot swapping out parts in my new computer build. Finally I narrowed it down to the M.2. Tested the M.2 in another computer that is always stable and the stable computer also locked up with this M.2 after 15 minutes. I put a new M.2 in my new computer build and it is now 100% stable. This M.2 gets great reviews but I purchased a different brand as I did not want to risk getting another one from the same yield. Updated: Changing to 5 stars as it turns out it was the Windows 10 Pro build. Make sure you download at least release 1903 or later. My replacement M.2 did the same thing and after a lot of testing I was able to get it stable enough to get all the Windows 10 updates, once I got above 1903 build everything was stable. 1909 is perfect with this drive and no crashes at all! I tried 3 different M.2 brands and all of them gave the same problem until Windows 10 was updated far enough along for stability.

In terms of hardware functionality and performance, it meets my unreasonably high expectations. That was once I got it to clone properly, that is. I gave it 3 stars for installation for this reason: there is an issue with Sabrents cloning software that will cause several steps to move the process forward before they have actually completed their copy phase. This results in a bootable but non-functioning installation of Windows to be written to the SSD, causing an sihost.exe hardware error crash to occur upon logging in to what is an unresponsive/flickering desktop. This has apparently been a problem for several people, but luckily there is a suggested workaround on Reddit- download the free version of Macrium Reflect and it will clone your existing drive onto the Rocket 4.0 without issue. Of course, this is only necessary if you intend on cloning an existing system and its associated filestructure. If doing a clean install of an OS or using it as a data drive for games/graphics editing etc, following the traditional process as you would with any other drive, the bug is related specifically to the cloning software. Other than that WOOT! Faster than my 970 Evo Plus (on paper...i cant tell any speed increase during use but thats only because the 970 was already moving faster than human perception can cognitively sense. So yes it was an unnecessary upgrade. But I like my nerd loot)

Replaced my WD Black NVME 3.0 and replaced it with this one and downloaded windows and it worked perfect for a week or 2 . I Had issues with heat and booting into windows . Slapped my old NVMe Back in and it worked . The issue was with this Sabrent stick so I called customer service here in states , they never answered my calls like 5 times left a message went in their customer help line and left a message and received help via email , rep emailed me in how to set up my nvme In Bios lmao and how to download their software app . I gave up . Dont get me wrong I think this is a super product to purchase but their customer service is really bad and their website to download specific driver for your NVMe model is bad . You shouldn’t have any issues with their products I just think I had a defected NVMe . I had to power erase the NVMe M.2 and manually search for the right driver to download for this specific model myself and fixed the issue myself after hours of researching on the websites. Sabrent your products are a bit expensive for having bad customer service . Won’t be purchasing this product again

I will likely be updating this review, as I built a brand new PC and would like to write a comprehensive review regarding all components. However, the review will include individual product reviews as well, so let this be the first of the lot. Ill keep it simple for now. First and foremost: this drive is great. Its stupid fast, looks nice, and so far, Ive had zero problems. That said, Im also a first time NVMe user, so take that with a grain of salt. Even an SSD drive would have been a substantial upgrade for me, so its hard to fully gauge the quality of this product. Which brings me to the only cons/concerns I have. 1) Assembling the heatsink felt a bit sketchy. The amount of pressure I had to apply in order to align the screws correctly was much greater than Id have expected. Even with said pressure, two of the screws barely caught thread and anchored properly. If youve got arthritis or low hand strength, a vise might be appropriate... 2) So far, Ive yet to see even a whiff of the read/write speed the drive boasts (while still seeing 2,000+ MB/sec on benchmarks, which seems in-line with most NVMe drives). While that doesnt really upset me, seeing as its ridiculously fast anyway, my X570 + Ryzen 7 3700X *should* be able to take advantage of it -- I just havent seen it yet. Perhaps thats just a limitation of the benchmark software Ive used so far (largely UserBenchmark for anything other than the CPU/GPU), but its worth noting *for now.* If I ever see a file transfer/benchmark that reveals the boasted 5,000MB/sec, I will most certainly update this. 3) With the above point in mind, I highly recommend you go with the 1TB version at minimum. My benchmark has fallen substantially since I first ran it, and I suspect its because of the limited storage I have left for sequential writes. Furthermore, the 1TB+ versions seem to have better specs overall. Last thoughts for this initial review: my first benchmark on UserBenchmark put this drive at some 380% efficiency, ranking my PC as a UFO across the board. That is a tremendous score. While it has fallen to below expected versus other benches using this drive on my latest bench, it hasnt seen any real-world performance issues. I again suspect its entirely because of the remaining space on the drive. Do I recommend the Sabrent Rocket 4? I definitely do. Just dont make my mistake and think that because you were only using ~170GB of total data on your previous PC that you wont suddenly end up with almost twice that with the increase in power/performance/ability to actually play modern games/use intensive apps, haha.

Great drive, I have no issue with Sabrent, the drive, or the software they provide. The issue has to do with large storage size ssds in general. you will have to manually reformat this drive from MBT to GPT for storage partitions to be properly sized. Windows just does not play nice when auto partitioning this drive in its default MBT format. There are plenty of youtube videos that will walk you through this process either from a fresh windows install or formatting within windows and then mirroring a drive. For those who are thinking of transferring an OS from an HDD(harddisk Drive) to and SDD(SolidState Drive) its better to do a fresh install of windows on the new drive reinstall all your programs and then transfer files from the old drive over. This has to do with the different ways HDDs and SSDs store data. You will lose out on some of the performance this drive has to offer if you dont. Great drive, great price and performance, highly recommend. Just requires a little more work than some may expect.