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

I had to put a beast of a heatsink on this because of the insane amount of heat being produced. I had to reload windows once because of corrupted files. Was this because I had bad video drives that corrupted the install or was it the nvmes heat??

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.

Instant boot up with Windows 11 in less than 5 seconds. Loads Fallout 4 like it was nothing when Vsync is disabled.

Most recent Update: I got a new ssd from the RMA. Once the RMA was approved the return went normally. Original review: The ssd started dying after 6 months. I reinstalled windows 3 times trying to fix it. Now Sabrent wants me to copy my ssd and reinstall windows again. The Sabrent support is bad and kind of rude. They will jerk you around until you give up on a valid warranty claim. Windows cannot fix the errors and they blame the install partitions for not being low level formatted. I guess I will just buy a new ssd and copy to that to fix it. UPDATE I had to reinstall my windows 4 times in the last 6 months because the drive went bad. First the apps do not start or turn themselves off. The games start malfunctioning and become slow to respond. The files get corrupt and cannot be fixed using cmd prompt and restart. The Sabrent customer service is not there to help you, they just troll you. They make you do a long list of things to prove something they do not want proven just to wear you down. You have to reinstall your windows over again for the fifth time in a year and use unknown apps to do tests which are meant just to keep you busy so you will give up and just throw it away instead of trying to get an RMA. They are rude and pushy too. They gave me a two days deadline to use an unknown app to test the ssd while I was busy from doing another windows reinstall that did nothing. The millions of bad files could not be fixed. Still no RMA. There are literally dozens of complaints about all of this from Sabrent support on the other reviews. The drive goes bad in 6 to 8 months and all Sabrent customer support does is give you and endless wild goose chase of tasks just to wear you down and cheat you out of an honest RMA. I bought a WD Black 850 and moved on. All the problems went away when the Sabrent ssd went away. BUY THE WD BLACK 850 instead and save yourself endless headaches. My computer has never run better now with the WD Black 850 and is much faster too.

This thing is great! It hits the rated speed and works great at loading my games quick. In War Thunder I even gained fps from my typical 145 to almost 160 in ground battles and from 200 to 220 in air battles. My biggest complaint is now I have to have my chipset fan at 60 to 80% speed all the time because with me using my RX 5700XT and this at the same time overheats my chipset. But after playing around with my fan curves its running great. The picture of me downloading Rocket league shows that this goes faster than my internet and has to stop for a short time so the download can get cought up. Typical load times now in rocket league and war thunder have gone from around 20 secs to 3 to 5 secs. Now i get into matches before everyone and im waiting on them. Shipping wise, it came in ontime and in perfect condition. The seller, Store4Memory, is very friendly and wants you to have the best experience. They contacted me just to make sure that everything is working and that it meats my expectations. I will definitely be doing business with them again when i need more NVMe drives. If you have PCIE 4.0 then this is worth the money for the 1TB version with the heatsink. My specs: MSI X570 motherboard AMD Ryzen 3600 AMD RX 5700XT 1 of these rocket drives 2x Sata SSDs 2x HDDs Seagate 850W psu

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!

I have had these for several years now. These SSDs just work seamlessly. Little/no drop in performance. Their control panel app is seamless and easy to use as well. Well done Sabrent!

The plastic wrap for the packaging was slightly damaged in some small areas, but everything else was almost like brand new. The SSD works, and it reads/writes crazy fast!

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)

So far so good. Been using this drive for 3 1/2 years every day doing normal activities. Programs load super fast and the drive is still showing that it has 96% life still left. Never the less, good solid drive that hasnt let me down yet. Crystal mark shows 5 GB per/second read & 2 GB p/s write.