Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 4TB Review

Overclock3D.Net | March 2, 2021, 4:24 a.m. | Original

Introduction and Technical Specifications

Published: 2nd March 2021 | Source: Sabrent | Price: | Author: Tom Logan

Introduction

Sabrent exploded on the market not that long ago in storage terms and yet have formed a reputation for high quality, reliability, fast and affordable drives in that short period.

We've already looked at nearly all of their range, including the smaller capacity 1TB and 2TB versions of this very drive, the Rocket 4 Plus Gen4 M.2, and found them to be excellent.

If you've paid attention to the storage world since the move from big spinning platters to NAND SSDs then you'll be aware that a general rule of thumb is that the higher capacity the drive is the faster it performs. More spare capacity allows the cache to be larger, which speeds up transfer rates both writing and reading, so with a 4TB drive we hope to see the biggest, newest Rocket 4 Plus outperform the already excellent rates we've seen on the 1TB and 2TB models.

Having already covered the Phison E18 controller when we tested the other capacities let's get straight down to finding out what the 4TB model brings to the party beyond an increased capacity.

Technical Specifications

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02-03-2021, 13:18:06

Tom Sunday

For the man on the street like me it's all about a 'cheaper' or better said more price effective and producing products. I also do not care about boot, load or read times and the likes and 25-seconds here or there does not matter to me. But like the many hundred of thousands of 'underemployed' out there with extremely shallow pockets $$$-reality always bites.

I love the use of NVMe's it will make my PC interior feel much larger and I can better mash my utter cable-mess more into the case corners for better airflow. Especially with my untalented thick fingers and loathing the idea of any cable management and RGB circus lighting. But I think that NVMe storage will soon result in all PC's running 100% SSD. Some Z590 mobos are already coming with 4-NVMe slots. So adios muchachos and all mechanical HDD's.

Perhaps when I get a better and more meaningful paying 'full-time job' I can stretch for the big storage NVMe dreams as touted here. Of course for today and right now I am counting on my $1,400 stimulus check (gift) from President Biden and Carmella to tie me over. This stimulus handout cannot come soon enough like the lucky few here apparently waiting with cash on hand for the RTX 3080ti to tie them over. Quote

02-03-2021, 15:15:37

looz

Well, if you want the form factor, there are PCI-E M.2 ssds for more affordable prices, and same goes for entry level nVME drives.

PCI-E 4.0 storage would be a niche product if it wasn't for marketing, really. In all likelihood you couldn't tell the difference between SATA SSD and top of the line nVME without running a benchmark. Quote

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