Sabrent Rocket 4 Plus 4TB Review
Introduction and Technical Specifications
Published: 9th March 2021 | Source: Sabrent | Price: |
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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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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Originally Posted by looz
....In all likelihood you couldn't tell the difference between SATA SSD and top of the line nVME without running a benchmark.
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Originally Posted by looz
In all likelihood you couldn't tell the difference between SATA SSD and top of the line nVME without running a benchmark.
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that is a general statement and as most of them it´s not 100% correct.
for gaming i tend to agree.
you will barely notice faster load times in most titles (yet).
but for some productivity cases you will definitely notice the difference between a 3000-7000 MB/s nvme SSD and a 550mb/s sata SSD.
it all depends on what the user does with his storage device.
e.g. the likelihood depends more on the user.Quote
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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