Sabrent Rocket Q4

Sabrent's Rocket Q4 is a QLC-based NAND flash SSD that can transfer large files in a hurry, but before you take the plunge, be sure you're prepared to upgrade your PC to support PCI Express 4.0.

-- As reviewed by PCMag
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Product details

  • NVMe M.2 PCIe Gen4 x4 Interface. Built to the PCIe 4.0 specification / NVMe 1.3 Compliant.
  • Power Management Support for APST / ASPM / L1.2.
  • Supports SMART and TRIM commands. Supports ONFi 2.3, ONFi 3.0, ONFi 3.2 and ONFi 4.0 interface.
  • Advanced Wear Leveling, Bad Block Management, Error Correction Code, and Over-Provision.
  • All Sabrent SSDs come with FREE Sabrent Acronis True Image for Sabrent Software for easy Cloning. For those who require a specific sector size to clone their existing SSDs: A newly released Sabrent utility enables users to re-format the Rocket drive and choose the sector size of their liking, either 512-bytes or 4K bytes.

PROS

+ Available in capacities up to 4TB
+ Fast sequential read and write speeds
+ Solid included SSD-management suite
+ Competitively priced for a PCI Express 4.0 drive

CONS

- Few systems currently support PCI Express 4.0
- Low terabytes-written ratings, even for a QLC-based drive
- Does not support 256-bit AES hardware encryption

Expert reviews and ratings

By PCMag on February 24, 2021
Sabrent's Rocket Q4 is a QLC-based NAND flash SSD that can transfer large files in a hurry, but before you take the plunge, be sure you're prepared to upgrade your PC to support PCI Express 4.0.
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