SABRENT 512GB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD High Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-512)

This was a very nice bump up from my last nvme drive (MyDigital BPX 240Gb). R/W speeds seem quite respectable for the storage/cost ratio this provides. I discovered my mainboard (Asus Prime B350M-E) does not see this in BIOS mode (ie. Legacy OPRom), but only when booting UEFI mode. I only ran up against that since I'm booting from this drive. I had to make the switch from using ol' GRUB-BIOS to something UEFI aware, I went with systemd-boot.Here is the full output of smartctl (while under load):smartctl 7.0 2018-12-30 r4883 [x86_64-linux-5.1.6-arch1-1-ARCH] (local build)Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===Model Number: SabrentFirmware Version: ECFM12.2PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID: 0x1987IEEE OUI Identifier: 0x6479a7Total NVM Capacity: 2,048,408,248,320 [2.04 TB]Unallocated NVM Capacity: 0Controller ID: 1Number of Namespaces: 1Namespace 1 Size/Capacity: 2,048,408,248,320 [2.04 TB]Namespace 1 Formatted LBA Size: 4096Namespace 1 IEEE EUI-64: 6479a7 19d2573936Local Time is: Mon Jun 3 01:05:44 2019 UTCFirmware Updates (0x12): 1 Slot, no Reset requiredOptional Admin Commands (0x0007): Security Format Frmw_DLOptional NVM Commands (0x0054): DS_Mngmt Sav/Sel_Feat TimestmpMaximum Data Transfer Size: 512 PagesWarning Comp. Temp. Threshold: 70 CelsiusCritical Comp. Temp. Threshold: 90 CelsiusSupported Power StatesSt Op Max Active Idle RL RT WL WT Ent_Lat Ex_Lat0 + 10.73W - - 0 0 0 0 0 01 + 7.69W - - 1 1 1 1 0 02 + 6.18W - - 2 2 2 2 0 03 - 0.0490W - - 3 3 3 3 2000 20004 - 0.0018W - - 4 4 4 4 25000 25000Supported LBA Sizes (NSID 0x1)Id Fmt Data Metadt Rel_Perf0 - 512 0 21 + 4096 0 1=== START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSEDSMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02)Critical Warning: 0x00Temperature: 41 CelsiusAvailable Spare: 100%Available Spare Threshold: 5%Percentage Used: 0%Data Units Read: 19,159 [9.80 GB]Data Units Written: 614,501 [314 GB]Host Read Commands: 329,039Host Write Commands: 787,520Controller Busy Time: 3Power Cycles: 27Power On Hours: 10Unsafe Shutdowns: 20Media and Data Integrity Errors: 0Error Information Log Entries: 1,548Warning Comp. Temperature Time: 0Critical Comp. Temperature Time: 0Error Information (NVMe Log 0x01, max 63 entries)Num ErrCount SQId CmdId Status PELoc LBA NSID VS0 1548 8 0x0040 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -1 1547 8 0x0040 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -2 1546 8 0x0040 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -3 1545 8 0x0040 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -4 1544 8 0x0040 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -5 1543 8 0x0040 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -6 1542 8 0x0056 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -7 1541 8 0x0056 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -8 1540 8 0x0056 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -9 1539 8 0x0056 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -10 1538 8 0x0056 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -11 1537 8 0x0056 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -12 1536 8 0x0053 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -13 1535 8 0x0053 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -14 1534 8 0x0053 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -15 1533 8 0x0053 0x400c - 2147483648 1 -... (47 entries not shown)

I'm coming back to write this review after almost 4 years of using the product. I had no problems with it until recently the drive just doesn't work anymore. Doesn't show up in my BIOS or anything. Now you might be asking why after this, I am writing a five star review. That's because of the customer service and RMA process. They are very helpful and quick. Many times when you're doing customer service via email, you have to wait one to two days for each response but I was able to get everything taken care of within 48 hours with multiple emails back and forth for troubleshooting and then eventually instructions for the RMA process. You get a 5 year warranty if you register within 90 days, make sure you do!

I built my new system with one PCIe M.2 drive (512GB) and a 3TB hard drive. That was ok, but I underestimated the size of PC games. I have been using consoles, and had never really thought about the size of games.I started using Steam, Origin, and some other distributors when I ran out of space on my single M.2 drive. The M.2 drive also had Windows and Office on it, and I was putting my system in some risk.I moved my Steam libraries to my hard drive, but I could not stand the speed or noise. I decided it was time to purchase a new M.2 drive.I could have gotten another 512GB drive for less that $70, or a 2TB drive for over $200. But neither of these seemed to suit my needs or my budget. I did look at non-PCI (sata basically) drives, but I saw no reason to purchase drives that were much slower then my current 512GB M.2.I also found a big difference in price between Sabrent (or Silicon Power) and the rest of the companies offering these drives. I have heard the YouTube commercials for the larger manufactures, but I just cannot spend the extra money for no additional value.So, it was between Sabrent and Silicon Power, with Sabrent being a few dollars cheaper. My other M.2 drive is Silicon Power so I would have been happy with another M.2 drive from them. But, their warranty is only 3 years (as far as I could determine), and Sabrent was offering 5 years. So, for less money and better warranty, I went with Sabrent.I am using a Gigabyte Aorus X570 Pro Wifi mobo, which hides the second M.2 under the GPU, just a bit. That could be due to the GPU I am using, and a thinner card may have been easier. But, all in all, it was simple to install. I SUGGEST that you fill out the warranty before you install the M.2 drive. If you do the warranty before the install, you will have easy access to all the information you need. If you wait, it may not be so easy. Be sure to fill out the warranty. You could lose 4 years of warranty (potentially) if you don't.The information was skimpy on how to set up Windows with the new M.2 drive. I did not have an issue, but I could see where others might. When I installed the M.2 drive, my mobo saw the drive right away. But, Windows did not. I had to initialize the file and give it a letter before I could use it. Nothing difficult, but the process could be documented better.Once Windows was happy with the drive, I spent a couple of hours with Steam. I had 500GB of PC games on my hard drive that I needed to send to the new library on the M.2 drive. This process was very manual, and took longer that I had expected. But, now that the setup is done, everything is running fine. To be sure, the clacking the hard drive was making made me a bit unhappy with my new system, but now I am a happy gamer once again.I did see a review on one of the Linus Tech Tip channels, which gave the Sabrent a good rating. I am glad I saw the review. I have seen a number of other reviews for the much more expensive M.2 drives, which made me a bit sad. One of my favorite YouTuber talks about getting "great deals", and then I saw him pushing really expensive M.2 drives that are no better than the Sabrent model. It makes it hard to know when we are listening to a commercial and when we are getting real deal advice.In summery:1. Price - check2. Warranty - check3. Recommendations - checkMy experience with this M.2 drive has been very good. I hope yours will be, too.