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Review on Sabrent Rocket External Aluminum SB 2TB NANO BLK by Brian Krump

Revainrating 4 out of 5

Fastest External Drive Tested

I have several hard drive enclosures with different hard drives, Crystal Drive labels and Crystal Drive temperature control information. Up until now I've mainly used Samsung Evo 500GB drives but recently received a mission critical mx500 SATA m2 2280 in m2 case with B key from Qnine which was the fastest drive I've had for transferring large amounts of data, around 200- GB files. Sabrent Rocket was about the same speed for the first 100 gigabytes. The second 100 gigabytes of the all-important disc shrank slightly, and the crystal disc information showed a temperature of 80 degrees Celsius. The hard drive will slow down when it overheats to protect itself. The Sabrent's outer casing felt hotter, but only reached 52 degrees Celsius. The case acts as a heat sink. Both started out at about 15 gigabytes per minute, but the critical speed dropped to 12 gigabytes per minute. Both were probably limited to a USB 3.0 connection, but even if I had a USB c connection, temperature would be an issue. This Subbrent benefits from the body heating up, which acts as a heat sink. The Qnine case only got warm while the CrystalDisk information showed an alarm and the speed slowed down. The fact that the body of the rocket heats up cools the chip itself well. The Sabrent case gets hot, so it performs better when the chip heats up. The case absorbs heat better than the Qnine aluminum.

Pros
  • CONSTRUCTION - Ultra-slim, sandblasted aluminum alloy body. Slim, durable and comfortable. Portable yet durable, ideal for on the go.
Cons
  • Big and chunky