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Review on ๐Ÿ’จ Sabrent Rocket XTRM-Q 2TB Thunderbolt 3 External SSD, up to 2700 MB/s in Thunderbolt 3 Mode or up to 900 MB/s in USB 3.2 Mode (SB-XTMQ-2TB) by James Hounds

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Amazing performance but hot enough to burn your skin

From gaming to storing large files at high speeds, it's all you need! You need Thunderbolt 3 as a requirement as it is not compatible with any other port type. This is the fastest mass production technology available in the current rotation. This device offers all fronts, allowing you to move around the available Steam library without taking up internal storage. This allows for a smaller memory configuration on a MacBook Pro. Be aware of its shortcomings! It's getting hot. No matter what harsh conditions I've used it in, it's never let me down or had a problem. Just be aware that you have to be careful as you could potentially burn a child's hand (or your own!). So I sent it back despite its excellent performance. The heat build-up is too great a risk and dangerous. They either have to make software adjustments and throttle the drive to reduce heat dissipation, or put a larger heatsink on top of the device to better dissipate heat: it's also just a design flaw with passive cooling and a compact chassis. I think they did their best within the technical limits. If they had incorporated a vapor cooling chamber so the heat would transfer faster and be distributed more evenly (rather than a metal heatsink, which gets one side very, very hot) you could avoid burning yourself on one side and consistently get a lower max temp. . . body as a whole because

Pros
  • Quality construction
Cons
  • Quality