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Sabrent Launches Rocket NVMe SSD in M.2 2230 Form Factor for Steam Deck Compatibility

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For those looking at upgrading—or adding an SSD—to their Steam Deck, there's now a new option from Sabrent. The company has launched an M.2 2230 sized version of its Rocket SSD that will be available in sizes of 256 GB, 512 GB and 1 TB. As one would expect, due to the form factor, we're looking at DRAM-less drives. Sabrent has gone with Phison's E21T controller and it has been paired with Micron's B47R, 176-layer NAND.

In other words, we're not talking about a high-performance drive here, but that might be a good thing as well, since it'll produce less heat, which should prevent drive throttling in the tiny space available inside the Steam Deck. Sabrent rates the drives as having a sequential read speed of up to 5,000 MB/s and a sequential write speed of up to 4,300 MB/s. The read IOPS are rated at up to 450K, with the write IOPS at up to 920K, which once again varies between the drive sizes. The 512 GB drive appears to have the overall best performance. The drives are rated for 200, 300 and 600 TBW and come with a five year warranty. No pricing has been revealed so far.



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Looks flashy, speeds are ok too...
 
Looks flashy, speeds are ok too...
Would work in the Xbox Series X as well, plus a bunch of laptops that only accepts M.2 2230 SSDs.
 
Aint 96 Layer Nand quite old at this point(Micron has high layer count Nand flash launched few months back.).
 
Aint 96 Layer Nand quite old at this point(Micron has high layer count Nand flash launched few months back.).

It does't need to be more anything more then it is, and owning a Sabrent Rocket 4.0 2TB NVME it's a awesome drive just wish they did more products in the EU because they are hard to find when we look at prices they are expensive not cheap but it's also amazing products.

There are several Sabrent products I wish I could get here in the EU but I cannot they are on the US market and I don't want to pay the crazy import fees.

But it's nice to read about another Sabrent product thank you @TheLostSwede :lovetpu:
 
Aint 96 Layer Nand quite old at this point(Micron has high layer count Nand flash launched few months back.).
Sure, but it's not as if it's going to matter, at least not in a Steam Deck if you look at the performance figures.
 
Surely nice, but what about stock availability?
i couldnt spot a sabrent m.2 for months now...
 
B47R is 176L, assuming the table is accurate.
Fixed.
Sabrent's trunkated model numbers threw me and I got some odd search results because of that.
 
Surely nice, but what about stock availability?
i couldnt spot a sabrent m.2 for months now...
You've gotta look harder. Everywhere I look for sabarent they are in stock.
 
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