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I bought this drive like many others to drop into my ps5.
When the beta firmware was released I bought a Samsung 980pro and third party heatsink which has been fine, the drive was capped at 5500MB/s as it needed to be plugged into a PC/laptop and updated/placed into turbo mode to uncap it.
I was curious about trying this one though as it comes with the custom heatsink so I handed the other down and bought this one.
Installing it is dead easy and should take no more then half hour (even if it's your first time), Don't forget to place the round metal spacer found under the screw inside the drive bay, under the SSD to prevent damage to your drive and/or console. These little fellas run hot under load.
This unit is presented well, both the heatsink and drive come in one little box that fits in a letterbox, inside the box each one has its own second box, the SSD also comes in a little rose gold tin.
I was disappointed to find that although they come well packed and shouldn't be damaged in transit, the finish on my heatsink was a little shoddy, the metal on the right-hand side was exposed not a lot but enough to catch my eye I will no doubt try correct this later with a black Sharpie. None the less I was disappointed.
After reading some of the reviews regarding read speeds, I was pleased to see the ps5 reported the read speed as just over 6500MB/s after format, it would of done my head in a little if this one needed hooking up to a PC to enable the advertised speed too.
I've not registered my drive yet to clarify as I've been too busy testing games but it's supposed to come with a 5 year warranty I will edit this review when I have more details.
(Edit:) The warranty is 5 years or 700TB written whichever comes first, when registering it on the sabrent website you will need the model number and serial number of your drive.
These can be found on a little sticker attached to each box so keep it safe.
The heatsink even comes with a 2 year warranty but I'm unsure what could possibly go wrong with it.
From what I've just seen on my orders page Amazon offer 2years support on this product too.
(Edit:) Amazons 2 year support also covers drive failure (excluding accidental damage), I also received a £10 voucher for my heatsink paint finish (5* customer service as usual).
I paid £159.99 for the SSD/heatsink and with the exception of the poor quality finish on the heatsink I'm happy with the purchase (so far).
I moved my existing games (6or7 games) from the internal SSD to the nvme around 360GB of them and it took maybe 6/8 minutes, by the time I put my screwdriver back in my tool bag and tidied the box away for safe keeping it was finished.
I've been playing Riders Republic, Dirt5, AC Valhalla and Far Cry 6 this afternoon and performance has been on par with the internal SSD and the 980pro.
No difference really, well none the stood out to me.. smooth gameplay, fast loading times.
I think that about covers everything, if I think of anything else I'll edit it later on.
Hope this review helps
| Brand | SABRENT |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 12.57 x 3.3 x 0.81 cm; 168 g |
| Item model number | SB-RKT4P-PSHS-1TB |
| Manufacturer | SABRENT |
| Series | Internal Solid State Drive |
| Colour | gold |
| Form Factor | 2280 |
| Hard Drive Size | 1 TB |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Drive |
| Hard Drive Interface | NVMe |
| Hardware Platform | PC/Mac/Linux |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 168 g |
| Guaranteed software updates until | unknown |
