I purchased this to upgrade the 250GB SSD in my HP Spectre laptop. I was advised that Sabrent SSDs are really good value, at time of writing £76 is an insanely cheap price for a 500GB NVMe SSD. The SSD has only one con that I can see, it has 4k sectors, so its unlikely you will be able to clone your existing hard drive to the new one. I do however think that a reinstall is always best for a new hard drive. The Sabrent drive comes with a 5 year warranty, all you need to do is take a picture of the Serial Number before you install it, otherwise you will need to reopen your case to check this. The drive from what I can tell is based on a reference Silicon Power drive, this means that you can be sure that the drive will last. I found this drive to be faster than the Samsung SM961 that it replaces. I found it nearly as fast as the SX8500 Pro drive that I have put into my desktop.
I have got the drive bitlockered and this hasn't reduced the performance drastically. The battery life seems at least on a par with the previous NVMe drive too.
| Brand | Sabrent |
|---|---|
| Product Dimensions | 8 x 2.18 x 0.28 cm; 5.7 Grams |
| Item model number | SB-ROCKET-1TB |
| Manufacturer | Sabrent |
| Series | (SB-ROCKET-1TB) |
| Color | TLC |
| Form Factor | M.2 2280 |
| Hard Drive Size | 1 TB |
| Hard Disk Description | Solid State Hard Drive |
| Hard Drive Interface | NVMe |
| Hardware Platform | Desktop / Laptop |
| Are Batteries Included | No |
| Item Weight | 5.7 g |
