8 TB Sabrent Rocket NVME drive

Quartz · 15 Jun 2020 at 18:31

It's not cheap. I found it going for £1800 at one of OCUK's competitors. :eek:

So I suppose it wil be tuppence in a few years.

mattyfez · 15 Jun 2020 at 19:55

Sign of things to come maybe, but to have one huge superfast super expensive drive ... if it fails ....

A niche product for the time being.

EsaT · 15 Jun 2020 at 20:00

mattyfez said:
... if it fails ....

QLC Flash there so not the best starting point for avoiding critical bit getting lost somewhere along the road...
Well, gues we should be gratefull it's QLC and not some prototype PLC. (because digital storage is so old school)

Quartz · 15 Jun 2020 at 21:37

Linus has a rather better review. One of the things he points out is that Sabrent have worked around some of the QLC problems.

pugheaven · 17 Jun 2020 at 10:33

Stunning piece of kit, was thinking of getting right upto the £1,799 price tag it's currently commanding... lol. ONce for 2 years time I think lol

mattyfez · 17 Jun 2020 at 19:54

I suppose if it was a thousand pound it would technically be good value.
But 8tb on one plank? you'd have to have a lot of faith in it's longevity. My view might be outdated but storage systems always need a backup, and then it looks less appealing.

I do appreciate the technology improvements though as it's progress, things need to move forward. I remember when CD writers were a thousand pounds each, you literally cant give them away these days.

Quartz · 17 Jun 2020 at 20:23

If you can afford £1800 for that, you've likely got a proper backup solution.

Troezar · 18 Jun 2020 at 06:02

Personally I just need a fast PCIE 4.0 2TB for £150. That still seems some way off. Once we hit affordable 2-4TB NVME drives I think the average user's needs will be covered.

hlennie · 18 Jun 2020 at 17:17

Too rich for me

Just brought a 2TB Sabrent rocket for £230 thought that was a good price but once these drives drop to the £100 for 4TB range I’ll scrap all my mechanical drives. Things have come a long way since my first 60gb Corsair ssd think I paid £130 for that

Quartz · 18 Jun 2020 at 18:13

hlennie said:
Too rich for me

Just wait a few years.

pugheaven · 19 Jun 2020 at 14:31

hlennie said:
Too rich for me

Just brought a 2TB Sabrent rocket for £230 thought that was a good price but once these drives drop to the £100 for 4TB range I’ll scrap all my mechanical drives. Things have come a long way since my first 60gb Corsair ssd think I paid £130 for that

hahaha mate, when at Uni in 1994 I was one of the first to buy a 1.7GB drive, it was bigger than Chester Uni Server rofl... and I was a GOD! Can't remember how much it cost but I never thought you'd see the day I'd fill it.. and here we are lol