Review Sabrent Rocket 2230 SSD Review: Tiny Powerhouse

[Admin]

The Sabrent Rocket 2230 is a relatively fast and efficient PCIe 4.0 SSD that’s available in the M.2 2230 form factor. This makes it uniquely useful for certain devices that require shorter M.2 SSDs.

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[-Fran-]

This lil' drive looks quite capable. Not the cheapest for the performance, but for the form factor, I'd say it's quite decent?

Great for any of the PC handhelds that don't like full sized NVMes, including the SDeck.

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[suryasans]

This SSD fits easily into my steam deck.

 

[SonoraTechnical]

Future RaspberryPi variant (Rpi5) needs to be able to fit one of these on the underside. Wouldn't that be fantastic?

 

[colossusrage]

When I was looking in to changing my Steam Deck's SSD, I found that this form factor is far more expensive. I bought a used 1TB SSD that came from a Microsoft Surface Pro for $100. That's about the best price I could find for this form factor. At $159 this is probably the cheapest I've seen.

 

[taz-nz]

Review glosses over idle power and the fact the Sabrent M.2 drives have generally lacked firmware support for ASPM and thus will not enter deep idle, which can cause issues with laptop sleep states.

Youtube video that discusses this issue.

 

[seanwebster]

Review glosses over idle power and the fact the Sabrent M.2 drives have generally lacked firmware support for ASPM and thus will not enter deep idle, which can cause issues with laptop sleep states.

Youtube video that discusses this issue.

The Rocket 2230 supports ASPM if the platform does. It idles at 2.5mW in laptops.