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Store4PC via Amazon has Sabrent 1TB Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 2280 Internal Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-1TB) for $106.69 - $3.20 w/ promotion code BLKN8NPC = $103.49 . Shipping is free. Thanks iconian

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Early versions of this drive use the Phison E12 controller and Toshiba TLC NAND, which essentially make it a twin of the popular Inland Premium 1TB (SD thread) that sells for $100 in-store at Microcenter [microcenter.com] or $111 on Amazon [amazon.com]. This drive has excellent performance for the price point.

But I'd be wary here. Sabrent may be pulling a shady switcheroo here. It wouldn't be the first time an SSD maker changed the guts of a drive and kept selling it with the same name and model number. (I believe SiliconPower and also Sandisk or maybe Kingston have been caught doing this).

They release a high-performing drive, sell it for a few months to glowing reviews, then downgrade it with cheaper components (or rebrand old stock) without changing the model number. None of their specs list a controller so they aren't "false advertising" by changing the controller.

A competent sounding reviewer claims they have done just this and even claims that Sabrent support confirmed this. This drive may no longer have the Phison E12 controller. You've been warned.

LINK to review [amazon.com] complete with photos of different versions of this drive. Note his order was fulfilled by Amazon but sold by store4pc which is a Sabrent channel partner / distributor. It may be a counterfeit drive with no wrong doing by Sabrent. If it were my I would just buy the Inland.
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I just want to point out it was usually 109.99 or something like that through out the months on amazon. Not much of a deal, but it is cheaper by 4 bucks.
Seems to me someone put a 1TB sticker on their 512GB drive and returned it to seller. I doubt the manufacturer would do such a thing.

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NickK3338
11-02-2019 at 07:24 AM.
11-02-2019 at 07:24 AM.
Quote from xtp :
yup, BF this should be $70 or no one will buy it. hahaha.

No one's buying it at even $110.

We've seen the next tier up like ex950 and sx8200pro for $110.

Those drives should be ~90ish on BF.

Which means this has to get down to $60 or 70 before anyone bothers.

Next tier up? Not sure what you mean. The sabrent writes 100mb faster and is only 50mbs slower read than the ex950 and its only 50 slower read than the 8200pro and that's ON PAPER. Functionally, I have the sabrent in my new desktop build as the primary drive. It boots in 17 secs. My r3 Alienware laptop has the 8200 it takes 19.5

Both are gaming rigs and have clean windows 10 pro and literally just drivers and games. No perceivable difference between the two while gaming
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11-02-2019 at 08:01 AM.
11-02-2019 at 08:01 AM.
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User2828036
11-02-2019 at 08:24 AM.
11-02-2019 at 08:24 AM.
I believe you linked to the newer $200 PCIe 4 model not the PCIe 3.1 posted $106 model.

Of course 95% of the people could not tell the performance difference between the $80 Intel QLC 660p drives and the $240 PCIe v4 TLC drives.
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JakeW3302
11-02-2019 at 09:30 PM.
11-02-2019 at 09:30 PM.
Quote from jehoey :
I believe you linked to the newer $200 PCIe 4 model not the PCIe 3.1 posted $106 model.

Of course 95% of the people could not tell the performance difference between the $80 Intel QLC 660p drives and the $240 PCIe v4 TLC drives.

Maybe you meant to say, average users in most common everyday (normal day to day) usage.
To be sure, there is a huge technical performance difference between the two drives you mentioned, and it wouldn't be hard to notice that difference doing any work where the performance of the drive plays a big role.
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curt2199
11-02-2019 at 09:52 PM.
11-02-2019 at 09:52 PM.
Just bought the 512gb version of this drive for $60 and it came in today replacing a 256gb 970 pro OS/few apps drive just because I keep getting close to the capacity on it.
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CleoThyme
11-02-2019 at 09:52 PM.
11-02-2019 at 09:52 PM.
Early versions of this drive use the Phison E12 controller and Toshiba TLC NAND, which essentially make it a twin of the popular Inland Premium 1TB (SD thread) that sells for $100 in-store at Microcenter [microcenter.com] or $111 on Amazon [amazon.com]. This drive has excellent performance for the price point.

But I'd be wary here. Sabrent may be pulling a shady switcheroo here. It wouldn't be the first time an SSD maker changed the guts of a drive and kept selling it with the same name and model number. (I believe SiliconPower and also Sandisk or maybe Kingston have been caught doing this).

They release a high-performing drive, sell it for a few months to glowing reviews, then downgrade it with cheaper components (or rebrand old stock) without changing the model number. None of their specs list a controller so they aren't "false advertising" by changing the controller.

A competent sounding reviewer claims they have done just this and even claims that Sabrent support confirmed this. This drive may no longer have the Phison E12 controller. You've been warned.

LINK to review [amazon.com] complete with photos of different versions of this drive. Note his order was fulfilled by Amazon but sold by store4pc which is a Sabrent channel partner / distributor. It may be a counterfeit drive with no wrong doing by Sabrent. If it were my I would just buy the Inland.
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justlooking818
11-02-2019 at 11:03 PM.
11-02-2019 at 11:03 PM.
Quote from CleoThyme :
Early versions of this drive use the Phison E12 controller and Toshiba TLC NAND, which essentially make it a twin of the popular Inland Premium 1TB (SD thread) that sells for $100 in-store at Microcenter [microcenter.com] or $111 on Amazon [amazon.com]. This drive has excellent performance for the price point.

But I'd be wary here. Sabrent may be pulling a shady switcheroo here. It wouldn't be the first time an SSD maker changed the guts of a drive and kept selling it with the same name and model number. (I believe SiliconPower and also Sandisk or maybe Kingston have been caught doing this).

They release a high-performing drive, sell it for a few months to glowing reviews, then downgrade it with cheaper components (or rebrand old stock) without changing the model number. None of their specs list a controller so they aren't "false advertising" by changing the controller.

A competent sounding reviewer claims they have done just this and even claims that Sabrent support confirmed this. This drive may no longer have the Phison E12 controller. You've been warned.

LINK to review [amazon.com] complete with photos of different versions of this drive. Note his order was fulfilled by Amazon but sold by store4pc which is a Sabrent channel partner / distributor. It may be a counterfeit drive with no wrong doing by Sabrent. If it were my I would just buy the Inland.

Buy it, inspect it and if it is not what it is supposed to be. Return it as defective. Amazon is great with returns.
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wineaux
11-03-2019 at 08:15 PM.
11-03-2019 at 08:15 PM.
Great drive at a solid price!
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GaryX6326
11-04-2019 at 01:32 AM.
11-04-2019 at 01:32 AM.
Any opinions on building a system from scratch these days.. is BF a good time or wait until next year.. based on overall expected cost? Or is it good to split/hold off some parts buying until next year such as dedicated gpu ?
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mbze430
11-04-2019 at 07:28 AM.
11-04-2019 at 07:28 AM.
Darn I was hoping it was the PCIe 4.0 version. Looking to get one for my Ryzen Zen2 build
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NewMaxx
11-04-2019 at 09:16 AM.
11-04-2019 at 09:16 AM.
Quote from CleoThyme :
But I'd be wary here.
Check the discussion here [reddit.com] where I analyze the 2TB SKU as having changed (specifically my 2nd reply). Looks like the reviewer you linked has had the same switch.
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Ozzie4
11-04-2019 at 03:26 PM.
11-04-2019 at 03:26 PM.
Quote from GaryX6326 :
Any opinions on building a system from scratch these days.. is BF a good time or wait until next year.. based on overall expected cost? Or is it good to split/hold off some parts buying until next year such as dedicated gpu ?
Prices seem to be coming down. After waiting most of the year, I built a new system in September. GPU was of course the most expensive item, but got a top end one so I can let it live a while. I try to make it so I only have to build my full-size desktops every 3-4 years. While my wife isn't fond of it, I found a lot of the RBG led-heavy stuff to be only a few dollars more so I bought a ton for my case (plus my case has a small LED string as well). I've got 6 fans running chasing light shows while I'm on it, with some other internal light stuff going on that entertains my younger nieces and nephews, while the older ones enjoy the sweet graphics you get from a 5700 XT.

You can always buy in phases - buying all in one swoop means you'll overpay for something!
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Trikat
11-04-2019 at 03:36 PM.
11-04-2019 at 03:36 PM.
That is a prime example of why userbenchmark can be terrible.
Notice the Sabrent's seq read is ~2000 where the seq write is 3200.
Alarm bells should go off...
The Adata XPG is seq read 2300 and the write is an abysmal 1754.
People with proper hardware can hit 3k+ on read and write on a fresh XPG.
Too many variables to trust that data.
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hieuhef
11-04-2019 at 03:38 PM.
11-04-2019 at 03:38 PM.
Quote from GaryX6326 :
Any opinions on building a system from scratch these days.. is BF a good time or wait until next year.. based on overall expected cost? Or is it good to split/hold off some parts buying until next year such as dedicated gpu ?

Black Friday hardly brings any meaningful sales for PC hardware. You're better off buying when things are cheap!
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CMarshall85
11-04-2019 at 04:05 PM.
11-04-2019 at 04:05 PM.
Quote from tonykid :
vs ada xpg s8200
https://ssd.userbenchmark.com/Com...8vsm638791

This is a completely different/newer PCI-E 4.0 version of the Sabrent drive. It is NOT the drive this deal is for. Please remove your post or make note of that so as not to confuse ppl.
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