Sabrent XTRM-Q SSD review: 8TB of pocket-sized Thunderbolt 3/USB storage
Sabrent’s pocket-sized Rocket XTRM-Q external SSD offers the kick in the pants transfer speed (up to 10Gbps) provided by the Mac’s Thunderbolt 3, while adding the ability to operate via USB on computers that lack it. It is also available in a hitherto unheard of capacity of 8TB. Nice. Very nice.
Design and specs
The Rocket XTRM-Q (extreme/QLC) is a small, handsome, dark-slate colored monolith measuring approximately 4 x 1.75 x 0.5 inches. It weighs around 5 ounces and there is a Type-C port on the business end.
Note that many companies (including Sabrent) advertise drives as USB-C and leave it at that. USB-C indicates USB connectivity and a Type-C port, but tells you nothing about performance. It might be SuperSpeed USB 5Gbps, it might be SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps or SuperSpeed USB 20Gbps. As noted, the XTRM-Q is SuperSpeed USB 10Gbps, née USB 3.x Gen 2, though you can only infer this from the Sabrent website’s mention of 900MBps transfers. Sigh.
from Macworld https://ift.tt/2ZEBLh4
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