Sabrent Rocket XTRM 1TB Thunderbolt 3 SSD Review

A Closer Look

The Sabrent Rocket XTRM is a beautifully crafted piece of hardware. The drive is wrapped in a piece of 6061 aluminium alloy with smooth edges. Not only is a looking great, but it also helps with the heat dissipation as it acts as one giant heatsink for the drive. The top has the Sabrent logo at the bottom and a Thunderbolt lightning at the top.

The bottom is fairly simple. The middle has the serial and model numbers while there’s a rubber piece at each end. This will give the drive a firm placing when it’s on your table and also prevent it from scratching soft surfaces by accident.

In this side view, we can see the edges of the drive well, and that’s about it from this side.

At the top of the drive, you’ll find a small pinhole which is where the connection and activity LED will shine through. It is white and easy to see.

At the other end, you’ll find the USB-C type Thunderbolt 3 port. Again, please keep in mind that this drive doesn’t support USB connections, only Thunderbolt. But Sabrent has USB solutions too should you have a system without Thunderbolt 3.

And that’s it, really. We can get on with our testing now and see just how well this Sabrent Rocket XTRM Thunderbolt 3 Aluminium SSD performs.