40Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure, Maintenance-Free, Dual-Sided Raised Heatsink, Tool-Free Quick-Open, for Thunderbolt 4/3/USB4/3.2/3.0, for Mac mini M4/Pro, M1 M2 Pro/Max, SSD Size 2280/2260/2242/2230

Most of these cases are pretty low quality. I bought a bunch with the thought of keeping the best and returning the others. And this one won by a a lot. It's much more substantial that the others, without being bulky, plenty of heat sinking capability. The materials and workmanship is on point. And even the led light is high quality and placed well. Not like some of the others with their little point lights or little holes to see the led through. The USB cable is also thicker than the others, and this played a role in what speeds each one supported. While some of the others also had high speeds, this one was more consistent across all my testing, and compatibility. I used a MacBook Air M1 and a Dell Precision 5520. The MacBook had no issues with any of them, just small speed differences. The Dell though, man what are they doing, some of them didn't even mount! Compatibility was a nightmare. And sometimes they'd connect and then disconnect a short while later. This one was the most reliable with that pesky Dell. (I put most of the blame with Dell, and some on Microsoft) The speeds will depend on 1) Your SSD and 2) the negotiated connection speed. I was testing with a Crucial P1 Plus, so SSD speed was NOT the limiting factor. lol. If you can connect with thunderbolt speeds, you're getting 2-3gigs/second, less with USB3, and much much less with USB2. BUT, you may want to connect with USB3 if you'll leave this plugged in long term (or any thunderbolt device for that matter). As when you're running thunderbolt, not only will the device get hot to the touch (but not burning, these things can operate at pretty elevated temperatures), but so will the controller on the laptop! And that's with no transfers even. This was worse for the Dell than the Macbook, but both heated up. Not great for long term use plugged in. Since it takes like 30 min to heat up, it's not even noticeable if you're just transferring files real quick. And this thing is REAL quick at 3 gigs/second. lol The heating was only warm to touch with USB 3 negotiated connections. This is not a flaw with this device, as all the devices I tested had the same pattern. So for long term plugged in, use USB 3. Still pretty fast, but much cooler temps. Also, even the packaging was high quality. Probably overkill, but nice touch.

I had returned a previous Thunderbolt enclosure because 1. the build quality was awful and it had like 5 little screws and 2. I was not getting the read and write speeds I needed for the work I do. You can see in the photo the amazing speed I get on this little guy. Plus I did not think it would be built so sturdy but it is made from a nicely heavy aluminum and swapping out SSDs is easy! The enclosure has decent heat distribution, however, I would not put on the rubber case it comes with while in use because it can make it hold heat for longer. I do use the case on it when I'm traveling with it for some extra protection. How I have it set up: Inside is a Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB and it is connected to the back thunderbolt port of my Apple Mac Mini M2.

This is well made. It is FAST and detects usb2,3 and 4 connections along with thunderbolt. I purchased it because occasionally I need to swap drives and wanted a case that will work with usb and thunderbolt/USB4. This one does. The performance of the case is flawless. The heavy case dissipates heat well. Every time I change the drive i have to pop out the little grummet and over time I don't know how this will hold up. It comes with a bright orange condom which is great because if you drop it, something could break and the orange makes it easy to find but it can be a pain to get on and off. This is the heaviest case I have ever seen which is good and bad. Great for heat dispersion but not very portable Overall a good enclosure for the $.

I have a ThinkPad P1 Workstation with i9 processor 96GB RAM, NVidia 16GB using Photoshop and Premiere Pro. My read/write demands are heavy. When I upgraded from a 1TB SSD to a 4TB external SSD, I ran into overheating, disconnecting/reconnecting, and other issues. In the picture attached you will see two other highly recommended brands for USB-C. They both had problems (a third unit, not pictured, was so bad i trashed it). So I spent the $90 on this thing figuring to return it if I didn't like it. First test: copy 30GB file back and forth. I was blown away. Three times the speed, no heating problems. I then tested it by encoding a 15GB video that recently choked my old system. No problems at all. I highly recommend this unit for any power users. It truly rocks. One note: It's a lot bigger and heavier than I expected, but that's FINE because it works great. Also: the box it comes in is worth the price of admission. I hate that I'm going to toss it. Peace, Andrew

The Good: The LED blinks. Cute shipping box, user hostile closure. Lift the round logo up to open the box. I almost went at it with a utility knife but thought ... I may have to return it. The Bad: Drive never appears in Win 10 or Win 11. Tried several high end TB4 cables in addition to the included cable. Moved the 2 TB NVME back to other enclosures, all good. Very heavy... not for the gram-conscious road warrior. Why insulate the enclosure with a bright orange silicone jacket? Because the enclosure gets really hot? Gets less hot without the jacket. YMMV. The Worst: Looking for the rubber clasp (that holds the M.2 SSD in place) after the clasp flew across the room. Makes the pivoted metal clasp in the Sabrent enclosure worth its weight in ... aluminium (UK).

Admittedly, I am not moving tons of data. I do casual video editing at 4K resolution, and backup a lot of small media assets. This thing FLIIES! I'm able to keep sustained read and write speeds above 3,000MB/s with a Samsung 990 Evo Plus. It does get warm, but never too uncomfortable to touch. Despite being tool-free, it feels very sturdy and well built. Almost forgot, the included cable is very high quality too!

Von der Verarbeitung des Gehäuses bis hin zur Verpackung wirkt alles absolut hochwertig. Habe dieses Gehäuse mit einer WD_BLACK SN850X in Betrieb genommen. Falls ihr euch (wie ich) fragt, ob ihr von der SSD den Aufkleber entfernen solltet, die Antwort lautet: "nein". Die Aufkleber erfüllen in in einigen Fällen wohl eine Wärmeleitfunktion und auch wenn das nicht der Fall ist, haben sie keinen negativen Einfluss. Sie zu entfernen riskiert nur, dass man dabei die Chips beschädigt. Die Installation war dank Anleitung wirklich denkbar einfach: - Gehäuse öffnen - Gummistöpsel ab - Gummistöpsel an SSD klemmen - SSD einsetzen und Gummistöpsel wieder befestigen - Wärmeleitpad ankleben - Gehäuse wieder schließen Fertig. Kein Werkzeug nötig und sogar ein Grobmotoriker wie ich bekommt das hin. Danach habe ich die SSD an mein M1 MacBook Air 2020 geklemmt und mit APFS und Verschlüsselung eingerichtet. Die Geschwindigkeit enttäuschte mich zunächst etwas. Auf dem zweiten Screenshot ist zu sehen, was der Blackmagic Disk Speed Test auf diesem Gerät gemessen hat. Da die schnellsten externen SSDs am Markt laut Tests aktuell bis zu 3.700 MB/s liefern, wirkten die gemessenen 2.400 doch eher schwach. Zur Sicherheit habe ich die Platte noch mal an mein MacBook Pro mit M1 Max von der Arbeit gehängt. Dort sah das schon etwas anders aus (siehe ersten Screenshot). Hier wurden rund 3.000 MB/s erreicht, schreiben war sogar noch etwas schneller. Wie dieser Unterschied zustande kommt, kann ich nur spekulieren. Möglicherweise belastet die von mir eingeschaltete Verschlüsselung der SSD die CPU und die stärkere CPU im MacBook Pro sorgt für die deutlich höhere Geschwindigkeit? Das würde gleichzeitig auch die Vermutung nahelegen, dass die Platte ohne Verschlüsselung möglicherweise noch etwas schneller laufen würde. Es könnte aber auch sein, dass es daran liegt, dass das MacBook Pro Thunderbolt 4 unterstützt und das MacBook Air nur Thunderbolt 3. Da aber beide Anschlüsse USB4 mit 40Gpbs unterstützen, dürfte das nach meinem Verständnis keinen Unterschied machen. Die Geschwindigkeit ist selbst auf dem MacBook Air für meine Bedürfnisse absolut ausreichend. Da mir die Verschlüsselung wichtig ist, spielt die unverschlüsselte Geschwindigkeit für mich auch keine Rolle. Auch wenn die Kombination aus SSD und Gehäuse nicht günstig war, habe ich gegenüber einer fertigen externen SSD mit vergleichbarer Geschwindigkeit etwas Geld gespart. Das Gehäuse hinterlässt einen soliden und hochwertigen Eindruck und funktioniert bisher tadellos.

Carcasa externa USB 4.0, última versión del estandard USB, compatible thunderbolt, para discos M2, con una velocidad de transferencia de datos de 40Gbps (5000 MB/s). La presentación es lujosa y llamativa, en una caja de cartón duro con un sistema de apertura superior de dos tapas abatibles, con la carcasa protegida en un molde de espuma, manual, cable USB C de datos, y un termal pack para discos M2 de 2280 con un buen grosor. Es una carcasa fabricada completamente en aluminio, con un efectivo sistema de refrigeración pasiva macizo, con acanaladuras por el exterior para mejorar la disipación, con una funda de silicona extraible con protección para el puerto USB C. La apertura es muy cómoda, con una hendidura para el dedo, y un peculiar mecanismo de unión mediante 4 pequeñas bolas retractiles, que permite levantar la tapa superior con facilidad, con un gran led de estado blanco. La placa de la caja está protegida por una lámina de plástico quedando sólo a la vista el conector M2 Mkey. La compatibilidad de la carcasa es muy buena, no sólo es compatible con cualquier sistema operativo (Windows, Linux, MacOS y Android), admite discos M2 de hasta 4 teras, en todas las medidas (2280, 2260, 2242 y 2230), con un tornillo o anclaje de goma sin necesidad de destornillador. Es además compatible tanto con thunderbolt 3 y 4, como con cualquier puerto USB, independientemente del estandard, aunque lógicamente para aprovechar una carcasa de estas características vamos a necesitar un disco M2 a la altura y conectarla a un puerto USB 4.0 o thunderbolt. Nada mas conectar la caja al pc, W10 me la detecta como un dispostivo de almacenamiento thunderbolt con el nombre "NQ-HS-01". Le ha probado con un disco M2 PCIe 4.0, pero no dispongo de hardware con la conectividad adecuada, únicamente de puertos USB 3.2 Gen2 a 10Gbps, consiguiendo velocidades cercanas a los 1000 MB/s, muy inferiores a la capacidad máxima de transferencia que puede entregar, con temperaturas excelentes. La disipación pasiva es tan eficaz, que en un test de rendimiento de 20 minutos con velocidades de transferencia continuada de 900MB/s, la caja apenas sube de temperatura, pasando de 28ºC a 32ºC. Una carcasa de ultima generación, adecuada para quien quiera lo mejor, y por supuesto disponga de la conectividad adecuada para sacarle provecho.

The speed is super high! It says it right on the box! Nice design, easy to install SSD. I don't have a Gen 4x4 NVME SSD, the following speed results are with a 2TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus. On my PC (13thG i7) plugged in to the TB4 port W:580MB/s R:2600MB/s (odd there is a warning on connection: USB device functionality might be limited) the device does not appear in the Thunderbolt control centre. On my PC Gen3.2 2x2 port W&R: 1719MB/s On my MBP M1 Pro W:1300MB/s R:3000MB/s With a Lexar NM790 2TB MBP M1 Pro W: 2953 R: 3084 (APFS) Ok, but well shy of what this SSD is capable of, so I've knocked off 2 stars. Comes with one thermal pad and a short USB4 rated cable. It's also fairly solid and hefty in the had, it weights 260g.

Partiamo subito dal fatto che è un ottimo prodotto, qualità elevatissima, velocità top. Provato con un MacBook Pro Max, ssd sabrent, tutto come nelle aspettative. Segnalo anche la compatibilità con iPhone 15 pro, quindi utilizzabile come SSD esterno per registrazioni video onerose di spazio. Abbastanza facile da aprire. Sistema per bloccare l'ssd che personalmente non amo molto (il gommino che blocca l'ssd si potrebbe perdere, ma del resto non starete tutto il giorno a montare e smontare unità ssd). Colore che si avvicina al nero blu del Mac, molto più scuro dello space gray.Bella la calza di silicone per renderlo un po' "rugged" anche se la è già abbastanza massiccio. E veniamo appunto alla questione che mi ha meno soddisfatto: è enorme! Va bene che serve per disperdere il calore, non ha ventole o altro ma caspita, è un mattone! Può essere una valutazione personale ma è da tenere in considerazione, di certo non è portabile da tenere in tasca, scordatevi di metterlo nella tasca della giacca o men che meno della camicia, il peso poi è davvero notevole. Per dare un'idea pratica delle dimensioni l'ho messo in confronto con alcuni case in mio possesso, una schedina CF express e una custodia AirPods Pro. Valutate questo aspetto, per il resto, se non vi crea problemi, è un ottimo prodotto.

Carcasa para disco duro en el que lo que primero nos llama la atención es el envase con el que viene entregado. Es una caja con unos acabados excelentes y una estética muy bonita. De todos modos prefiero que las empresas sustituyan estos tipos de envases por envases más sencillos con cartón reciclado y menos tintas Una vez abierta la caja lo primero que llama la atención al coger la carcasa es su peso ya que no es precisamente ligera. Pesa más de 250 gramos aunque la calidad de la misma lo justifica. La funda exterior de goma tiene un tacto y un acabado excelente con muchos orificios para que el calor pueda ser disipado correctamente por el aluminio. Una vez retiramos la funda de silicona accedemos a la casa en sí, con unos acabados excelentes acordes al resto del envase y funda de silicona. La caja se puede abrir sin herramientas. Simplemente hay que meter la uña en la pestaña que hay un lateral para abrir la funda. Una vez abierta en el interior nos encontramos la ranura para enganchar el disco duro. Lo que más me ha llamado la atención es el tamaño de esta carcasa ya que es enorme comparada con el pequeño tamaño del disco duro. Pero entiendo que es para así tener una disipación de calor máxima y exprimir al máximo las velocidades de transferencia de nuestro disco duro. Pero de todos modos, la carcasa me parece algo sobredimensionada tanto por tamaño y como por peso. También se incluye una tira de almohadilla térmica la cual se debe montar sobre el disco duro para que esté en contacto con la carcasa y así la disipación de calor sea óptima. En el interior del disco duro hay una pestañita de goma que se cambia de posición dependiendo de la longitud del disco duro. También se incluye un cable con un grosor y acabados excelentes para asegurar así unas velocidades de transferencia altísimas. En resumen, un producto con un precio muy elevado, pero creo que justificado teniendo en cuanta que la calidad de la carcasa es excelente, tanto por los acabados, por los materiales empleados y por velocidad de transferencia de datos. Está claro que no es un producto para todos los públicos ya que el precio y el peso pueden tirar para atrás a muchos usuarios. Este producto está destinado para aquellos usuarios muy exigentes que quieren obtener el máximo rendimiento de sus discos duros de alta gama.