SABRENT M.2 SSD TO SATA III 2.5-Inch

Purchased to install an M.2 SSD that I got for Christmas into the 2.5" slot on an AWOW N150 Mini PC, this does the job perfectly. Limited instruction but if you've done it once before this is a no brainer, otherwise there are countless guides online. Simple to install (check the orientation, and then check it again). The chassis is sized correctly for both the 2.5 rails and the M.2 dimensions. I run HD Sentinel and it reports that this drive never gets above 43 degrees even though it's tucked into a cupboard. Speed is as you'd expect. All in all, great little purchase.

SABRENT M.2 SATA Enclosure: A Simple Solution for Forgotten Drives I had an old M.2 SATA SSD sitting in a drawer—you know, the kind that was too small to be your main drive but too good to throw away. This little Sabrent adapter was the perfect way to give it a second life. The installation couldn't be simpler; you just slot the drive into the board, snap the two aluminum halves together, and screw in the four tiny corner screws (the included screwdriver is a nice touch). In about two minutes, I had what looked like a standard 2.5-inch SATA SSD. I popped it into an old laptop as a secondary drive, and it's been working flawlessly. The speeds are exactly what you'd expect from a SATA III connection—no bottlenecks here. The aluminum casing feels sturdy and does a decent job dissipating heat during extended use. The crucial thing to know—and where I think some negative reviews come from—is that this only works with M.2 SATA drives (B+M key), not the more common NVMe drives (M key). I double-checked my drive's specs before buying, and it worked perfectly. If you're unsure, a quick Google of your drive's model number will tell you which type it is. It's a niche product, but if you have the right kind of spare drive, it's a fantastic and affordable way to avoid electronic waste and get some extra storage. Bottom Line: An excellent, no-fuss adapter that breathes new life into old M.2 SATA SSDs, just be absolutely certain your drive is the SATA type and not NVMe before you click buy.

Initially I was simply looking for an adapter to make my 500 GB M.2 SSD fit in a conventional 2.5" hard drive bay when I stumbled upon this adapter. Not only does it do exactly what I was looking for but it has the added bonus of being able to be accessed over USB as an external drive. For $13 from a reputable company I thought this was a steal so I grabbed it. I'm happy to say that it simply works. Installing the drive was a breeze and all the necessary screws and even a screwdriver were included. Only takes about a minute to install. Windows detected the drive immediately. My M.2 drive fit perfectly - I suspect the negative reviews that mention drives that don't fit may be NVME as opposed to SATA drives and the product description is pretty clear this will only work with SATA M.2 drives. If you aren't sure, check the sticker on your drive - it should say either SATA or NVME/PCIe somewhere on the label. If it says NVME or PCIe then this adapter will NOT work - you will need to buy an adapter that specifically works for those drives. On an initial speed test I was getting 400 MB/s read and 360 MB/s write over USB3, making it by far the fastest USB device I have ever used. I haven't had an opportunity to test it out as an internal SATA drive yet but I have no reason to doubt that there would be any problems. I definitely recommend this product at this price point. You should always have someway to read data off of your hard drives in case your computer decides it's time to call it quits and fails to boot. External enclosures like this make it easy to recover data from your drive before attempting to reformat or replace it. MAKE SURE YOU KNOW IF YOUR M.2 DRIVE IS SATA or NVME/PCIe BEFORE YOUR PURCHASE THIS PRODUCT! IF YOU HAVE A SATA DRIVE THEN THIS IS THE PRODUCT FOR YOU!

Honestly pretty solid case. Well put together. Screwdriver inside works well enough, and its nice to have something in a 2.5" form factor [more used than the M.2 SATA for... most laptops of the era]. I've seen quite a few concerns regarding the lack of a standoff mount for the drive, which seems to cause the M.2 SATA drive itself to bend to have to work with the screw. I was concerned as well, but it seems like the designers of this case at least somewhat planned for this. The PCB below on that half of the adapter/case isn't screwed down and is more flexible [since thin], so it bends upwards instead of the M.2 SATA SSD bending down. Honestly still a valid concern and if you want to play it safe, a washer or something will help, but I don't think you should lose too much sleep over it. I tried using some standoffs I had lying around for normal motherboard and laptop mounts but even the thinnest were too tall. Overall pretty solid case, does what it says on the tin. Design is a bit counter-intuitive to good computer building, but it works. Also, who the heck allowed Amazon AI to start adding automatic tags to reviews you right? man, wtf.

I saw lots of reviews about this not working. But there is a picture in the images that show what keys/types work with these adapters. The one i purchased had the key for my sata ssd. Which my pcie 4 slot, runs sata ssds, but not my pcie 3 slot. So it left me 1tb of storage down. This device, works great. Getting full speed I think on crystal disk. Overall a great product. And a quite elegant solution for a problem I didnt know I was going to have. Thank you Sabrent :)

He usado con éxito este adaptador para sustituir el disco de un portátil, un disco mecánico de 1Tb (Samsung) por un disco SSD SATA Crucial modelo MX500 de 1Tb. El SSD Crucial es un modelo bastante habitual, que no destaca por ser especialmente rápido. He pasado el test CrystalDiskMark antes y después del cambio. Los resultados son muy elocuentes: el disco SSD Crucial, montado dentro de este adaptador, conectado por SATA en lugar del disco mecánico tiene un rendimiento entre 4 y 5 veces más rápido que el disco mecánico, y llegando a 550Mb/S, muy cerca de la velocidad máxima teórica del interface SATA III de 600Mb/S. Para re-comprobar, he montado el disco SSD con este adaptador y además dentro de una caja externa SATA-USB, y conectado al mismo ordenador por USB 3.0, me da una velocidad de transferencia de unas 4 veces superior a la del disco mecánico. Es decir, cercana a la velocidad que obtenemos en el disco usado conectado directamente al interfaz SATA, y en ambos casos dando una velocidad de al menos 4 veces la velocidad del disco mecánico SATA original. Para mí el resultado es claro: este adaptador es una manera muy sencilla (Y barata) de usar un disco SSD para modernizar un portátil con interface SATA y disco mecánico. No he hablado del montaje, porque es tremendamente sencillo y cualquier persona que haya trasteado con discos duros internos sabrá como montarlo. No obstante subo fotos donde se muestra la forma en que se monta, como queda y como se compara con el disco mecánico. También subo los pantallazos con los resultados de los tests.

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This is a nice adapter, solid construction, easy to set up and use and the USB cable is very good, overmolded and solid. Used it to clone my drive, no issues.

Costruito con estrema cura e con materiali di prim'ordine; funziona perfettamente su entrambe le interfacce. La confezione contiene perfino un cavetto USB3, un cacciavitino (oltre al set di viti) e le istruzioni, a colori, in inglese, dettagliatissime. E' senza dubbio un prodotto eccezionale, molto al di sopra dlla media di articoli di questo genere; vale tutto ciò che costa (e anche di più, direi).

Sehr praktisches adaptergehäuse kann eine SSD m2 einbauen oder als USB für externe Festplatte benutzen und funktioniert gut