Seems like a good deal.
It's still using SATA ssd but has comparable speeds to T5 Samsung.
I priced matched at officeworks and they were saying its lower than their cost price.
Its been on Binglee site for the past 3 days.. So I'm assuming its not a price error.
BX500 is dram-less so slow down with large file writes. Not sure about the Seagate one but yeah, it's probably cheaper to buy an external case + sata drive
I think Samsung 860 Evo's were around ~$150 during CB and Orico enclosures less than $10
Yes the Seagate Barracuda 120 1TB SSD has a DRAM cache.
Yeah. Considered this option.. 1) that will be much larger, 2) SATA cases seem to have reliability issues.
And considering you need buy a separate USB C USB 3.1 cable.
I don't think it's worth your issues.
That's only if you need USB C. But most computers are still on USB 3 any how. And you're not exactly going to need USB 3.1 for a SATA based SSD device there's no real bandwidth benefit. Besides you can get USB 3 to USB C adapters if need be in the future. And when it comes to the drive enclosure, Volans is not exactly a generic brand name.
I think its basically hit and miss.. by all means you should try and report back to us.
Looking at the not exactly generic brand such as Orico and Ugreen reviews isn't giving great confidence.:
https://www.amazon.com.au/ORICO-External-Drive-Enclosure-Typ…
https://www.amazon.com.au/UGREEN-Enclosure-External-Adapter-…
Also at catch if anyone has a discount code,
Apparently this is a good match for Macs (happened to be reading an article on why choose this over a Samsung T5 for external storage due to random compatibility issues).
I've had no problems installing and running OSX Catalina off a Samsung T5 on USB-C on a 2017 iMac. Speed about 500 MB/s, much faster than on original fusion drive.
Now thinking of getting T7 which has speed of 900+ MB/s.
Good price and good alternative to the T5.
Shows $289
One of these https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Crucial-BX500-1TB-SSD-2-5-SATA-I… or one of these https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Seagate-1TB-SSD-Barracuda-120-2-… plus one of these 2.5" external enclosure https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Volans-UE25-Aluminium-2-5-SATA-U… to make a 1TB portable SSD for $189.50. Wouldn't that be a better deal?.