Had this in my watchlist for a while…
- USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 for speeds of up to 10 Gbps
- Supports M.2 PCIe NVM Express SSD with 2230;2242;2260;2280 form factor
- Aluminium alloy case and thermal pads deliver aggressive heat dissipation
Biggest unique feature -> RGB lighting!!!
Guybrush57 after asus make a 20Gbps one - interesting product. Wish it was 30Gbps though
OK smart alec. The USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 standard goes up to 20Gbps and without it, you will severely bottleneck any M.2 SSD you throw in it.
Yeah I have looked at it before but only really allows half what most even "budget" pcie drives offer no real point offering PCIE when the USB cant keep up
it includes USB-C cables.. I would not say 'built in'
A very stupid question… but if modern ssds only go up to 7500MB/s how is the 20Gbps of USB3.2 ever hit?
bit vs Byte. You must divide by 8.
10Gbps = 1,250MB/s
20Gbps = 2,500MB/s
40Gbps (AKA Thunderbolt 4) = 5,000MB/s
Even 20Gbps is a bottleneck but less so than 10Gbps. Even Thunderbolt 4 (on 11th-gen Intel machines that would require a Thunderbolt 4 M.2 enclosure) may bottleneck some M.2 SSDs. They are just too damn fast!
I hate this shit, we have been using Bytes for decades now, yet we still mix and match when it doesnt matter.
@Jofzar: Networking related stuff such as bandwidth and speed are generally counted in bits (kbps, Mbps, Gbps)
Storage related stuff such as size are generally counted in bytes. Storage manufacturers also use MBps and GBps for transfer speeds.
It gets more confusing in storage since they can also use powers of 2 instead of powers of 10. Storage itself is stored in powers of 2 on the memory.
Mebibyte (2^20 bytes) vs Megabyte (10^6 bytes)
1 Mebibyte == 1,048,576 bytes
1 Megabyte == 1,000,000 bytes
7500MB/s = 60Gb/s (B Byte -> b bit = multiply by 8).
Want one, just dont 'need' one…
Same, that's why I got 2.
Wicked. Great post.
OOS
Blame iDroid, all his fault
Biggest unique feature -> RGB lighting!!!
thats the biggest feature? I'll pass
There was still stock available at Auburn and Ultimo stores for pickup. I just ordered one.
These are really cool
Can I ask, what's the point of this product? Just a nice enclosure for an SSD that gives you fast read and write times (and has lovely RGB)?
i have the same question, the usb 3 interface limits nvme speeds severely. wouldn’t want this if you really need speed, might as well get a regular ssd + enclosure. cool looking keychain thought
Great price OP! I snagged this from Amazon on the previous deal posted for $69. Solid driive and yea gotta admin the rgb looks cool haha
Not a fan, purchased a while back from PCCG.
I lost LED control on my Asus mobo when I connected it to my PC. Need to download the utility through Armourcrate for it to work correctly, though in my case it corrupted the ASUS fileoperator.exe which caused me random crashes until I finally managed to clean Asus from my system and reinstall everything.
The case wont stay closed without putting the rubber edging on.
Of the 3x1TB drives I tried (Gigabyte, Kingston, Crucial) only the Crucial could be detected and formatted. All 3 work fine in my cheaper enclosures.
Not as cheap, but in stock and free delivery on Amazon reduced to $79 if anyone missed out.
As an aside, my MSY order hasn't even shipped yet.
I got mine the next day from MSY. I did pickup in store though.
Interesting product. Has USB cables built-in. Wish it was 20Gbps though.