I bought one of these last month (in blue) for what I thought was a great price but some of the other colours have dropped even further. Looks like ATL.
Black, white and pink available at this price.
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Nice, missed that.
NVME only enclosure in white also on sale @ $14.99
https://www.amazon.com.au/ORICO-Enclosure-Tool-Free-Thunderb…
Thought that was actually a thunderbolt drive for a second, so got a tad excited at incredible bargain!. But no, “thunderbolt 3 compatible”. So max 10Gbps.
Still, great price.
I can't find any reviews for this one but it's a stellar price if it performs well:
https://www.amazon.com.au/Simplecom-SE640-40Gbps-USB-C-Enclo…
Looks very similar to the well-reviewed Acasis enclosure for a chunk less money.
Thanks, OP. Just wondering if the M.2 SSD already has a heatsink (e.g. the popular 4TB Lexar NM790 SSD with Heatsink), does this enclosure have enough space for it?
No. You'd need to remove the heatsink.
Thanks. Do you know if there is any enclose can be used without removing the built-in heatsink?
I'd have to say unlikely as they tend to come with a small heatsink that attaches. It would depend on the size of the heatsink on the drive and the room in the enclosure but with a 970 EVO 1TB, for example, and the thin heatsink provided with the enclosure there's zero room left.
From the picture you probably can without closing the case, the module already secured down with a rubber feet If you look at step 3 of the instructions, i think that doable. You just need to secure way to hold that end down. If its jave a screw there that would be fine
@huu: Good point. As I don't really need to close the case, as long as I can use it to connect my 4TB Lexar NM790 SSD with Heatsink to the USB port, will buy and try that out.
@audreamer: As someone pointed down below, if you using NVMe it will down grade to 10gbs speed, if mind the speed.
@huu: Thanks for the heads-up. I use the NVMe as a backup storage, so 10gbs speed is more than enough for me.
@huu: Hadn't thought about using it without the cover. Also worth noting that these are rounded so a large heatsink "might" cause it to flop onto its side. It'd likely need to be quite large to do that though so probably would be fine.
If you are buying this for speed, keep in mind you will more likely get ~800MB/s write speeds. To actually get 1000 MB/S (or higher) you'll need USB 3.2 gen 2x2 (which will give around 1500MB/s. These are the speed I attain with these drives connected to my MSI Z690 mobo in a USB 3.2 gen 2x2 port with an Orico external enclosure.
In short, prepare for performance shock if you are expecting to achieve the advertised speeds.
If you really want speed, you need USB4/TB3. The enclosures are more expensive but the port is a LOT more common than USB 3.2 gen 2x2.
Examples
https://www.amazon.com.au/ACASIS-Enclosure-Compatible-Alumin…
https://www.amazon.com.au/Simplecom-SE640-40Gbps-USB-C-Enclo…
You can get close to 1000MB/s with USB 3.2 gen 2, below is my result using JMicron chipset based enclosure. Generally, the Realtek chipset performs a bit better. Even the $5 256GB SSD I got from Centrecom can get close to 900MB/s write.
NM790 1TB in USB 3.2 gen 2 enclosure
Micron 2450 256GB in USB 3.2 gen 2 enclosure
For USB 3.2 gen 2x2, if it is the ASMedia chipset, you should get close to 2000MB/s max sequential write.
the $5 256GB SSD I got from Centrecom
Any recommendations? I have 2nd one that needs a enclosure.
buys nvme… then puts it into a 10gbps enclosure =/
You're not buying these for speed, more convenience in a package that's faster than USB3 sata-based equivalents (if using an nvme drive).
I have a 2tb ssd in mine, it is just a large (physically) usb stick to me haha
At the cost of some jankiness, this is actually a good setup for recording high bitrate video on a budget. Slightly less expensive than Samsung external drives like the T7 or whatever, and probably $500ish cheaper than getting 1TB of professional grade SD cards.
The hobby is expensive af, gotta save money where ya can.
Darn I just picked up 2 more of ones similar to these a few weeks back. They're pretty handy - in particular the one with the right processor (which I think this is, both NVMe and SATA protocols)
Let me find the name of the chip
Ok the "good" chip according to some posts online was the
RTL9210B-CG - using a tool called USB Device Info you can see that even on your Android smartphone
Realtek(RTL) chipsets are the most stable compared to JMicron(JMS). I have also tried Asmedia(ASM) they work ok, but the JMS and AMS chipsets i’ve tried don’t allow formatting drives, but the RTL ones do atleast in my experience
Fantastic to have on hand for cloning, wiping between machines, epic usb key, etc etc. Mines been great.
I bought a similar Orico model (https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/aw/d/B0CXXKNZTC?psc=1&ref=ppx_p…) about 3 weeks ago and it's been incredibly inconsistent.
I get better sequential read/write out of regular usb flash drives most of the time.
Not seen that one before. Any idea what chip it uses? The better/preferred ones use a Realtek (9210?), from memory.
RTL9210OB-CG. That's what this deal has.
It should perform great with that chip. SATA or NVME?
If you have a better cable, try that first. Quite a number of these "cost effective" enclosures come with USB 3.2 gen 2 cables which are barely USB 3.2 gen 2 with most of them not working properly if using the USB-C USB 3.2 gen 2 port(s) at the front of case. Tried a Thunderbolt 3 cable and works fine.
These enclosures would be sweet if they all support the sustained speeds of half the advertised SSD transfers. The other dealbreaker for these is also you need to spend a certain amount before qualifying for free shipping on Amazon(unless you have prime, of course).
Cheers OP, this'll enable me to put the 512gb ssd I removed from the steam deck to use.
For anyone looking to purchase this in the future my transfer speeds topped out at around 650-700 mbps, not crazy fast but will suffice for my needs.
This might be good for Tesla owners. No idea I don’t have a Tesla, but believe they record centry mode to USB and this could be a good low power high capacity option.
Only pink left at this price…
recommendations for a 2.5" sata ssd enclosure?
if you missed out these are good also: https://www.amazon.com.au/Enclosure-Adapter-Tool-Free-Extern…
i have one in pink (the color looke pretty bad)
the quality of these do feel pretty crap
Received mine a few days ago and very disappointed that it doesn't work at all. Tried multiple SSDs, computers, and cables.
Sending it back today…
Blue around the same with 50% off
https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B0BJ23ZKB8?th=1