SSK M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Adapter, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) to NVME PCI-E SATA M-Key/(B+M) Key Solid State Drive External Enclosure Aluminum Support UASP Trim for SSDs 2242/2260/2280

First off, the packaging is top notch. Two cardboard shells offered protection from our gorilla-like USPS employees we all have in our communities. Outer housing isn't some cheap aluminum, it's got some serious thickness (1.2mm / .050") to it. The thickness will undoubtedly help carry heat away from the NVME chips. The housing slides over the NVME and there are no fasteners required to keep it in place, but there are 2 countersunk screws provided if you do choose to use them. Fit and finish are spot on. My previous NVME adapter you had to dismantle with 2 screws and it was a pain. Inside there's a bit of wise mechanics. There's a plastic lever that pushes up on the back of the circuit board that holds the NVME, it pushes upwards so the SSD seats against the housing. Using the included heat tape is a must. The only thing I'd like to see is additional pieces of heat tape. A blue indicator light flashes when there's activity hooked up to your PC.A tiny phillips screwdriver is also supplied. Overall this is a very nice piece of kit. On future versions, I'd like to see a blind screw hole to keep extra screws and brass sockets, as I had to use an unused circuit board hole to keep the unused (extra) screws and brass sockets from getting lost. This is going to go in a mobile kit that's going to see a lot of service calls.

Can't beat the value! Works well. Bought a second one.The tight fit can make it a bit fiddly to insert into the enclosure (the thermal pad drags).No problem as I'll use this adapter mostly for testing SSD's, only occasionally for backups, so I generally won't bother to insert the SSD and adapter into the aluminum enclosure. Also, I want to cool the SSD directly with a fan.Regarding temps, with the SSD installed on the adapter board, but NOT enclosed, I measured temps with an IR temp meter during large image file transfers. A 5" fan brought the hottest part of the SSD down to 95*F (was 160*F with NO fan). I haven't measured temps with the adapter installed in the aluminum enclosure.Nice product!

This wont slow your drive down. With a WD 7100 2TB drive on a USB3 mac, I see read speeds of over 4GB/second. Write is slower, of course. It's well made and feels good, down to the cable stub, which is beefier than typical for chinese tech. It WILL get surprisingly warm when running with large SSDs. Just don't cover it and let it get air; the aluminum body becomes a little space heater.

I got this to clone my existing m.2 SATA drive to a larger one. The hardware works fine, no issues with Windows 10. However, it reports its own hardware information, which means you can't use the license-included WD-specific True Image cloning software, as it can't find any WD (SanDisk) hardware. I used a demo version of Macrium and it just worked. Tech support said you can use the license-included software with m.2 drives only if the internal drive is the new one, or you have two m.2 slots. Maybe you can put your old drive in this thing and set the PC up to boot from that, with the new drive in the internal slot, is didn't think of that before using Macrium. Seems like tech support should have suggested that. Also, SSD tech support is separate from HD tech support, don't waste time on the HD version, they will just tell you to look at SanDisk support.

With the costs of SSDs becoming more affordable, I have been upgrading my PC's internal and external storage to SSD. I have a Dell Inspiron 7570 laptop with Win10 Pro 64bit OS.Internally my PC has a M.2 NVMe connection and a SATA 3 connection for internal hard drive connectivity storage. On the internal M.2 NVMe connector I have a Samsung 500GB 960 EVO SSD for my OS which is blazing fast, with CrystalDiskMark reporting speeds around 3300 MB/s Read, 1800 MB/s Write.I had previously purchased a SanDisk 500GB Extreme Portable SSD which is supposed to be one of the fastest external SSDs currently available and I was kind of disappointed when CystalDiskMark was reporting speeds of 440 MB/sec for the SanDisk as compared to my internal Samsung EVO M.2 NVMe which was getting 3000 MB/sec speeds.Knowing the fast speeds of M.2 NVMe SSDs, I purchased this SSK enclosure to be paired with an 512GB Intel 660p M.2 NVMe in hopes of getting similar SSD speeds from my external storage as the speeds as my internal Samsung SSD was providing. However, you soon learn without being able to connect the SSD to an actual M.2 NVMe connection directly, that is just not possible. My PC has USB 3.1 GEN 1 external connections which has a MAX theoretical speed throughput around 640MB/sec (ie 5Gbps). The Intel 660p M.2 NMVe SSD paired with this SSK enclosure is getting similar speeds as the SanDisk Extreme SSD. I come to find out that the SanDisk Extreme portable internally also has their 600X M.2 NMVe SSD as reported by SanDisk's SSD Dashboard app. So the speed bottle neck of these external portable devices is really not with the SSD or the interface controller (SSK enclosure) they're connected to, but is more a limitation of the port on your PC you're connecting them to. If you have a USB 3.1 "Gen 2" port on your PC, which is able to get up to 10Gbps (1280 MB/sec) throughput speeds then I would expect you may be able to get double the speed that I am seeing with the USB 3.1 Gen 1 port. Also USB 3.0 speeds are the same as USB 3.1 Gen 1 speeds.Interesting enough, I also purchased a SanDisk 1TB Ultra Internal SSD which connects to a SATA 3 connection. I come to find out that SSD enclosure also has a SanDisk 600X M.2 NVMe SSD mounted inside of the box which just adds a SATA 3 interface converter. That internal SATA 3 connection provided 550 MB/sec read speeds. Therefore both of my PCs internal SSDs are faster than both of my external SSDsOverall, the size and build of this SSK enclosure is good. I posted a pic of it next to the SanDisk extreme portable where it's longer but thinner than the SanDisk. Performance wise they're about the same when connected to the same USB 3.1 Gen 1 port on my PC. Price wise I paid $60 for the 512GB Intel 660p M.2 NVMe SSD and $30 for the SSK NVMe 2280 enclosure for a total of $90. I also paid $90 for the 500GB SanDisk Extreme portable SSD. So total cost was exactly the same. I got 11GB of additional storage with the Intel SSD over the SanDisk. The only real benefit I can see of going with either a pre built external SSD such as the SanDisk extreme or a roll your own approach by purchasing this SSK enclosure is that as SSD sizes continue to grow and their prices continue to lower, is that the roll your own approach with the SSK enclosure will allow me to replace the internal M.2 NVMe SSD to a larger size in the future and save me about $30. I'm kind of disappointed that I was unable to gain any cost savings going with the roll your own solution while at the same time I'm happy the roll your own approach provided me similar speeds as one of the top external SSD solutions such as the SanDisk Extreme.Endurance comparison:There is a lot of confusion to sort through in regards to SSDs and their life expectancy. It typically boils down to the type of NAND flash the manufacturer uses for the SSD. TLC NAND is the lowest cost while having the least amount of life expectancy. SanDisk is not straight forward in publishing the type of NAND flash they are using in their SSDs. QLC NAND is the latest lower cost type of NAND while having a higher life expectancy over TLC NAND. I'm unsure of what which type of NAND flash SanDisk is using, so I thought I was doing myself a favor by purchasing the Intel 660p SSD since it specifies it is using QLC NAND. However, once I dug into the specs further you will see each manufacturer publishes a "TBW" spec. TBW= TeraByte's Written. For the Intel 660p it's TBW=100. Given the size of SSD is 512GB, this translates that I should be able to fill up the Intel a total of 200 times before I start seeing problems. The SanDisk Extreme's TBW=200 and since it's a similar 500GB in size, that translates to I should be able to fill up the SanDisk Extreme 400 times before I start seeing problems. So while I originally thought I was doing myself a favor by ensuring I was getting an SSD with QLC NAND by purchasing the Intel 660p SSD, that does not seem to be the case.