OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini 0TB USB-C 10Gb/s Portable Storage Enclosure

Just like everything else from OWC, this is extremely high quality and high performance. No surprises. Solid metal construction. Doesn't slow down after a while like other brands do. I love it!

I had a SSD lying around and wanted to use it as portable storage (instead of a flash drive). I received this unit and I was very surprised at the quality. It's precision grade aluminum with logo on front. The wired connection sits firmly in place with no looseness (does not wiggle around). I tested the drive with usb-c, and it performed very well (568 MB/s using diskmark).

After all was said and done this turned out to be a nice, little enclosure. It's small, well built, snappy and stays cool so far. Installing a Crucial 4TB MX500 drive wasn't what OWC's video made it out to be. Their video simply shows their drive connecting to the board easily. The Crucial on the other hand required disconnecting the board, plugging it into the drive then reconnecting the board to the enclosure. No big deal really, just expect it and have a small Torx or Allen wrench on hand. Knowing what to expect I'd purchase another.

I bought 3 of this to use with Samsung 870 QVO 8TB SATA SSDs on my Mac Studio. It shows its maximum speed performance as already known. Good design, best performance, and cheap. I would recommend this to Mac users surely.

This enclosure was a breeze to mount an 8TB SSD in and allows the full speed of the SATA SSD. Even faster than it should be as long as you are connected to USB 3.2. With ATTO I saw maximum speeds of 525 MB/sec writes and 567 MB/sec reads on block sizes over 64K. The aluminum case works well as a heatsink. When transferring 200GB of files the case did get slightly warm showing that it works. I would recommend this for an external drive. Much better than several cheaper ones I have.

If you're shopping by price you could probably do better. That's fine. I've had good luck with OWC enclosures so I grabbed one of these for the MANY redundant backups I keep. Old spinning disc drives still have some value, maybe not as fast but in a worst-case scenario I don't care about speed. Used DriveDX to find a decent 2TB drive from the pile and put it in, no issues. It's all probably for naught but all it took was a single external drive enclosure somehow killing a HDD and itself so I stick with brands that haven't failed me. That event over a decade ago has driven home the importance of regular, redundant backups on trusted hardware. Never again. This is made of typical extruded aluminum body, basic construction and assembly, nothing special. Vented end looks pretty, comes with a decent cable. Not sure what the max speeds are but I'll post a screenshot of BlackMagic with Seagate Barracuda 2.5" 5400 RPM HDD. Your results may be higher with an SSD? This is plugged directly into the back of an M2 Mac Mini via TB cable. Long story short: I'll be plugging this in at regular intervals for backups, bus powered, probably not a speed demon but does the job.

Had Samsung SSD drives in both. What are the chances that both enclosures fail within a couple weeks? As always OWC warranty process is a joke, waste of time and the out of pocket cost enormous. Just simpler to go with a different brand.

For anybody buying this product expecting the adapter dongle with it … YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED. It was not the only reason I bought this product but it added weight to why I chose this over others. This is the one of the responses after going back and forth many times with OWC. “Since 2022, the Mercury Elite Pro mini has only included a USB-C to USB-C cable, and the USB-C to USB-C cable with USB-A adapter is no longer included with the purchase.” The official OWC website used to state it has it included (until I’m mentioned it) but unfortunately on amazon’s website the dongle is still “part” of the product … Why they have not changed it yet I do not know … Anyhow, It is a good product but I could only imagine buying the more expensive ones and finding out that this adapter is missing … I know I would be livid.

Muy sólidas. La conexión tipo C es firme. El aluminio mantiene pasivamente fresco el disco. Desde un disco externo montado en esta carcasa arranco y ejecuto OS X Mavericks perfectamente con una MacBook Pro 2012. Cambié la unidad interna por una SSD y le instalé una versión del macOS reciente. Así puedo ejecutar programas antiguos y recientes a mi conveniencia. Las carcasas de plástico de los discos externos Toshiba o Seagate son muy inferiores. Voy a cambiarlos todos a las de aluminio de OWC.

Ottimo case, si integra benissimo al design del Mac mini. Consigliato.

Super boîtier . Un peu cher mais vaut son prix .

Easy to use and setup. Solid metal body. Recommended

Im Betrieb mit einer 8 TB großen Samsung SSD 870 QVO an einem Mac Mini M4 zeigen sich keinerlei Besonderheiten, der Zugriff erfolgt zuverlässig und die Geschwindigkeitswerte sind im zu erwartenden Rahmen. Optisch ist das Gehäuse nicht meine erste Wahl, aber die Qualität stimmt und das ist eben der entscheidende Punkt.