ORICO Aluminum M.2 NVME & SATA SSD Enclosure, USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C 10Gbps to M-Key & B+M Key Solid State Drive External Enclosure Storage up to 4TB for 2230 2242 2260 2280 SSDs-M2PJM

Works well for imaging to a new drive.Using the included screw as per instictions will not allow chip to touch the hear sink. Must install opposite way to achieve.Top plastic cover falls off as its not latched. Have to tape shut.Neither of those matter if just imaging a new drive. If using as permanent housing for spare storage there are better options due to the needed mods.

YEARS LATER EDIT: turns my negative experience wasn't due to the enclosure at all: i was unfortunately struck by not 1 but TWO problems: the now-fixed USB 3 bug on recent AMD hardware & a bad SSD that was since RMA'd. the rest of the positives of this review still stand up to time, but i no longer have the enclosure.this device seems like the ideal M.2 enclosure: RTL9210B chip supporting both NVME & SATA SSDs (supports all relevant M.2 socket keying). USB Type-C supporting 3.1 Gen 2, a good mounting mechanism, and a reasonably effective (and slick looking) heatsink case. they even give you 2 different high-quality cables: C-to-C & C-to-A. the enclosure kept my SSD between 35C idle, up to about 55C under sustained load. a bit warm, but overall would be ok for an external that's intended be used mostly for bulk transfers & backup. sustained transfer rates regularly hit 280 MB/s (Gen 1). my SATA M.2 SSD topped out at 330 MB/s over Gen 2.however, after getting a replacement for my first unit, the second unit suffers the exact same issue. after some time, the enclosure's performance falls off a cliff (usually to KB/s or zero). disk write errors/failures show up in the Windows event logs & the unit won't recover until being unplugged/replugged. it will then frequently reoccur after just a few minutes of data transfers. i tried all manner of troubleshooting: every USB port (via hub, front & on back of motherboard), different cables, multiple computers, updating my chipset drivers, updating my motherboard BIOS, updating my SSD firmware. everything i could think of.the end result: the design of the enclosure appears unable to cope with the thermal demands of even moderately sustained usage. it appears as though even the much cooler running RTL9210B bridge chip will still overheat using this design. i've come to this conclusion for a few reasons:1) the bridge chip does gets hot to the touch during sustained high-performance use. this seems to just be SSD heat at first blush, but popping open the case immediately after a long transfer, it's immediately apparent the enclosure's electronics are potentially too hot.2) the unit never has any trouble with USB 2.0 transfers. hours-long transfers at USB 2.0 speeds (~30-50 MB/s) have not triggered the issue.3) short high-speed transfers only rarely trigger the issue. almost never if the unit has been idle/unplugged for a while.4) the issue was significantly delayed by better thermal testing: placing a square of the included silicone thermal pad on the controller delayed the onset of the problem noticeably. taping the entire unit down to a block of aluminum i have (for crafting; long story) further delayed the problem for several hours under high load (and on a hot day).in conclusion, this enclosure will function mostly reliably for use-cases where short bursts of large files need transferring. but if your use-case is a backing up over a TB of data in a single transaction, it's just going to overheat on you.

They have a solid aluminum case which I ordered to replace this one. I paid $33 for this clear plastic one so the aluminum case sounds like a better detail on build quality alone. The M.2 I have in the case runs extremely hot, hot enough that its warmer than some hand warmers I have used, so the other metal case may help dissipate the heat better in turn likely helping performance. The blue light on the board is sort of helpful, but is way too bright to have sitting on your desk, even in the daytime.

Snapped it together in less than ten minutes, tested copying from ssd and hdd, with obvious results being that ssds are faster. Duh. Plugged it into my phone and watched a few random episodes of high def video with no issues.Super handy portable affordable storage, if you can find a good deal on a big nvme ssd.Only issue I've come across is the blue metal heatsink plate gets pretty hot while copying to or from. Not quite "burn you" hot, but it'll get your attention if you touch it. Not a likely fire hazard. 👍

Normally I would say the reviews I saw for this are boomer bs. However for once they were spot on for once. Buuut for the cost the issue is easily fixed. Just place the externals heatsink on top of a large metal object with a high surface area. Like your PC's case. Then just put a small weight or attach via gaffers tape.I'm docking two stars just cause they could have made the heatsink just a bit better. Like make it actually come into physical contact with the drive.I still have no idea why they give thermal paste with this as the contact space tween the built in heatsink and an nvme is way too big. If you used it the paste would melt and go alllll over your nvme and ruin it.

This is the one to get if you do computer work. It fits both types of nvme.

This was a great purchase! I used a 2 TB drive and it is so fast I can hardly believe it.

This review is on japanese version of PS5. Combined with Samsung 970 evo plus 2TB, this enclosure can be used as an external storage at USB-C port on PS5. For example, "Control" and "Sword Art Online Alicization Lycoris" are installed in the ssd, and are playable without any problems.The enclosure is also made to use at USB-A port by replacing attached cables. However, at USB-A ports on back panel, it is recognized as an unformatteble storage by PS5.I have failed to use my PS4 external storage on PS5. However, by using this, lack of storage capacity for PS4 software was temporally resolved.After recovery from PS5's Rest Mode, I found an external storage error which tells possibility of storage damage caused by unsafe removal of external storage. I recommend that connection between PS5 and an external storage should be closed safely at Setting--->Storage just before PS5's Rest Mode. Then I found no error message about external storage.