NVMe USB Enclosure: RTL9210 Vs ASM2362 Vs JMS583

ratoloko on 16/11/2020 - 00:17

Hi guys,

Long story short, I have a Silicon Power 1TB (SU001TBP34A80M28UA) to be used as external storage but I never had much luck with it and recently I found out why.

My enclosure is an ElecGear NV-i9 which I found out to be the root cause of my headaches because of the chipset JMS583.
I was using it on my One X before and dang, the enclosure gets very very hot way more than the expected, the console would freeze, act weird since I install my games into the external storage for portability reasons.
Using with a computer, the performance is just as bad :(

Very recently I found out that there 3 chipsets in the market and by checking Amazon and eBay:

  • JMS583: 90% maybe
  • ASM2362: 7% maybe
  • RTL9210: 3%

RTL9210 seems to be the best one, but hard to find.
No less important, it is hard to trust the reviews because you get users that don't know much, do everything by the book, etc.

I didn't spend $180 on that NVMe which claims R/W up to 3,400/3,000MB/s to be left in the drawer hahaha
Yes, I know that there are a lot behind "R/W up to 3,400/3,000MB/s" and I am not expecting that with my current hardware.

I found this Asus ROG Strix Arion M.2 NVMe RGB SSD USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 Enclosure for $95.31 [PRIME]
Yes, it might be overkill, my laptop doesn't have USB 3.2, neither does Series X but you are "future proof".
This same enclosure was posted $81.92 back in August here so miracles might happen during Black Friday.
With the Asus ROG Strix Arion, even not so good NVMe got like 800MB/s while Samsung got 1GB/s.

Which enclosure do you have and recommend??

Thanks guys

Computing Hard Drive Enclosure

Comments

  • garetz on 16/11/2020 - 01:13

    I have silverstone which uses the JMS chip which cost about $55, and the arion which uses the asm, the arion in much faster at 50% higher price.
    tested using a 1tb black 750.
    cant find a reputable brand with the RTL9210.

    • ratoloko on 16/11/2020 - 08:53

      If you don't mind, could you please share your ASM model??
      My JMS looks premium, cute little bag, but ordinary hahaha

  • No Username on 16/11/2020 - 09:06

    Also in the same situation. Traveling soon and forgot to buy extra luggage space so now I've got to leave my workstation laptop at home and bring the MacBook Pro. Was planning on buying the Asus ROG Strix Arion M.2 NVMe but the speeds didn't seen too good when paired with the 970 Evo. There's this one "WL-UTE02-A". Speed is 40Gb/s, not sure what chipset and there're lots of complaints about heat.

    A better solution is to get the Asus ROG Strix Arion since it already has a pretty good thermal design and desolder the ASM2362 and replace it with a TPS65983 or JHL7540 to add 40Gb/s capabilities or add the RTL9210 for lower temps.

    • ratoloko on 16/11/2020 - 09:31

      Weird, I am not an Apple fan so I cannot tell much other than anything that involves Apple is a kick in the balls.

      Asus so far seems the best call. It is USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 instead of Thunderbolt, so why you might not be happy with it.

      That WL-UTE02-A seems to have a huge interal heat sink instead of silicone thermal pad so that might explain why the extreme heat.

  • OzByte on 22/05/2022 - 11:31

    I use Orico cases because I find them really good and the transparent plastic ones are super useful to know what drive is inside.

    They were using JMS 580 around 2018 era, for 5gb/s M.2 SATA SSD
    Then they upgraded to JMS 583 in 2019, for 10gb/s M.2 nvme SSD, these seem good
    The latest in 2022 now using Realtek RTL9210, they are calling DUAL PROTOCOL, so SATA + NVME ssd

    I'm not sure if the Realtek chip allows both protocols, but it sounds like it will be the future. Orico are generally cutting edge.

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