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ASUS ROG Strix Arion ESD-S1C USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C M.2 NVMe SSD RGB Enclosure $59.20 + Delivery @ Wireless1

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ASUS ROG Strix Arion ESD-S1C USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C M.2 NVMe SSD RGB Enclosure

USB-C™ 3.2 Gen 2 for speeds of up to 10 Gbps
Supports M.2 PCIe NVM Express® SSD with 2230/2242/2260/2280 form factor
Innovative, easy-to-use screwdriver-free installation
Aluminum alloy case and thermal pads deliver aggressive heat dissipation
Exclusive hanging protective holder included
Dual USB-C to C and USB-C to A cables included
Futuristic design features ASUS Aura Sync lighting effects
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  • Dubious speculation on 17/11/2021 - 17:47
    +4

    Nice enclosures, I've got both and use them for video editing.

    But really if you know your workflow requires something this fast you're better off springing for a thunderbolt or usb 4 enclosure. Otherwise a Samsung t5/t7 is better value per GB.

    • Buz1986 on 17/11/2021 - 17:51

      Any suggestions on Thunderbolt enclosures?

      • Dubious speculation on 17/11/2021 - 17:58
        +2

        The ACASIS Thunderbolt 3 USB 4.0 enclosure has good reviews and works well with M1 thunderbolt.

      • Filename on 17/11/2021 - 18:09

        Thunderbolt 3 (40 gbps) enclosures start around the $100 mark. I've had the Wavlink model off Amazon for a couple years now, works great. A 10gbps USB enclosure will bottleneck all but the lowest-end NVMe drives. Anything >1,200 MB/sec is wasted on USB until 4.0 becomes common.

        • Dubious speculation on 17/11/2021 - 18:12

          Exactly, I'm using sn750's in these and the max it ever reaches is 900MB/s.

      • netsurfer on 17/11/2021 - 19:35
        +2

        It's not a good idea to go for Thunderbolt 3 enclosures now unless getting the most out of Thunderbolt 4 is not something you care or will care about (or you expect no new chipset being available for TB4 devices for quite some time).

        If USB-C 3.2 gen 2, 2x2 is a mess, then Thunderbolt 3 and 4 aren't exactly much better either. USB 4, unfortunately is going to be a standard that's going to confuse people (since technically 20Gbps is sufficient to get the USB 4 tick). If what we are seeing from first gen USB-C 3.2 gen 2x2 is any indication, USB-C 4 isn't going to great unless we get a newer gen of chipset.

        As for why it is not worthwhile to get a TB3 enclosure now is because the chipsets are PCIe gen 3 based. That's why the maths doesn't really work out (40Gbps, yeah right… do the maths yourself, it is 20Gbps out of the chipset in the enclosure). All these you need a TB3 external SSDs for videos is mostly BS. If you really have that type of workload, 2TB external SSD simply isn't going to cut it. You would need 10TB+ storage, which means that you would need NAS or HDD based solution. Otherwise, you are mostly getting one to run a benchmark app to keep you happy. Also, a lot of TB3 enclosures have compatibility issues with quite a number of NVMe SSDs.

        So the TB3 / DP 1.2 vs DP 1.4 BS is now forgotten by most people. Let's see how TB4 / DP 1.4 vs DP 2.0 will turn out. And, all these support this or that can both get you TB4 isn't really in the best interest of consumers. Clearly, we are getting first gen TB4 right now. Apple and Intel will get away with it once again. All they need to do is release a flashy new gen of CPUs and people forget the dodgy TB3 / USB-C alt-mode mess.

        If you are a Pro and have TB3 enclosure(s), that's mainly because you can afford them and work easily cover the cost.

        • Larsson on 17/11/2021 - 21:59

          Okay so actually just been looking at this for the last 3-4 days and research is killing me. I hate Intel for making thunderbolt such a mess.

          My question is tho, is this one compatible with USB 3.1 Gen2? I can't find any info on it online and neither about the bridge chip it uses.

          Also sorta get where you are coming from saying most people don't need TB3 and if you do you probably are using 10TB+ so this is irrelevant. But I guess I am an edge case where I can spring for a bit of a luxury and just want to best performance out of the 1TB Samsung 970 EVO plus I picked up from the previous deals and planing to pick a 2TB too and use them as hot swappable.
          Problem is tho, TB3 enclosures are generally not backwards compatible with USB 3.1 Gen2 which is what my 2018 iPad uses so the Sabrent TB3 enclosure doesn't work at all, despite it performing pretty good on my MacBook Pro. (Tho nowhere near even 20Gbps which realistically what TB3 can do by default for data and that's theoretically, even worse in real wold peformance+ the chip quality. WHY INTEL??? WHY ?)

          Basically looking for an enclosure that's going to be compatible with both iPad but give me the best speeds on TB3 and above devices for future so I can sort out fast external storage for media and back-ups once and for all.

          Any advice? Recommendations?

      • Larsson on 17/11/2021 - 22:03

        I just got the Sabrent one, TB3 only. It performs well. No where near TB3 advertised speed, because guess what that is total theoretical bandwidth, which halfves to 20Gbps for data and oh btw did we mention that's also not real world, that takes it down to 12Gbps max.

        But that said, it's not Sabrent's fault and it's the Intels stupid standards as I understand it and that enclosure still performs significantly better than all other non-TB3 ones. about double the speed at squential read and write. I got about 1600MB/s. which is pretty great apparently lol.

        Just make sure you are aware it will only and only work with TB3, and not any other USB standard like 3.2 or 3.1 of any Gen whatever.

    • Diji1 on 17/11/2021 - 18:02

      It seems like a better idea for video would be to either attach them to PCIe or buy 10G LAN for file transfers - which granted is ~$450 or so if you buy the cheapest switch that does more or less full speed transfers and two network cards.

      • Dubious speculation on 17/11/2021 - 18:09
        +1

        In the studio yes 10 gig lan is good to have in every machine, but you may need external editing storage for on the go.

  • beatsntoons on 17/11/2021 - 17:59
    +3

    Great price. I bought the same for $79 from Amazon in September.

  • evol on 17/11/2021 - 19:08
    +6

    Took a while to decipher the title and figure out what this actually was haha…

  • dfg555 on 17/11/2021 - 19:56
    +1

    good to put as a multiboot troubleshooting drive; e2b, ventoy or sergei strelec.

    • Diji1 on 17/11/2021 - 23:00
      +2

      Buy lodd instead. It's a SATA III enclosure that you can choose any ISO to boot from using display or mount up to four virtual disks. Incredibly useful for recovery, troubleshooting or having a bunch of live CDs like Qubes Whonix

      $87 for iodd2531

      $120 for iodd2541 (has encryption keypad)

      Aliexpress or you buy from Amazon for more.

      • kimlo on 17/11/2021 - 23:54

        With the IOD drives, can this emulate a bootable Windows USB? For example can I have an ISO of 64 bit Windows 10, 32bit, and have one format for MBR/CSM mode and one in GPT/UEFI?

        And then have another ISO for things like Memtest, a linux live environment, etc? Right now I have like 15 usbs I use for different purposes, if this could replace most of those it's easily worth it to me.

      • MuadDib on 18/11/2021 - 12:43

        i need to revisit qubes. last time i tried to use qubes whonix on a usb portable drive i had problems with it. installed fine but would somehow stop working properly.
        can you also create partitions on these things and write to them if i wanted to have an isntalled qubes whonix?

        edit: yeah it can be used as seperate partition too

  • beastontheroad on 17/11/2021 - 20:00
    +1

    Thanks now I have three of them :)

  • Ostrich on 17/11/2021 - 20:40

    Been waiting for a sale again on these, go well with new gigabyte nvme i just bought. Thx OP

  • valleyrain on 17/11/2021 - 20:58

    It’s not the lowest ever price. It has been $49. Including delivery it was 58.90.

  • CalmLemons on 17/11/2021 - 21:14
    +2

    This or just get a samsung t5/t7?

    • Dubious speculation on 18/11/2021 - 00:01

      Honestly I would get the Samsungs. Unless you really value upgradeability and higher capacities, then this is better.

  • dvstec on 18/11/2021 - 08:56

    Oh man, just bought this yesterday…

  • DarkRevan on 18/11/2021 - 10:56

    My SSD died using this 😢

  • JiGaXD on 18/11/2021 - 11:25

    Noob question, but could anyone please explain what the benefit of this is over a cheapo generic USB 3.2 M.2 NVMe enclosure?

    I get that it's ASUS branded and might have better build quality and the RGB lights look nice, but I could potentially get a generic version for less than half the price of this.

    • Larsson on 18/11/2021 - 12:09

      Cheapo as in? They are all about the same price… Cheapest USB3.2 Gen2(x1) I saw was $55 on Amazon. And even more expensive for USB 3.2 Gen2(x2) Send me a link and I can let you know.

      You might be looking at USB3.2 Gen1(x1) which is 5gbps, this is double that. (Theoretical speeds)

      • JiGaXD on 18/11/2021 - 14:15

        Was looking at eBay and found something like this:
        https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/373283482600?hash=item56e96debe8…

        According to them it's 10gbps too

        • Larsson on 18/11/2021 - 15:16
          +1

          hmm yes, it does seem to suggest it is 10Gbps. I guest it comes down to no brand name, it's a bit of a gamble. Sounds like there are 2-3 bridge chips and that's about it so likely could be using one of those so could be fine. But at the same time I don't know board design enough to say if the individual board design could make a difference.

          So I guess just about taking the no brand name risk…

          • JiGaXD on 18/11/2021 - 15:49
            +1

            @Larsson: Thanks for the input. Looking at it again, it looks like there's a "no screwdriver" design for the ASUS one and it also takes "B+M Key" which the eBay one doesn't…and it also has some LED lights lol.

            Also found something from Orico for less too (have previously bought from SATA SSD enclosures from them that worked well): https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005002636272068.html

  • dimitryp on 18/11/2021 - 11:33

    thats a lot of words to say "ssd enclosure" :)

  • RichardL on 18/11/2021 - 21:10

    $55 Delivered @ Amazon AU

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