I've found this deal with Top Deal Badge on Amazon.
SUITABLE FOR PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD: ORICO M.2 to USB enclosure only for NVMe M-Key M.2 SSD (PCIe-based) up to 2 TB, applicable to sizes 2230 / 2242 / 2260 / 2280 SSDs, ORICO PCIe NVMe case does not support M.2 SATA based SSDs, M.2 PCIe AHCI SSDs, and any SSD from Mac.
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Thanks. Used my $5 ebay plus code on it :)
Two concerns on the eBay listing:
i bought a few of thes before and both cables USB-C to USB-A and USB-C to USB-C came in the box with with each one like where it shows both cables next to each other in one of the pictures on the product page 5th picture down
Must be a different listing. The listing in the comment above has USB-A to USB-C cable only.
Package including:
1 X SSD Case
1 X USB Type-A to Type-C Cable
@megadeth: reading "About this item" 1st paragraph at the end of the paragraph
"Included USB-C to USB-C and USB-C to USB-A cables, works with USB-C/USB-A hosts."
and at the bottom of the page where it shows comparisons with other enclosures
"Cable Included C to A/C to C"
its in line with the same enclosures as these i got that have both 20cm long cables included in the box the cables are not very long so you might or might not need longer cables i just let them hang from the usb slots in mid air
@BargainWizard: I was talking about the ebay listing above, the Amazon item in this bargain does have both cables but for $5 more.
@megadeth: oic i got mine from ebay too but not from that same seller and according to the descriptions its exactly the same product but i cant be 100% sure they come with both cables from that seller you would have to message them
I just received a M.2 NGFF SSD M2PF-C3 Model which is a USB 3.1 Gen 1 and doesn't support even the M.2 NVME SSD, your concerns were valid in my case of getting what you described from the eBay listing.
Had this quite a while now, works well, never had an issue.
Fwiw I bought this a few weeks ago, and couldn't get it to show up over usb 3.1 gen 2 type a on two different motherboards. Usb 3.0 worked fine at ~400MBps.
It's possible that a firmware update or different cable might fix it, but 3.0 is fast enough for me for the moment.
Just as an FYI, I bought this a few weeks back too and am getting full 10Gbps (~970MB/s max) speeds using the USB-C 3.2 gen 2 port on my MSI X570 motherboard .
Could this be used for external storage on an xbox? And can anyone suggest a reasonably priced ssd that is compatible?
Yes, I’ve been using this for a couple of years on my Xbox Series X (and One X before that). I have an Intel 550 1Tb inside it (I had this spare from a laptop).
Super fast transfers when moving games back and forth, to the point that I question people buying the proprietary storage upgrade. A hundred Gb game can be moved in just a few minutes.
Super fast running non-X/S games from it too, indistinguishable from internal storage.
Only issue I’ve had is that it doesn’t always wake up with the Xbox (perhaps 50% off the time) meaning I have to unplug it and plug it back in to appear. I haven’t been able to pinpoint why and YMMV. Despite this, I’ve never had any game or save data corruption, it’s reliable in that regard and has never randomly disconnected.
Are there any good ones for 4TB drives?
I bought two months ago, and this one is great. A 4Gb movie transferred in about 4sec.
GB Aorus m.2 ssd in the PC, to some Lenovo m.2 ssd in this enclosure. I was using a Baseus usb c to c 100W cable at the time, on linux mint 21.1.
I’m still waiting for my 1TB SSD to arrive for my steam deck I’m tempted to get one of these to clone my existing 64GB SSD.
Thanks for letting us know.
The enclosure has cooling fins, does the heat dissipation work well? The plastic case I have gets very hot.
Yes it's good at cooling, there's a thermal pad supplied, the lid has fins and it's aluminium the rest of the case is plastic. The temperature of it gets warm to pretty warm, however the SSD itself is what will dictate how hot it'll get. Fast SSD run hot, slower ones not.
I'm not disappointed in buying a couple of these to try with the spare SSD I have from laptop upgrades. I won't be buying a usb flash drive again, they're frustratingly slow and small.
It's refreshing having say, 256gb m.2, and similar now taking their place. I couldn't go back.
I first thought about only getting the 40Gbps version and I'm glad I didn't, it's over kill, if I'm going to have fast SSD's they're going to be in the PC not in an enclosure.
Unless you put the thermal pad on the controller part of SSD, and with that thermal pad, there is no gap to the metal part of the case, you won't get great cooling performance. However:
You could pay more to get better ones (they tend to be slightly larger). However, to be honest, I generally don't put great SSDs in USB 3.2 gen 2 enclosures. USB 3.2 gen 2 is PCIe gen 3 x2 only.
The deal is on again, just bought it after refunding the eBay one which wasn't the same model that arrived.
Same here… the eBay guy was a time-waster…
A few cents cheaper on Ebay and includes free postage for what it's worth.
If an Ebayplus member costs $20.96 with code which shows below item (on my account at least).