SSK M.2 NVME SATA SSD Enclosure Adapter, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) to NVME PCI-E SATA M-Key/(B+M) Key Solid State Drive External Enclosure Aluminum Support UASP Trim for SSDs 2242/2260/2280

First off, the packaging is top notch. Two cardboard shells offered protection from our gorilla-like USPS employees we all have in our communities. Outer housing isn't some cheap aluminum, it's got some serious thickness (1.2mm / .050") to it. The thickness will undoubtedly help carry heat away from the NVME chips. The housing slides over the NVME and there are no fasteners required to keep it in place, but there are 2 countersunk screws provided if you do choose to use them. Fit and finish are spot on. My previous NVME adapter you had to dismantle with 2 screws and it was a pain. Inside there's a bit of wise mechanics. There's a plastic lever that pushes up on the back of the circuit board that holds the NVME, it pushes upwards so the SSD seats against the housing. Using the included heat tape is a must. The only thing I'd like to see is additional pieces of heat tape. A blue indicator light flashes when there's activity hooked up to your PC.A tiny phillips screwdriver is also supplied. Overall this is a very nice piece of kit. On future versions, I'd like to see a blind screw hole to keep extra screws and brass sockets, as I had to use an unused circuit board hole to keep the unused (extra) screws and brass sockets from getting lost. This is going to go in a mobile kit that's going to see a lot of service calls.

Can't beat the value! Works well. Bought a second one.The tight fit can make it a bit fiddly to insert into the enclosure (the thermal pad drags).No problem as I'll use this adapter mostly for testing SSD's, only occasionally for backups, so I generally won't bother to insert the SSD and adapter into the aluminum enclosure. Also, I want to cool the SSD directly with a fan.Regarding temps, with the SSD installed on the adapter board, but NOT enclosed, I measured temps with an IR temp meter during large image file transfers. A 5" fan brought the hottest part of the SSD down to 95*F (was 160*F with NO fan). I haven't measured temps with the adapter installed in the aluminum enclosure.Nice product!

Overall quite happy with this housing. The housing itself is solid and comes with a heat strip for the SSSD. The fit is snug when assembled and there's no rattling at all.Testing transfer speeds on a Linux machine over USB3 provided proper results. USB3 maxes out at 5Gib/s (around 600MB/s), so this is right on target. The housing is definitely not a bottleneck for speed.Sequential 1M - 966.25MB/s Read & 585.93MB/s WriteSequential 128k - 799.22MB/s Read & 531.95MB/s WriteDuring the end of the heavy load testing, I checked the heat of the housing using infrared. It measured at 106.5F (41C) which is quite cool for an external drive under load.Would definitely recommend this to others.

I got this to clone my existing m.2 SATA drive to a larger one. The hardware works fine, no issues with Windows 10. However, it reports its own hardware information, which means you can't use the license-included WD-specific True Image cloning software, as it can't find any WD (SanDisk) hardware. I used a demo version of Macrium and it just worked. Tech support said you can use the license-included software with m.2 drives only if the internal drive is the new one, or you have two m.2 slots. Maybe you can put your old drive in this thing and set the PC up to boot from that, with the new drive in the internal slot, is didn't think of that before using Macrium. Seems like tech support should have suggested that. Also, SSD tech support is separate from HD tech support, don't waste time on the HD version, they will just tell you to look at SanDisk support.

Excellent, compact and easy to use aluminum enclosure with good heat transfer between an m.2 SSD and the case. It also has a nice hefty feel vs plastic although that's purely subjective. Comes with extra mounting hardware for the device and both a Type A to Type C and a Type C to Type C short (about 8"each) cable. A (blue) LED illuminates a good sized chevron that lets you know it's connected and that blinks during data transfer.The case can get hot with larger capacity/higher speed M.2's which means it is transferring heat from the memory device to the outer case where it can dissipate away. Some people will downgrade this as though it's a bad thing, but a hot case just means it's working/doing its job to transfer heat away from your device. The case is lightly textured aluminum, but flat on both sides, so if the surface temperature is too much of an issue, you can figure out how to mount an exterior heat sink with a thermal pad or some thermal paste.I'm just using mine as externally mounted local storage on a NAS for my Roon music server's database, so I'm only housing a 128Gig M.2 that I need to connect via a USB 3.2 and it stays on the high side of warm to the touch. So far every negative review I have read is complaining about either an incorrect assumption of what they received and how it works or a misunderstanding of high capacity and/or high speed solid state storage thermal characteristics.This is an excellent, elegantly designed product that does what it is supposed to and comes complete with necessary hardware including a small screwdriver for the one screw and standoff to mount the memory and if desired, a second screw to lock the case. It's the top seller for a reason, despite not being the lowest cost. Buy it and stop agonizing over the huge number of other products out there.