Qwiizlab Fanless 40Gbps USB4 Thunderbolt External SSD Enclosure with Aluminum Heat Sink Chasiss, Supports M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD up to 8TB (SSD Not Included)

It was a breeze to install my Samsung 990Pro 2Tb NVME M.2 SSD inside this enclosure. I needed it to expand the memory of my 2025 Mac Studio. They include small screwdrivers needed to open the enclosure (look inside the box, it might be easy to miss the small plastic containing them). For easier installation including how to properly stick the silicone heat absorbing pads on your SSD, I recommend you follow the YouTube video that Qwiizlab posted on their YouTube page. This was my first time setting up my own external SSD and it was a breeze! I’ve attached photos of the speedtest I did using this external SSD enclosure with my CableMatters thunderbolt 5 cable.By the way, it gets hot during use and even when on standby (which is expected with external SSDs) but never too hot to burn or cause blistering when touched.

I got this to expand the storage on my M4 Mac Mini. Installed with a 2TB WD Black SN770 NVME SSD.I'd wanted to go with the OWC enclosure because of it has the ASM2464PD TB4 controller chip and rave reviews. As fate would have it, the OWC was on back order and the Qwiizlab enclosure (also has ASM2464PD) was in stock and had a coupon code making it much cheaper than the OWC.The enclosure is solid-- metal with passive cooling fins (like OWC) and installing the drive is very straightforward. There is a nice travel pouch in the box, but I have no intention of taking it anywhere.There are a handful of YT videos on how to properly move your Mac's home folder to external storage which I followed. This drive and enclosure work flawlessly. Read/Write speeds average over 3,000 MBs which I believe is on par with or faster than the internal storage of the Mac Mini (I got the 512GB model for only $50 more than the base).I haven't pushed the Mac Mini yet, so I can't speak to how warm the enclosure gets, but currently the Mac Mini is running around 89 degrees F and the enclosure which sits next to it is at 104.Frankly, I think you could go with a slightly slower drive (eg. WD Blue) and save a few bucks as the limitations of the enclosure and interface cap the speed-- which applies to all of these TB4 enclosures. Beyond that, I'm really impressed.

This is what I need, an aluminum portable enclosure without a fan to pair my 1TB Crucial P3 Plus NVMe. The chassis really weighs a lot compared to other cases, but I can still hold it in my palm.Installing an NVMe into the case requires no complicated instructions, and the drive was read immediately upon plugging it into my Mac. It works fine on my Mac mini M1(8GB/256GB) via Thunderbolt 3 (up to 40 Gb/s). It is even compatible with my PS 5 (installed Black Myth: Wukong on the SSD).Tips: as for Mac users (I’m with Sonoma 14.6.1), when you installed a new drive into this enclosure, normally you may see its name as ASMedia 246X in Disk Utility. You need to initialize or format it before use.

Update: Stays a little warm while the system is asleep, but doesn't stay hot like when it's in use. Also doesn't disconnect over long sleep periods like a lot of the other externals I have will, which makes macOS happier about not having a drive removed without ejecting.Original:Does certainly stay warm, regardless of if it's in use or not, but so does all my other NVMe fanless enclosures so that just seems to be the nature of the thing.I'll put a note here for other mac users, I decided to go with the WD_Black 850X to pair with this instead of something cheaper because of the fact it was the most battle tested drive in terms of reviews of happy people using them on macOS. I also have a day 1 850X in my windows system too so felt like it was worth the extra money to have something that has a proven track record rather than paring with a chepaer drive despite this enclusure not being able to harness it's full power.I do think the star screws are a little... pointlessly unstandard? I have a dozen of these types of cases and they all use standard phillips screws except this one, but I guess now I have a tiny star head screwdriver?

I bought 2 of these enclosures, with WD Black SN850X 4tb ssds. It took less than 5 minutes to install the ssd. I ran speed tests and they both fell within my expected speed results (2400 write, 3000 read) on my Mac. One thing to know is that these puppies get REALLY HOT when in use - around 140 degrees F. Even their idle temp is around 115 degrees Fahrenheit. Overall very happy!

I purchased this as an add on to my new 14" M4 MacBook Pro. I selected the Samsung 990Pro 2 TB SSD and fitted it without issue. Measured disk speeds (read and write) with Blackmagic Diskspeed Test were slightly above 3GB/s when connected to the TB4 ports on my MacBook.As always when copying files disk speeds were usually around 1.4GB/s. The unit becomes very warm when copying large files.Pros:1. Easy to set up and well made.2. Achieves stated transfer speeds in disk tests.Cons:1. Heavy and quite large.2. Gets very warm in extended operations.A good option for desk top machines like the Apple Mini, but may be too heavy and large for use with a laptop.

This item was clearly a USED and returned product. It was missing instructions, the usb-c cable, and heat sink pads. Nowhere in the listing did it say it was used. In fact, it said prominently said BRAND NEW. If it's discounted, it is likely a returned product. So, just be aware when you're buying discounted tech. The enclosure itself seems to be working properly. Good think I had substitutes for all the missing parts. Most people would not.

Works great, gets a little warm which means is keeping the NVME temps under control. Transfers are actually faster than my internal Mac drive. Using it to store games and data mostly.