SABRENTM.2 NVMe Enclosure, Tool Free NVMe and SATA, 10Gbps External SSD Enclosure, Reusable Thermal Pad, Compatible with 2230 2242 2260 2280 (EC-SNVE)

Easy installation, so small it will fit inside your blaser pocket.Hard Drives are looking sleeker these days.For a more permanent fixture you could velcro it to your desk in stealth mode.Material wise iam sure it aluminum gun metal grey type finish.As mentioned on tools need for installation or removal of nvme drive.The drive fits snug,the instructions are clear and straight forward. I also do believe theres software that needs to be downloaded and installed. (I've yet to do that.)

Fitted with a cheap 512GB M.2 and connected with a USB C 3.2 gen 2x2, 20Gbps cable into a Thunderbolt 4 port, and got a great result in CrystalDiskMark. Trying various cables and ports, the speed is highly dependant on the quality and speed of cable, and the type of USB port you connect to. I got better results from a 0.5M generic brand 20Gbps/240W cable than from the short cable included with the enclosure. Don't use a SATA M.2, they are too slow. I went for a slightly better than the cheapest NVMe, with a speed of 2150/1600 MB/s. Thermals seem good, no overheating apparent so far.

It works as you would think, slot your nvme and interface using usb c . Simple plug and play. When I did a 400gb write to a 500gb drive I saw temps in excess of 70 degrees c. The drive didn't throttle but if you're going to use this consistently then it's not good for drive health long term. I added an additional NVMe thermal pad and temps maxed out in the mid to high 50s never hitting 60 in the same stress test. I feel the enclosure is solid and the nvme is held down securely. I've seen people complain that it is too hard to move the knob but they are underestimating the importance of fastening down the drive.

This works really nicely. I have a few 2280 form factor SSDs, and with moving to a new PC it meant I didn't have as many motherboard slots to install them. Plus with an SSD upgrade I could consolidate some of the data. Most importantly I could get the data I needed from my 0% lifespan remaining SSD (go figure how the 0% works).Worked with my NVMe and M.2 SSDs. The little latch (in place of a screw) can be a little fiddly, finger size dependent, but it works well enough to secure the SSD in place.Included USB-C cable is short, but wouldn't want it too long anyway for most circumstances. The casing is a tool-less design so keeps excess fiddling low.I consider something like this as a handy thing to have rather than something in constant use. It is small enough to carry around if inclined.

Great little enclosure. I used it to transfer my documents from my old pc ( nvme gen.3 ) to my new one (nvme gen.4 ) after I had installed the graphics card and blocked the spare nvme port. It comes with a usb-c cable so it was pretty quick. Good build quality and worked right out of the box.

Brilliant

Excellent took just two seconds to set up

Brilliant case comes with short c to c usb cable blue light shows activity.Has small catch to hold memory can be a little awkward to set so memory stays in place but only a minor issue highly recommended product