mSATA to USB 3.0 5GBPS SSD Aluminum Housing External Enclosure Adapter Case with USB Mirco-B Interface for mSATA Internal Solid State Drive Hard Drive (mSATA to USB3.0(Grey))

I purchased the USB 3.0 version of this enclosure. While the price and aesthetics are good, unfortunately the functionality is not. My old laptop SSD regularly sees R/W speeds of 500+mb/s when installed internally (via 6GBps SATA III). When the SSD is installed in this enclosure, I expected R/W speeds in the 400mb/s range because of USB 3.0 being capped at 5GBps. This was not entirely the case though.On a test file transfer to the SSD, I saw fast write speeds of 400+mb/s for about the first 5 seconds, then they dropped off to 30MB/s and wouldn’t budge. I couldn’t figure why it was going so slow. I decided to try a different USB port, but when I went to move the drive, the enclosure was VERY HOT to the touch! Alarmed, I looked at the drive temp using CrystalDiskInfo and it was 63°C and climbing!! That is not safe temperature for an SSD!!My best guess is that the controller used in this board is lower quality and heats up way too quickly. That in turn heats up the already warming drive. Poor thermal dissipation from the enclosure doesn’t help either. This heat causes the drive (or controller) to throttle the speeds in an attempt to control the heat.My recommendation is to stay away from this particular enclosure if you care about your SSD. I will be returning this enclosure and looking for an alternative.

Build quality is pretty good, and assembly is fine (they even give you a tiny, if not cheap screwdriver), but I was pretty disappointed by the speed. Overall I'm getting 300-350mbps (not to be confused with MB/s) on a drive that is capable of more than ten times that. I know it's not the enclosure, since it worked fine with another enclosure, and on the plus side this SHOULD prevent the drive from overheating (it stays nice and cool, compared to other enclosures), but at those speeds I may as well have purchased a device with a USB 2.0 interface, and not the USB 3/3.1 interface that this unit advertises. On the plus side the USB C connector doesn't feel flimsy like most micro-USB connectors seem to, though I'm skeptical on it actually being USB C.Overall it's OK for the price, as long as you're alright with having relatively poor speeds. If you already have a large mSATA drive and don't care about speed this is a good buy, but if you were considering buying this and an mSATA drive you might as well just buy a big flash drive. I do like the slim form factor, but will probably be looking for a better enclosure elsewhere.

Install was fast. They include a couple of extra standoffs to install if you want to use the short form factor. Hopefully you have an arbor press or a vice handy.After installing, I plugged the drive into my Macbook only to find that the drive would reset every 10 seconds or so. Completely unusable. Being an engineer I began examining the device more closely, and found a series of basically unsoldered through-hole pins on the USB-C connector (photo attached). This is pretty basic stuff, y'all.I don't know why I keep buying cheap crap on Amazon, only to get burned again and again. Buy on B&H or somewhere actually reputable.

I bought this to rescue the drive from my old Samsung Portable SSD T3. The enclosure for that drive failed, but the drive itself was still working. I swapped the mSATA unit from the T3 enclosure to this one and am very happy with it. The performance is actually greater in this enclosure than it was with the original one from Samsung. I get ~400 MB/s sustained write with the drive in this enclosure with BitLocker turned on.The drive gets hot, but no hotter than it did in the original enclosure. This is just a consequence of these types of high-performance SSDs.I was happy that the enclosure came as a kit complete with screws, adapter stand offs and screws (for the shorter type drives) and even a small screwdriver. Unfortunately there are no included instructions. I guess you’re expected to already understand these things when purchasing the enclosure. I do, but others may not and have to enlist the help of a knowledgeable computer enthusiast.

I would give this case 5 stars if it weren't for the heat issue.I wanted to convert the mSata drive from my old laptop into an external drive.There aren't a whole lot of options for mSata enclosures, I guess because mSata was quickly superseded by M.2.The enclosure is very nice looking and well made. Comes with probably the fanciest looking USB-C to USB3-A cable I've ever seen.The performance is great. I could read from my old SSD at 345MB/sec, which is faster than it was in the laptop. I'm using Windows 10.However, the enclosure seems to be running a heat deficit and eventually overheats.Mine got so hot that Windows ejected it. I was wondering that happened until I touched it, and it was really hot.I've worked around this by placing mine on a block of metal that's about the size of a deck of cards.Now the case and the lump of metal are just warm to the touch. Problem solved, but a little awkward.

I ended up with a mSATA drive with no home. None of my old computers could use it, so I purchased this jewel. It had a couple of very small screws and a little screw driver. I mounted the drive into the enclosure end plugged it into my old laptop (which has an expansion slot with a USB3.0 port in it). No drivers to load. The drive was recognized perfectly and I initialized and formatted it. Now I am enjoying a couple of virtual machines running on it across that USB 3.0 interface.Bonus: Having the drive plugged in somehow fixed my old ThinkPad X220 Tablet Touchscreen issue. I have Windows 10 on this tablet and it has been a great deal of trouble with the ghost touches on the screen. Now that I have my mSATA plugged in that problem went away. Very strange indeed, but I am very happy about this!

I don't have actual numbers but this adapter boots into linux twice as fast as my old open design Startac adapter.I like the design and it's very compact.Be careful, the screws are tiny! Screwdriver was included.

Great product. Comes with suitable USB cable, which also powers it.One niggle. No instructions how to open. I unscrewed all four screws (two each end) and still couldn't get into it.Back to this webpage and look at the graphics. Confirms what I thought, but couldn't do it. So I got the USB cable and tried plugging it into the USB receptor, that freed the innard enough that I could get in.Just plugged my old (dead) laptop's SSD into it and reformatted. Now I have a 500GB portable SSD. Great.

Arrived and I had it set up and formatted within minutes. The case is well built and the aluminum casing has a great high quality feel to it. The drive was easy to fit into the slot and its something that even non techies will find a breeze. Now I have a fancy little SSD external drive for use when gigging that I can put my Rekordbox playlists on.

sleek and compact, very easy to use (just slot the SSD in and screw in the four little screws with the included screwdriver). was cheaper than other options. I kinda wish they included cable (a standard hard drive cable) was a match the form factor of the casing, but it's a minor quibble.

Easy to install, no driver required, plug and play USB 3 external storage using a Kingston mSATA SSD. The metal case help cool down the drive