Inateck M.2 NVMe Enclosure, USB 3.2 Gen 2 with 10Gbps Transmission, M.2 SATA and NVMe SSD Supported (2242, 2260, 2280) with USB A to C and USB C to C Cable, Tool-Free, FE2025

Simple, robust - has worked perfectly for a couple of years.It's not mentioned in the description, but this will also accommodate the M.2 2230 form factor drives.Just used it to clone/upgrade Surface 9 Pro OS. The enclosure had zero issues witha PCIe gen 4 drive. Didn't do a speed test, but it seemed pretty quick.

An older (2016) mechanic HDD died and this in conjunction with a Crucial 1TB NVMe SSD was supposed to be a relatively cheap replacement. A "standard" 1TB HDD is less than half the price, but the mentioned combination is much! faster. The Crucial SSD is low cost; I hope that does not mean low life time. Plenty of other modules out there if you want to go for a higher level of guarantee regarding quality ..Instructions for both, the SSD and the enclosure were quite short. The SSD doesn't really need much, it's a 2280 size which fits well into the enclosure and goes in easily, but the enclosure leaflet could have provided some addition info. The enclosure came with a heat sink pad AND an additional metal piece, probably to improve cooling under high load. Other reviews only mention the pad, so this is good and possibly a recent extension; the additional metal piece can well improve the cooling of the actual SSD. Both, pad and metal extension, were protected by plastic wrap and I am pretty sure you have to remove this for optimal performance. This is not obvious and nowhere mentioned in any of the documentation ... beside that, mounting the SSD in the enclosure was no problem.Windows 10 did not immediately mount the setup as an external drive. The enclosure was recognised as a USB device, but not as a drive. You first have to initialise and format it. Search for Disk Management / Create and format Disk Partitions. Make sure you select the correct drive, initialise and format it (probably to NTFS). Select the correct drive! You can reformat your main dive at this step!When the drive is properly formatted it shows up in your file manager and you can access it.On my system read/write speed was around 250MB/s using either USB 3 or C which seems slower than expected but is still more than 10 time faster than my previous drive.

The installation is not 100% easy, as there should be a better description on when/how to use the thermal pad. However, I think it is not needed when using a M.2 SATA device, as they do not generate as much heat. For NVME SSD it is important to use the thermal pad, sticking the side with the hard plastic cover (remove the plastic cover first!) on the plate and the other side (also remove the protection first) on the SSD. I would probably use a thicker copper plate and a thinner thermal pad if I install a NVME SSD in it in the future.I tested the enclosure with my M.2 SATA 850 EVO and it flies! The speed is around 540 MB/s when connected to USB 3.1 Gen 2, very similar to when connected to internal SATA controllers. And TRIM is supported and fully working (NTFS partition, tested with TRIMcheck).The enclosure is thick aluminium with ribs that enhance the heat dissipation. I think it is a good enclosure, with a last generation Realtek bridge.

Good price easy to install M.2 NVME Memory. Added heat pad and plugged in USB C cable.Had to go into Windows control panel and setup the new drive and initialise it.Not used for long but working perfectly so far.Very pleased

I bought this to use when upgrading an internal, smaller drive so I could clone my existing drive prior to swapping over. The new drive came with a WD version of Acronis and the task was about as easy as I could have hoped.The caddy is well built, comes with a variety of cables and needs no screwdriver to put together.The aluminium case with fins keeps the drive temperatures down and being USB3, the transfer rates are nice and high.I’d recommend this to anyone needing something like this.

Some of the issues users reported is that , the silicon pad that is meant to go over the SSD dose not connect with the metal case. Here is a tip , one of the most warm parts of the SSD are the controller chip. The nand flash will not come close to heating up with USB speeds , So cut the silicon pad in half and stack them on top the controller chip. Now it will touch the body of the case and will transfer heat way way better . I was getting speeds of 250+ on usb 3.1 and the SSD was very reasonably cooled. Over all , will buy again , it is good value product.

Many external enclosures cause wifi problems with the Raspberry Pi4, this one does not.I fitted a WD_BLUE SN570 500GB M.2 2280 PCIe Gen3 NVMeFairly easy to do, initialised the drive on a Windows laptop. Worked immediately when I plugged it into the Pi4, can use the drive and browse the net via wifi at the same time.

Fantastic speed really bad design.Speeds on 3.2 type c thunderbolt 3 port is actual drive speeds write and read same as USB 3 ports to max 560 read and 475 write from a WD green 256gb ssd satay USB 2 ports from same device was 100mb less on both write and reads so pretty much spot on. Design is bad the heat sink is great but as others have stated its not level so only the bottom part is touching my photos are showing with my own heat sinks on the drive. Cloning windows 11 from a Samsung 981 256gb to a crucial p5 500gb using the free HDclone x.2 took 5.15 minutes transferring 55gb on type c 3.2 totally error free. So for 19 quid it's a bargain but why oh why they could not get the build correct is just them being lazy.