![]() ![]() There’s a little switch that you hold while you slide the casing back - it’s what is pictured on the front of the box. Heck, it took longer to type that last sentence than it did to install the SSD. It takes more time to unpackage the SSD and the enclosure itself than it does to plug the SSD into the enclosure and secure it with the little rubber mount. This enclosure requires nothing else but those parts. ![]() Once you have your enclosure with the included cables and an SSD, you’re basically set. The most affordable 1TB option at the time of writing is the 1TB Crucial P1 for $97.99, so for about $150 total, you’ll get a bunch of extra space that performs much faster. Strangely enough, even though the drive that you purchase may exceed the enclosure’s limits, the SSD itself may perform differently in the enclosure. The enclosure itself is limited to about 920MB/900MB for reads and writes per second from what I’ve tested with NVME SSD’s that are capable of reading around 3,500MB/s and writing well over 2500MB/s on a Thunderbolt 3 port (Samsung 970 PRO 512GB), and 3000MB/1000MB reads and writes on a budget SSD (Sabrent Rocket 256).Ĭhoice of SSD does matter a bit depending on what you’re trying to use. There are also budget options from companies like Sabrent. Some other drives of note that I do like are the 1TB WD_Black and 1TB Crucial P1 or older MX500 models, which tend to be a bit more affordable at the cost of some performance. There are two options with Samsung, the more affordable EVO/EVO+ that does the job for most people and the PRO line being worth the extra money for instances where you’d be doing a lot of file transferring at the fastest rates possible. You can use any brand M.2 NVME SSD in many different lengths, but I tend to stick with Samsung and their 970 series 2280 series drives due to their performance and reliability that I’ve experienced from past drives, and they’re the newest you can get. What to put inside one of these enclosures There isn’t a thing that I can directly relate the size to off the top of my head, but it’s like the size of a medium 4″ bladed pocket knife. There are only the USB-C port and a little hole that displays a blue LED that shows hard drive activity on this simple thing. It tips the scale at 45 grams or a bit more than an ounce and a half without a drive in it. This little thing doesn’t weigh much at all. This is a USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 enclosure that is still backward compatible with USB-A 3.1 with the USB-C to USB-A 3.1 cable, but with USB-A you won’t be able to achieve the max speed that this enclosure is capable of - something to think about if you don’t have USB-C yet, but want to future proof your external drive. I picked one of these up for about $79 when they first came out, now they’re down to an affordable $50 dollars on Amazon. ![]() The flexibility of being able to choose what size SSD you want inside makes this one of the best hard drive options available to photographers, videographers and anyone who needs additional fast storage. Plugable’s USB-C/Thunderbolt 3 to M.2 SSD enclosure has been my favorite hard drive to carry around because of its ease of use and installation, size and speed. ![]()
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