Fastest External SSD Storage Enclosure Tested For M1, M2, M3 Macs and Win

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In this video we build the fastest external M.2 Storage SSD Enclosure that we tested at over 3,300 MB/s. If you are looking to add external SSD storage to your M1, M2, and M3 Mac mini, MacBook Air, MacBook Pro, or even Mac Studio and Win PC then this is a perfect external M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure to build. This is the Satechi 40 Gbps USB4 NVMe SSD Pro Enclosure (Model: ST-EU4NPM).
This external storage enclosure will also be perfect for the M3 Mac mini when that comes out and provides up to 16 TB of extremely fast external storage. So if you need a ton of external storage for your Mac and especially Mac mini then watch this video. This will also work on Win PCs as long as you format the drives correctly.
In this video we discuss the following products:
(Satechi ST-EU4NPM External M.2 USB4 Enclosure)
Satechi 40 Gbps USB4 NVMe SSD Enclosure - amzn.to/3wlbPcV
(WD SN850X - Recommended Drive)
WD SN850X SSD 1 TB - amzn.to/48p7ovd
WD SN850X SSD 2 TB - amzn.to/48ho0os
WD SN850X SSD 4 TB - amzn.to/49JQs3D
(WD SN770 - Drive Used and Tested in Video)
WD SN770 SSD 1 TB - amzn.to/49IRVan
WD SN770 SSD 2 TB - amzn.to/4bKlslS
(Other Possible Drives)
Crucial P3 Plus SSD 4 TB - amzn.to/3wluJ3B
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Satechi Website - satechi.net/
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@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

I only tested the SN770 with this enclosure and I would visit the Amazon page to see what others are using if you are using another drive. Thanks.

@iZacq 4 месяца назад

Nice Info Can you suggest & share Link of a NVMV 500 or 256GB 3000MB/s or higher SSD & a Closuer for it with Type C Built in, so i don't need to worry about Type C wire to carry around I want to use it to back up my Videos from Z Fold 5 & Laptop Please

@AppleFanX2 2 месяца назад

Hi Craig, Did you notice any overheating issues with the enclosure?

@gunjitsingh2709 Месяц назад

Does it have backwards compatibility with usb 3.2 gen 2x2 ? Will it give higher speed other ssd since 40gbps should give around 3800 mbps ?

@zkampyman 5 месяцев назад

Hello Craig, I have watched several other reviewers and I protest your characterization of yourself as a small RU-vid reviewer. Your videos are consistently excellent and very easy to understand. I put you at the top of the list!!

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Appreciate that for sure. Hope you like the videos and it's nice to hear people are getting something back from watching them.

@andriybashta 3 месяца назад

Just bought this Satechi with SN850X 1TB, got the 2500MB/s for both reading and writing on my Macbook Pro M1 8gb RAM :) Thanks for this video

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching the channel.

@AreThereHerosAnymore 3 месяца назад

Posting here to Confirm the contents of this Video. I have a Mac Mini M2, 8GB Memory, with 256 GB Hard Drive. I needed some space. Used the links in this video and set it up today. This thing hums! I moved a lot of my files and non-Mac apps over to my 2TB SSD, and it has made a difference! My Machine is faster and everything opens up much quicker. I use MS Excel, for work on this Machine and it handles the heavy data I am running through it. This is by far one of the best and most useful recommendations for any of my Apple Products! If you are running out of space or your machine is bogged down....get this set up.....Oh, and yes, I speed-tested this bad boy, and honestly, my results were even a little faster! I'm not sure if the links offered here are Affiliate links, but just in case, toss Craig some credit and click on his links to buy this set up. And I just clicked subscribe!

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

Thanks for the nice message and I'm glad that it is working great for you. Appreciate the Sub also. Thank you.

@bryans8656 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the review Craig. Those are some pretty impressive speeds for an external enclosure.

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Yes, it's pretty impressive. I think it might be capable of the 3,800 MB/s. It's not for everybody but if you need that speed it's nice to have.

@stevenwaldstein2249 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for the video. Last year I built two 2TB SSD, need a new enclosure for a 4TB but I think I will go with the Samsung 990. Very leery of WD these days with all the HD drive and SD card issues they have had and supposedly hid from the public and failed to recall.

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I can only go off experience and with the SN770 I have used that for like 2 years and moved it between 20 enclosures without issues. So it has been a solid performer for sure.

@dwbro1 5 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel That is why you have backups for your backups x 3..

@TheRiffeReport 3 месяца назад

Craig I did this exact setup. Thank you for the recommendation!

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

Thanks for watching the channel. Appreciate it.

@kwik01 Месяц назад

Just bought this enclosure with the WD Black SN850X 2TB and I am impressed. Copied a 41.44GB folder of stuff off it and on to my SanDisk 1TB SSD on my Mac Mini i5 (basically across the USB-C ports) and it pulled it in 1m:23s, which is about xxx Mbps. Crazy fast! Doing the reverse and writing to the 850X was even faster at 1m:15s or about xxx Mbps. Thank you for the recommendation! (I think the speed calculator website I used was in error or used incorrectly. I'll get better numbers.)

@craigneidel Месяц назад

@@kwik01 thanks for sharing you data set. Appreciate that.

@kwik01 Месяц назад

@@craigneidel I think I need a better test methodology. I wasn't sure if you really meant MB/s or Mb/s... if it's MB, then holy crap I am leaving a lot on the table. I just tested this drive using an 8GB RAM disk on my Mini and was still only able to get 1534 MB/s read and 1100 MB/s write to the Satechi.

@craigneidel 23 дня назад

It's MB/s - so they are very fast.

@EltonHo523 4 месяца назад

Great review! I am trying to find faster m.2 SSD enclosure, and your video popped up! I have a SN850X 2T, definitively gonna test it once I get this enclosure!

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

I only tested sn770 but let me know how your test goes.

@1HPxBAGGA 3 месяца назад

@@craigneidelThanks for the very informative video! I just ordered the Enclosure.

@DanKapil 2 месяца назад

is it any faster than these tests with the faster drive?

@medunkt 6 месяцев назад

Hi. Craig. These drive enclosures are going for the Aus $ equivalent of 94 US$ here in Australia now. I’ve ordered one and a 4TB Crucial P3 which seems to be the best bang for your buck for this amount of storage. I really appreciate your down-to-earth common-sense reviews. Best wishes for your venture.

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the info and good luck with everything. Usually in Australia the costs are higher so it's good to hear it's only $94 US there.

@SteveCarroll2011 3 месяца назад

what speeds did you get?

@Heartbreakz 3 месяца назад

Hello, Can you share your test speed please, i got the same nvme an plan to buy the enclosure, thanks ❤

@therasmet 4 месяца назад

there's a reason why the Satechi is the fastest. It is the only one that has a pcie4x4 controller. The others have a pcie3x4 and with overhead you are limited below 3 GB/s. Imo, I tried the Maiwo one which is slightly slower but has a detachable fan but it is currently almost $50usd and half the price of the Satechi which is a big deal considering the USB4 enclosures are mostly around the $80-100 mark

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

Yes, price can be a factor and the difference of a little speed most people won't notice. I don't even thing 95% of people really need more then 1000 MB/s but I know people like the fastest stuff.

@agenxphyte 3 месяца назад

Can you expand on the maiwo? What ssd did you use with it?

@kentbyron7608 Месяц назад

⁠@@craigneidel Thank you! Is 1000mb/s still good for most people if it's a boot drive?

@dbrunda 5 месяцев назад

Since my original questions to you, I took the leap and bought the Zike z666 enclosure, with the ASM2464PD main control chip. Installed the WD SN850X 2TB NVME. I set it up as the boot drive 2 months ago and it's working great. I set up my video editing applications to use my internal drive as the cache drive to take that load off the external drive. Black Magic reports that is running around 3100 read/writes. Boots up just as fast as the 500 GB internal drive. The enclosure runs just a little warm under loads. My only complaint is that there is a firmware update available for the enclosure but the update only comes as a windows .exe file. I've tried writing their tech support but the don't seem to understand my english questions. I asked if it would be safe to unplug my enclosure and update the firmware from my windows PC. But they didn't seem to understand my question. Since it's running smoothly, I'll just keep it the way it is. My thanks to everybody that made comments.

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the follow up and info on this. It helps everybody out.

@Stralnikov 7 месяцев назад

Another great video. I’ll probably buy this drive enclosure. Thanks!

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Thank you. This one is pretty good considering all the others. It has performed well with that setup but I have not tested other drives yet. But I'm hearing it should work well with other drives too.

@Stralnikov 7 месяцев назад

Best recommendation for a 4tb SSD? @@craigneidel

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I have not used one yet but will update this if I can test any. I would search online for some reviews and see what they recommend on the 4TB models.

@cuate2006 5 месяцев назад

Hi Craig, thanks for the thorough and unbiased info/review! Came across your channel as I was looking for this exact content. Watched your video a couple of times and did some research. Just ordered this Satechi! Thank you for such a review. New Sub here!

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Good luck with everything. Just give it a try and if it doesn't work for you return it. I only tested the SN770 but I know others have tested other drives with great success and a few issues (small but there) with other drives but not sure yet on the list. In any case they are fast when you have a drive it likes.

@yannbourdeau6809 7 месяцев назад

Hi Graig, thanks for making this video. It helps me to find thing that fit my needs. I needed a fast external SSD for Mac games. I bought it with a Crucial NVME pci4 SSD drive. Second time that I buy something from your recommendations (the BenQ was the previous purchase)

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching. Yes I do initial product showcases to show people what is out there. Always do research to make sure it fits your needs as I'm only one person but thanks for watching and supporting the channel. I appreciate it for sure.

@mishari_alsrhani 2 месяца назад

i think about buy one for gaming does it work great and how much the hot it got ??

@EliteMediaProductions 2 месяца назад

Just purchased the same setup from Amazon and used your links, hope you got the refs, thank you for the video 💫

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

Thanks for that and good luck with everything.

@BaronCAD 4 месяца назад

Just picked up a UGREEN CM642 for $90. USB4/TB4, quality metal case, built-in fan, 40gbit/s yada yada yada. I'm using the same WD Black SN770 drive as you do in your video (1TB version). With an Intel 12th gen Framework laptop, it reached a CrystalDiskMark 8 64GB sequential read score of 3736 MB/s, and write score 3111 MB/s. So on par with the unit you recommend, just $10 cheaper and probably stays cooler thanks to the fan.

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

Yes, thanks for the info. There are so many out there and I have showcased about 7 so far. They are all going to be similar so research and get what is best.

@bluedreams5110 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for your reviews, Craig! I got the 1TB Samsung 990 Pro and getting 3100+ MB/s on both read and write with Blackmagic on my 13" MBA M3. Anyone tested the WD SN850X?

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the data point. I have not tested the SN850X yet but will let you know if I do in the future.

@SergeyRosinskiy 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the video. It would be interesting to see comparisons with Sandisk professional pro-g40 4tb

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

I may not be doing any new videos on this one but any drive you use that is close to the SN770 will generate speeds around that 3,000 MB/s or higher.

@xmoep 14 дней назад

Fantastic Video. Is this also possible on a Mac Mini M2 ?

@craigneidel 14 дней назад

Yes but I have also showcased a bunch of other great Thunderbolt enclosures so check out my channel for all of them. I just did a video yesterday too that includes a nice one. Thank you .

@ss750f 6 месяцев назад

I picked one up and it is FAST !

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

They are nice for sure and it can move quite a bit of data quickly.

@ES-zi2xv 2 месяца назад

Great review

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

Thank you for watching.

@JamieHarveyJr 7 месяцев назад

I thought thunderbolt 4 40Gb/s was limited to 22Gb/s for data? Impressed it’s able to go above 2800MB/s

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Yes, tested it a few times and this is what it is getting both in synthetic tests and real world data tests (on this exact setup).

@justbendev2324 7 месяцев назад

Great video, but i would highly recommend using proper tools for your tests, a stop watch and a simple copy don't reflect real performance unfortunately. I'm not familiar with mac but there is probably caching going on in the background that would lead to an illusion of real fast speed but in reality the drive is still processing the data so even if your copy is "done" on the OS, if you unplug it your data will be corrupted / missing on the drive. Tools like dd or fio can help you tune and test sequential and random write/read with various settings. Windows for example to avoid data loss with people removing their drive too soon, only display the transfer in "Sync" mode meaning it will not complete a transfer until the cache is empty. On the other hand most linux distros don't. The filesystem will also impact performance as you mentioned in the video. I bought the SSK USB Drive you reviewed and was really unsatisfied. On the video and the product page the claim a sustained 500MB/s transfer speed... In reality the write speed will slow down drastically to around 70MB/s after 10GB (Probably cache size) and the drive temperature would go up to 61°C. So i was pretty happy to see you drop a 100 GB file on this video. Have a great day :)

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Thanks but the testing is to show people what is out there and is a product showcase. This type of tests on the Mac are fairly accurate as moving data shows how the device performs under load with multiple files. I can remove (dismount) the drive right away so nothing is being copied after it's finished. Yes, this is only a product showcase as all my videos are and then I tell people to always do research. But, the 100 Gb of data test is a good one for sure with these fast drives and this should hold up well beyond that.

@BetThisNotThat 3 месяца назад

Hello! Love your channel. What mic do you use for recording ? The sound is always clear and crisp.

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

I think for that video I used a Lav which is my Zoom F2 32-bit float recorder. I also use a Tonor stand mic now as it's sometimes easier etc. Thanks for watching the channel.

@paulaudialterampartem6906 3 месяца назад

IMPORTANT ! If you are ordering the wd sn850x to use with this enclosure DO NOT order the one with the optional heatsink. It will not fit! I found out the hard way lol

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

Yes, thank you. You need to order the one without the heatsink and thanks for the tip.

@paulaudialterampartem6906 2 месяца назад

@@craigneidel cheers Craig. I'm really happy I watched your video and now have the same setup. Thinking of getting a cooling pad or whatever they're called for inside the Mac but maybe not needed dunno

@asan1050 7 месяцев назад

Thanks, Craig!

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Thanks again for watching.

@kristoff91 7 месяцев назад

great video, I've heard this is the fastest on the market --> Express 1M2

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

It might be around the top performers for sure. Thanks for watching.

@vasannaddoni576 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for such an informative video. I have also heard a lot about Zikedrive 40 GB/s nvme enclosure , would love to see your review of it.

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I never heard about that one but will look it up.

@A.Vopenka 5 месяцев назад

Garbage and bad quality drivers, crashes when using big files 100gb+

@Moesamy10 Месяц назад

thank you for this amazing review Craig. Is there an external enclosure for Samsung 990 PRO with Heatsink installed to the drive?

@craigneidel Месяц назад

I have done a bunch of videos on Thunderbolt enclosures but just don't have that drive to test. I would maybe ask the company on the Amazon page.

@appearnowappearlater 2 месяца назад

@craigneidel, thank you for the information & videos on this subject. Was hoping you could say how long these devices have lasted/how reliable they've been for you. Appreciate it!

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

So far it's working fine. But like I say I'm only one person with one experience with the device.

@frazerweb 7 месяцев назад

Interesting enclosuer I'm still happy with the acasis with the WD_BLACK SN850X 4TB. I'm currently looking for an 8tb samsung 2.5 ssd but prices are eye watering. I have the red orico drive enclosure ready to house it, but price is too crippling at moment for my wallet. Apparently there been a spike in nand prices.

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Yes, the Acasis works good also. The pricing on the SSDs went up for sure so I would wait a bit for them to come down.

@ajrfilm0110 6 месяцев назад

Hands off the QVO, if that's what you are eyeing up. Terrible drive, loses speed fast, has terrible performance. Stick to SN850X or 990 Pro, both very reliable. Yes, unfortunately, prices are currently up, NAND chips are scarce and will take some time to cool off.

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

I used a QVO to boot Mac OS on for 5 years without issues. It all depends on what you consider terrible perofrmance.

@yuriflynn2477 2 месяца назад

Hi , great review ,, have you tested the Acasis tuv 405 pro enclosure, wonder how it would compare with this ??

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

I have it and should do a test in the near future.

@AMDTsnake Месяц назад

@@craigneidel would be awesome to see the comparison speed, Any chanche you did it? I need to choose between satechi and acasis asap

@zaltzband 5 месяцев назад

Does anyone know where I can find the 8tb version? Any links? Thank you!

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

8 TB version of what?

@ReggieDaPlug 2 дня назад

As an indie filmmaker…. I might have to add this immediately 👀👀👀👀👀👀👀 And it works on a MacBook you say?!🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

@craigneidel 5 часов назад

I have done a few on enclosures like this on my channel and they will all get somewhere around there depending on the enclosure and drive. It can help with moving apps or fast storage for sure.

@nadavrot 6 месяцев назад

Thank you for the review. I’m a programmer and plan on using this enclosure and SSD to run Linux. It seems a lot of NVME enclosures come with a fan nowadays. Does this enclosure performs well overtime without one? Will it overheat if used to run an OS?

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

They will all run pretty hot but I would check the Amazon page to see if others used it to run an OS. I was doing an initial product showcase so I didn't test it running an OS. If I do in the future I can update this.

@nadavrot 6 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel Understood. Thank you so much for the reply!

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

Welcome.

@P17F0 4 месяца назад

I just ordered this for editing on FCP. Hope its just as fast as my samsung t9

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

It should be fast enough for any editing.

@user-cd7jx2td8n 6 месяцев назад

Hi @Craig Neidel - At around 7:15, you touched on an area that I'm keen to know more about: port compatibility. I don't know about you, but I like to put my hard-earned into tech that won't be totally outdated in a year. Having said that, we don't have the latest and greatest hardware. Our old Macbook Pro, for example, has a couple of Thunderbolt 2 ports on it that are [theoretically] capable of 20 Gbps transfer speeds. Our old PC, on the other hand, has a couple of USB 3.1 ports on it, which are only capable of a theoretical max transfer speed of 10 Gbps (through a USB-C port). My question is whether or not the Satechi ST-EU4NPM enclosure that you tested, equipped with one of the M.2 2280 NVMe SSDs that you suggested, will work with the older/slower PC and Mac ports that I just described? I fully realize that the enclosure will only transfer data as fast as the weakest link in the transfer path, so I know that I won't see transfer speeds like the ones you achieved, but I still need to know if the setup you tested will work with our older hardware/ports. I've both liked and subscribed, so please keep up the great work for the folks who don't have the time required to become tech experts. 👍

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

No, you will only really be able to get up to the 10 Gbps and you would not be able to achieve the 3,300 MB/s with those older ports. So I'm not sure if would be worth the month for this. Thanks and good luck with everything and thanks for the sub for sure.

@user-cd7jx2td8n 6 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel Cheers for the response, Craig. I definitely know that I won't get anywhere near the transfer speeds you got during your testing. What I wanted to know is whether or not the enclosure/drive combination you tested will even work with the older USB and/or Thunderbolt ports I described in my original message. I'd really hate to buy something like this only to find that it won't work with those older ports. Thanks again.

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

I should work but there would be no reason to pay for it since you can purchase a 10 Gbps enclosure (I have a ton of videos on those) for a fraction of the cost. I think it would downgrade to the slower connection so I would just get something like a Samsung T7 at that point.

@andrewwarren7826 7 дней назад

I bought same enclosure with 2TB SN850X and not getting anywhere near these speeds on M3 Air 8GB 256GB. Getting 1,100 MB/s Write on a 116GB Photo library and 300 MB/s Read. Is the issue my computer? More likely the enclosure or the SSD?

@craigneidel 5 часов назад

The enclosure might be bad. I'm not sure why you might be seeing that. I did a few other reviews of the Acasis, Minisopuru, Qwiizlab, and Zike Thunderbolt enclosures. Maybe try one of those. The Qwiizlab one I did a video on seems to work good. Search for this video on my channel to see that one - Must-Have MacBook Accessories You Didn't Know Existed! .

@umutyildirima 24 дня назад

I tested. WD SN850X SSD 2 TB (MacOS APFS) + Satechi 40 Gbps USB4 NVMe SSD Pro Enclosure + M3 Max 36 GB RAM MacBook = 1014 MB/s. What am I doing wrong? All equipment is suitable according to this video!!!! There are even more.

@craigneidel 22 дня назад

Yes, I have not seen that before. Maybe try a different cable. While I didn't test that drive I see others were able to get the higher speeds with that setup so not sure yet what could be causing that.

@ahmadaltarazi9582 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for thos helpful video! If I used Satechi M.2 Enclosure with Samsung 970 Evo Plus 1TB on Macbook Air M1, will it give me speed of R/W up to 2,500mb?

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Maybe but I didn't test that drive and don't have it. The EVO is only about 3,500 MB/s on paper so it may be close but I think you could get that.

@natanaelaitonean3867 Месяц назад

Did you test it as a boot drive as well? I am interested how it behaves when it comes to memory swapping vs the internal one. I know that it if you have a 1TB internal it is probably faster, but it would be a nice if you could use it without hiccups for the lower internal storage variants.

@craigneidel Месяц назад

I have not tested it as a boot drive yet. I'll let you know if I get any time to do that in the future.

@UrbanBDKNY 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for the video Just ordered the Satechi enclosure with the WD_BLACK 2TB SN850X. I almost told my self to get a 1 gig but for future proofing I went with 2. I m tired of my 1 TB mac being choked by Final Cut Pro's MASSIVE libraries lol my last video took up like 550GB because I am having to run proxies and optimize the videos since it's an Intel Mac (2019 iMac Pro)

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Thank you. I have only tested the SN770 on this but if you run into issues with the 850 please let others know. I know that is quite a bit larger so hopefully it will fit fine etc. and if so it should be a bit faster. Thanks for watching.

@billyfigueroa1617 5 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel I will let you know. The Amazon page for the enclosure literally recommends the 850 lol so it has to work lol I have my own channel that I have been dormant for a bit, I think I will make a video and reference your video in it

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

@@billyfigueroa1617 Thanks and good luck. I figured it will work also but I have been using the SN770 in all my videos and don't have the 850 on hand. I think you should get a bit more speed. This is about the 5th Thunderbolt enclosure I tested so far and I'm doing another one from Yottamaster in a few days.

@UrbanBDKNY 5 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel I keep switching profiles 🤦🏽‍♂️ I ll comment here once the video is done

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Ok, thank you.

@1960rdg 5 месяцев назад

Hey Craig, love your reviews! I bought an Inateck external SSD enclosure, with a Samsung 980 1Tb, works very good, with 1 remark. The Temperature! It gets hot, even in idle situation. AT this moment I replaced with my Sandisk external ssd, which is slower (750 vs 3200Mb), but does the job without extreme heat. Do all the fast SSD casings get hot? Thanks!

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching. All of the Thunderbolt enclosures do get quite warm when using them. I only tested it with the SN770 and not sure if they 980 runs hotter or not in the case. Thanks for the info on this.

@dwbro1 5 месяцев назад

Getting 3K+ both ways with WD850 thanks for the review. I am having a little trouble with cable, it disconnects very easily if I move the drive.

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Did you try maybe another cable to see if you are still getting that issue. I would let Satechi know.

@dwbro1 5 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel I let them know waiting on response. Have not tried another since I'm in temp house waiting on my new one to be finished and all my shit is in a shipping container. lol

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Ok, good luck and thanks again for the info.

@raylachman8101 7 месяцев назад

How does these speeds compare to the speed of the Mac’s internal SSD drive ?

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

It depends on what Mac as they are all different. This is like twice as fast as the base model M2 devices with only 256 GB. It's maybe slightly faster or the same of macs with 512 GB. And slower then macs with 1 TB.

@raylachman8101 7 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel wow didn’t expect that ! Could one put a virtual machine (parallels) on a external ssd drive and have that still properly working ?

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I don't see why not. You can actually boot an entire Mac off an external SSD also but that is for another conversation. Things like video editing off it also. Thanks.

@powdoa 6 месяцев назад

I got this enclosure with a Samsung 980 Pro 2TB NVME SSD. Formatted to APFS. The read and writes speeds are great. The only issue that I have had is some random drive disconnects. Some happened when I moved the drive (but not always). The first issue was copying a 150 Gb file to the SSD. I'm going to monitor the issue for a few days. Not sure if I need a better cable (it should come with a decent cable though) or if I should send it back. I wanted to run my VMs from the drive, but with any kind of instability I am very reluctant to trustVM data to this enclosure / drive combination.

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

I have not see that before in my testing but I'm only one person. I would try another cable etc. to see if that helps and let us know how it turns out.

@powdoa 6 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel It could be a Sonoma issue? I've seen a number of complaints from people after upgrading from Ventura.

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

I'll need to see if I can find anything. Thanks.

@powdoa 6 месяцев назад

Update: I positioned the enclosure so that there is as little tension as possible on the cable. I also used some quake putty to hold the enclosure in place, so that it cannot move. I moved my Win 11 Gaming VM to the enclosure and have spent many hours playing DOS 2. I also moved my Steam folder to the enclosure. I think the original position of the enclosure put too much pressure on the port in the Mac Mini via the cable.

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

Thanks for the update. I have not personally seen this but thanks for posting.

@panamericaco 3 месяца назад

I bought the acasis and 770 on your recommendations yesterday. Hope you made some money from Amazon!

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

Thanks, appreciate that. Just make sure it fits your needs and works good for you. I have reviewed a ton of these and they are all very similar but it comes down to the drive you use and the system you connect to in the end. So give it a try and if not return it and try the next one. Normally if you get 3,000 MB/s or higher then you found the right solution as anything faster isn't going to matter too much. Thanks for watching the channel.

@panamericaco 3 месяца назад

@@craigneidel Thanks, I'm sure it'll be good enough for me. Another question though and maybe a video idea: I have a Synology DS220 NAS but I don't think I even need it. I just wanted to back up my laptop regularly (preferably over wifi) and have redundant backups. I'll be traveling the next year though and giving up our household in Europe. I imagine it's unnecessary and risky to travel with HDDs. Is there something better? You said in a comment to someone else most people don't need a NAS. And I never access it from elsewhere other than at home. I find synology photos also sucks for backing up photos. Never really works on our phones, can't look at pictures on the app though I might have it set up wrong. Maybe a dual drive ssd enclosure is good enough for me?

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

Yeah I would just get a ssd enclosure with the specs you need and that is fine.

@juebaitube 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for the review. Has to test it on my own 😊.

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Give it a try and see how it works. Can always return it.

@blackbelt0555 2 месяца назад

Criag, great work by the way! I was hoping you could cut through the maze of choices and give me your simple combination of hardware for an external SSD for my 2017 iMac 27". It's the 3.5 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core I5, with 24 GB 2400 MHz DDR4 Memory. I've watched a ton of your videos so know there are many SSD routes, but what would you recommend today for my machine? I'm not a gamer or super user. I do a fair amount of video production and need faster iMovie for sure.

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

I really only do product showcases on these not full reviews as I have a bunch of these coming in and do the initial testing. With that said I think they are all very close. Note that you may not get the same speeds at what you see in the videos as the 2017 has older Thunderbolt connections and I would need to test this on my 2017 iMac if I get some time to see which one works the best. Acasis works great too and so does the Qwiizlab on my M1 or M2 Macs but I will need to test on my 2017 soon. Maybe reach out the the companies and ask what to expect in the meantime and see who actually emails you back. Then go with that company for the support side.

@blackbelt0555 2 месяца назад

@@craigneidel Thanks again! Great videos!

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

Welcome.

@sharingcloud 4 месяца назад

Thank you for your review. This is my first time buying this kind of storage. I wonder if I could leave it plugged into my iMac all of the time even when shutdown?

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

You can leave it plugged in.

@sharingcloud 4 месяца назад

@@craigneidel Thank you!

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

Welcome

@gobofraggel7383 5 месяцев назад

Is 30 seconds really enough time for things to heat up? I plan to use this tech as an air-gapping solution where 3-4TB are backed up off a server with enterprise NVMe. It could be running a good 15 minutes or more. Would this solution maintain the same speeds over that time period?

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Things are going to heat up on just about any of these Thunderbolt enclosures for sure. I haven't really tested one where it won't get a bit hot etc. but as long as it doesn't overheat (any enclosure) they should still work. I would just test it out first with your specific environment.

@Baruavlog Месяц назад

Hi Craig! What about battery drain when using an external ssd?

@craigneidel Месяц назад

I have measured that directly but it's minimal.

@pakkz. 2 месяца назад

hi, can i use this enclosure and SN770 SSD for daily gaming ?

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

@@pakkz. I don't see why not but you really don't need that much speed for gaming.

@TheExpressionless1 7 дней назад

what 16tb ssd would you recommend to use with this? very interested

@craigneidel 7 дней назад

16 tb. Not sure to many 16 tb m.2 SSDs are out yet.

@TheExpressionless1 7 дней назад

@@craigneidel yeah I did some digging and I didn't realize the market was so new. 8tb and higher stuff has barely even reached the consumer scene. That having been said, if my priority is biggest capacity what extant choices would you recommend right now

@joeldaniel8317 2 месяца назад

Are you still using the Satechi? If so any issues so far, especially to do with failure or overheating? Amazon reviews are not too great the Acacias has a higher rating but less speed.

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

So far so good with everything but I always tell people that I'm just one person. I would not also worry about a few hundred MB/s difference as you won't notice it.

@yagoa 5 месяцев назад

please test "disk utility raid-0" with 2 thunderbolt drives

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

If I get some time but I would also search the amazon page and the comments.

@AliSatchu 5 месяцев назад

How does it compare to the Zike Drive enclosure or the Hyper Drive. They both claim the fastest speeds.

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

They are going to be similar.

@Heartbreakz 3 месяца назад

Hello, thanks for this video, I got an nvme crucial 4to gen 3, whats performance could I expect with this case in term of speed? Its for MAO, loading samples and vst banks. Thanks ❤

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

I didn't test that drive and only tested the one in the video but I would assume it should be close.

@shiyammosies5975 2 месяца назад

Is a 10 Gbps Enclosure enough ? as the write speed is only upto 5000 Mbps ?

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

10 Gbps enclosure is only capable of around 1250 MB/s but actually lower with overhead (more like 1000 MB/s). You need to convert bytes and bits. So 10 Gbps / 8 = 1,250 MB/s in theory but with overhead you normally get about 900 to 1000 MB/s.

@anasosama7558 Месяц назад

Can i move apps such as after effects and priemer pro onto the drive and will it work fast ?

@craigneidel Месяц назад

I have not tested moving those but it is fast with any work like that. But you can try and to see if it meets your needs as all setups are different.

@mehmetedex 5 месяцев назад

youtube titles in the future be like M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, M7, M8, M9...

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

They keep coming out with new models for sure.

@vinodkumarsingh1973 Месяц назад

I think ascasis 405 pro is good option price is same as this 100-105 doller with 40gbs speed and also come with fan and temperature is also cooler than other enclosure crystal disk info is software in windows we can check temperature of ssd and health of ssd

@craigneidel 27 дней назад

Yes, that is a good option too.

@paulchiu 3 месяца назад

have you used these with Samsung 990 Pro 4TB SSD? thanks.

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

No I have not at this time. Thanks.

@JayMacPhoto78 7 месяцев назад

Does your heat tape make connection with the case? I don’t think mine does

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I forgot but I normally add a thicker piece or a second one to make sure it touches. I remember that the one they gave us is really thick and I guess it could also depend on the size of the M.2 Drive that you have in there. But if it doesn't reach I would add a second piece.

@JayMacPhoto78 7 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel I hear ya. I have the WD sn770. Not sure if that helps. I have the piece that comes with the enclosure but I’m not sure it touches since it seems the enclosure is a bit recessed on the inside.

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

@@JayMacPhoto78 yeah I always keep some backup heat tape so I normally add until it touches

@stanchung69 Месяц назад

Hi, thank you for the review. For the NVME.M.2 SSD, do we use the one with the heatsink or without?

@craigneidel Месяц назад

I only tried this with the SN770 ssd and it has no heaksink. I would go with no heatsink to be sure.

@stanchung69 Месяц назад

@@craigneidel ah thank you

@craigneidel Месяц назад

Welcome

@Neganur 6 месяцев назад

I don't see any of those SSD using a heat sink, nor does it seem to facilitate a good thermal connection to the metal enclosure (the gap is too big and the metal lid is too thin). Could you elaborate on that a bit?

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

I just buy very thick heat tape from Amazon for times when it doesn't touch and I then make sure it is touching the case. They will still get hot but I think it performs better that way.

@garybrooker5723 Месяц назад

I just purchased both the Satechi and the SSD for my MacBook and it doesn't show up, even in Disk Utility, very sad

@craigneidel Месяц назад

Mine works and many others has worked too so I'm not sure what that could be. What SSD do you have? Try using another cable or flip the cable and see if it shows up in disk utility then. It could be a bad unit I guess but please try some of those things and make sure the drive isn't formatted in a Windows Format too.

@garybrooker5723 Месяц назад

@@craigneidel I bought the Satchi enclosure and the recommended SN850x. I have put it all together well, even flipped the cable around, nothing. It powers up fine. Shame as I have watched this video so many times and both items finally arrived today

@garybrooker5723 Месяц назад

Just an update for everyone, I updated my operating System and it was found instantly, and it is lightning fast. Very Happy, thank you.

@craigneidel Месяц назад

@@garybrooker5723 ok thanks for update

@PswACC 3 месяца назад

In my Apple M1 Pro Max Mac Studio 2022, my thunderbolt 4 ports reads USB 3.1 Bus in Hardware Settings USB. Will I get 40 Gbps transfers if I connect this USB 4 enclosure? I recently purchased a Crucial X10 Pro drive which was supposed to have transfer speeds in the 2000+ and my transfer rates were around 10Gbps.

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

I have not tested this on all the systems but with the M1 Pro Max I think you should. It worked on my M1 Air.

@AndreaBakacs 3 месяца назад

The Amazon description of the recommended drive says, "(3) Requires the WD_BLACK Dashboard (Windows only)" but you're using a Mac. No issues?

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

So far I have had no issues but with that exact setup and test machine.

@masterspud583 6 месяцев назад

Is it worth it to get a faster NVMe SSD for this enclosure if the enclosure bottlenecks the drive? I was looking into getting a WD770 but went with a crucial p3 instead. Since the enclosure is limited to TB4 should I get similar speeds from both SSDs?

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

I only tested the sn770 so I can't really answer that since I'm not sure how other m.2s perform with it. I'll let you know if I can test more in future but my videos are more product showcases to show people what's out there.

@MehranJabbari 7 месяцев назад

Hey Craig, when the unit states “up to 16TB”, is this a advertisement scheme or does this mean when it’s raided together with another 8TB (RAID0) to get 16TB? Cause I looked everywhere, and can’t seem to find a single 16TB NVMe M.2 stick!

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Yeah I'm not sure. Maybe post question on Amazon page and they should get back to you. Might just be ready up to 16 tb when they come out soon.

@gaetanobruno5889 4 месяца назад

The speed is important, but I am looking for the most reliable enclosure in terms of heating and durability. Can someone recommend an enclosure that you have been using for some time without any problems? Thanks.

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

It all comes down to the drive you are using etc. on heating and how you cool it with the way you add quality thermal pads etc. The one from Graugear has been working good and has a fan but of course I have only had it for a few months.

@gaetanobruno5889 4 месяца назад

@@craigneidel thanks a lot!🙏

@mikesmediaproduction4623 2 месяца назад

Before ordering, just to confirm if this is compatible w/2023 mac mini pro. Thanks.

@mikesmediaproduction4623 2 месяца назад

Also ordering the SN850X w/Heatsync. That's really what I wanted to be sure works with my mac mini pro. Thanks again.

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

I don't think it will fit with the SN850X with the heatsink, make sure and get the one without the heatsink to make sure it fits. I only tested with with the SN770 and the M2 MacBooks etc. but I assume it would work fine with the mini as well.

@mikesmediaproduction4623 2 месяца назад

@@craigneidel The dimensions for SN850X w/Heatsync: ‎3.15 x 0.92 x 0.35 inches. w/out Heatsync: ‎3.15 x 0.87 x 0.09 inches. Satechi enclosure: ‎4.45 x 2.68 x 0.91 inches. What do you think??

@rsphotovideo Месяц назад

@CraigNeidel Is it normal for this enclosure to get hot, may be more like warm to touch even when the drive is not used?

@craigneidel Месяц назад

Yes they all move heat to metal so pretty normal in my opinion.

@rickkane8043 2 месяца назад

Where you buy your computer accessories? Like those hard drives

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

@@rickkane8043 all over. Amazon or microcenter or Best buy or b&h.

@rickkane8043 2 месяца назад

Thanks Boss, I’m looking to get a external hard drive on my new IMac its just have 256 g. Plus planning to upgrade my old hp laptop and put a new hard drive.

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

For sure, and I did quite a few videos on Thunderbolt enclosures for the Mac with different models so check those out. I normally do product showcases though more than a full review.

@tomaszwaszka3394 7 месяцев назад

10:25 nice test... I'd like to see a test with copying 500 GB of data with information about SSD temperatures. 100 GB is not much nowadays...a folder with one game sometimes has more!

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Yes, but at the same time about 90% of people will never do a transfer over 100 GB on these as well. Yes, many do but maybe only 10% of users. I did test it beyond this to about 200 GB and it had the same results after the video. So it appears like this is pretty solid until at least that range.

@tomaszwaszka3394 7 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel Speed drops will occur (for a good SSD) after copying 250 GB (or more)... The question is how much will the transfer drop... anyway thank's for oyur answer :)

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I'll see what I can find.

@ajrfilm0110 6 месяцев назад

@@tomaszwaszka3394 We very frequently do this, when we back up our 4K video media cards. Best tip I can give you, purchase a small USB desktop fan and have the drive propped up to be more efficiently cooled by said fan. Works like a charm, does great heat dissipation and keeps the speeds under control.

@craigneidel 6 месяцев назад

I will be testing a 40 Gbps with a fan soon on the channel.

@thomaskunz4703 7 месяцев назад

Hallo Craig, thanks for the video and your test! Did you check the transfer speed at your intel iMac 2017 as well? I would like to use it as a boot disk for the same iMac. - Thanks!

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I just did a test on the 2017 5k iMac. It's about 2,350 MB/s (up and down) on that older system.

@thomaskunz4703 7 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel Hello Craig, Thanks for the quick reply! You convinced me to buy a 2017 5k iMac last year and now I'm looking for an external SSD. Last week I had the Zyke Drive, but it had a loose contact - and I send it back. I wasn't particularly impressed with the fit of the lid either. -The SSD I'm looking for should deliver the fastest speed for the 2017 iMac's TB3 port. Does a USB 4 SSD make sense? - and which of the ones you have tested would you recommend? Thanks!

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

@@thomaskunz4703 I think the satechi is the highest speeds I have tested. You can give it a try to see if it works good for you. I used the sn770 in the enclosure. I do product showcases and only have had satechi few weeks so I can't do long term testing on it yet.

@thomaskunz4703 7 месяцев назад

Thank you very much again Craig! Your suggestions are really very helpful!@@craigneidel

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching and the feedback.

@westfield90 2 месяца назад

As a newbie I’m confused how does the enclosure determine the speed? Doesn’t the NVMe, cable and usb c or usb gen make a difference? Also what about heat?

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

there are 40 Gbps enclosures and if you divide by 8 (bytes and bits) then that enclosure can usually do around 5,000 MB/s but for this Thunderbolt has limits for this so other process have bandwidth so it's normally much lower. With overhead around 3,500 MB/s. But of course the drive needs to be at least this fast to get those speeds. With a 10 Gbps enclosure - divide by 8 - you get about 1,250 MB/s max but with overhead expect around 900 to 1000 MB/s. So the drives do matter but there are limitations based on the enclosure for sure (and computer or plug it connects to).

@westfield90 2 месяца назад

@@craigneidelthank you Sir. Really do appreciate the detailed answer. I’m glad I found your channel.

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

@@westfield90 welcome

@georgesenda1952 5 месяцев назад

My silicon M1 Mac Mini has always had problems recognizing my 2 tb external drive. Any ideas would be a big help.

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

Do you mean this enclosure?

@georgesenda1952 5 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel no it’s a portable hard drive

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

@@georgesenda1952 maybe it needs to be formatted to work on Macs.

@Zubair-p8r 2 месяца назад

I know this video is 4 months old But here is a quick question: Will this work on an Imac 27 inch 2019 fusion drive? I want to boot off an external drive as some apps are running slow. Not sure whether to install an internal drive or use this? Many thanks and a great channel.

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

I'm not sure you will get as fast as speed but it should work. If anybody has tested it please post below. I will also see if I can do any tests in the near future.

@Zubair-p8r 2 месяца назад

@@craigneidel That’s excellent.Thank you 👍

@craigneidel Месяц назад

Welcome

@vunguyen6289 5 месяцев назад

Heat management test, Where is it???

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

I'm doing a product showcase - heat will be different on all drives depending on what you use.

@aijokker 2 месяца назад

9:49 how did you test it without connecting to your mac? Am i missing something?

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

Funny.. I test it multiple times before making the video so I'm not fumbling around while filming. I have the device for a month or more before filming usually.

@Tannersebas 3 месяца назад

How are you getting such a fast write speed? I have an M1 Max 16in and I’m only getting 1970MB/sec! Is there something that I’m missing? I have the exact same drive in the same enclosure

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

It's possible that you have a bad enclosure or drive but I'm not sure beyond that. I have tested it multiple times and that is what I got.

@erictai9893 5 месяцев назад

Will this enclosure take the WD Black SN850 with heatsink? Or is the heatsink too bulky?

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

I'm not sure as I don't have that but I would see what they say in Amazon questions as it could be there.

@alvin12341 5 месяцев назад

My seagate fire 530 comes with heatsink, does the enclosure have enough space to fit it in? Thanks

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

I only tested it with the SN770 so maybe see if you can ask manufacturer that.

@MYLIFE-hq7je 4 месяца назад

Which ssd brands are suitable for this box?

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

I would check out the amazon page. I only tested the SN770 in the video.

@rayqand5068 2 месяца назад

Craig I did this exact setup but am getting much lower speeds (2000 write and 3000 read) on an M1 Max. What could be going on?

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

@@rayqand5068 not sure to be honest. Maybe a bad drive or enclosure but I would think it should be close.

@DebeOne 3 месяца назад

can you test with small files like 10MB each with data alternating 1 and zeros

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

I'm not doing any more testing on that unit but I would do a quick search to see what is on Google for it. That may have been done already. Thanks for watching.

@JohnSmith-dd1vl 4 месяца назад

What is this stopwatch app you are using?

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

It's called "Cooking Timer"

@Jorda5s 7 месяцев назад

Is there a chance you can test on a m1 or m2 iPad and what’s the speeds?

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

My test was on the M1 mac but I don't have an M1 or M2 iPad to test on. I only have 9th gen.

@EsandiKawya 7 месяцев назад

Sir Is there any way to know about a replaced battery of a macbook is genuine or not? I mean a genuine battery or a 3rd party or knokoff battery?

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I'm guessing that info is posted online somewhere as far as markings on the battery.

@dbrunda 7 месяцев назад

Would this make a good boot drive? I have the m2 mac mini pro, but it only has the 500gb drive. I keep running out of space. I would like to put everything on one 2-4 gb drive. I've got 16gb of RAM. I do a lot of video stuff and am concerned about how the Mac Mini uses the SSD for caching data back and forth from RAM. Would this drive handel the traffic and heat? Is it dependable enough to be my boot drive? Thank you for reviewing the product. I'm hoping that it's a good option for me.

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

Thanks for watching. I wish I could give you a good answer but I have not tested that so I'm not sure. I also can't setup a boot drive like that in a short amount of time so it could be some time before I do test that. I would get it and give it a try. You have about 2 weeks to test it out and make sure it meets your needs. That is the best way to know for sure. Thanks for watching. If anybody else has tried that they can post here....

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I have been running my 2017 iMac off an 2.5" Samsung QVO SSD for 6 years now and it's still going good. That is just one data point.

@raylachman8101 7 месяцев назад

Could anyone please advise .. Is this combination suitable /workable without to much speed loss , to store a virtual machine on (parallels -W11)? Or should one not ? and have it on the Mac Mini itself

@craigneidel 7 месяцев назад

I think it would work on this as the speed is there at the same speed as the mac's drive but you can test it and return if not what you like.

@jonbarnard7186 4 месяца назад

Are you able to edit video with files stored on this drive arrangement?

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

Yes, for sure.

@corebee736 5 месяцев назад

Thank you for sharing the video. I have some questions. I purchased the Staechi solid-state drive enclosure and a 4TB SN850X SSD, intending to use it with my M1 Max MacBook. However, when I ran the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test, I found that the read speed can reach 3000 MB/s, but the write speed consistently stays below 2000 MB/s. Could you please explain why this is happening? Because my work requires fast write speeds, I would appreciate it if you could answer at your convenience. Thank you.

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

I only tested it with sn770. I'm not sure but maybe search Amazon page to see what others got with that drive. I don't have it to test. Also do a real data test as black magic could be off.

@F34RTEHR34PER 3 месяца назад

That's the problem with the M1 Thunderbolt speeds. It's "well known" to have the results you mentioned.

@senritsujumpsuit6021 5 месяцев назад

I see the 1,500 MB/s being called weak an the 5,000 MB/s being called over kill on top of overkill XD

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

I'm not sure what you mean. I have many videos where I tell people 900 MB/s is enough but I do these product showcases to show products is all.

@senritsujumpsuit6021 5 месяцев назад

@@craigneidel hehe an just finding it funny how people keeping debating the value of these so hard XD

@craigneidel 5 месяцев назад

@@senritsujumpsuit6021 Yeah, a ton of people think they need 3,000 MB/s but then use it to transfer 50 GB of data every now and then. They should just get a 10 Gbps enclosure then. But for some reason people love to have the fastest storage and I just test them and showcase the products.

@versevisionsdaily 2 месяца назад

I'm planning on buying the recommended products here-- the enclosure, and the 2tb WD. If you notice when looking at the WD, it says there are two options: normal and with a heatsink. With the heatsink, would it still fit the enclosure? Also, I'm planning to import a lot of files into this, but I also plan to game off of it (World of Warcraft), and the game is heavy. Would that work nicely or should I be looking at other options such as SanDisk Professional?

@craigneidel 2 месяца назад

I would not get it with a heaksink because it may not fit. I think that should be fine for gaming.

@versevisionsdaily 2 месяца назад

@@craigneidelthanks much! I bought the 4tb one.

@craigneidel Месяц назад

Nice

@breakingtwitting 4 месяца назад

How hot it gets? I got mine it gets crazy hot regardless of usage

@craigneidel 4 месяца назад

All these enclosures get hot when using fast NVMe drives but try using better or thicker thermal tape and it can help.

@breakingtwitting 4 месяца назад

@@craigneidel thanks for response!

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

Welcome.

@KaneshigePL 3 месяца назад

Great video. I've received my Satechi enclosure today. Going with Samsung 990 but I just can't format it on my iMac. The error code is -69877. Also the same error in the Diskutil List command. Could anyone please help me?

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

I'm not sure what that could be. I didn't test that drive though. Did you reach out to Satechi on that error?

@KaneshigePL 3 месяца назад

@@craigneidel I finally fixed the issue.The FileVault encryption setting in the new iMac with the new chip banned the secure erase options for SSD. I format the SSD in my Windows then it finally functions on my iMac right now.

@craigneidel 3 месяца назад

Ok, thanks for the follow up and tip on this.