How To Make Your Own Budget External SSD Drive!

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A Mac is already very expensive, so most people can't or won't upgrade the internal storage for increased capacity. The 2TB storage upgrade option from Apple costs $800 USD! What if I told you that you could create your OWN external storage device with the same storage capacity (but not quite as fast) for just 1/3 the cost?
In this video I explore the world of external NVMe m.2 SSD drives and enclosures, and put one together with my own parts and test it's performance on my M1 MacBook Pro (with a 256GB internal SSD).
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00:00 Introduction
03:09 Unboxing and Building the External Drive
05:28 Comparing to other External Drives
08:39 Read and Write Speeds
10:09 Negatives of this Drive
11:21 Transferring Test Files
13:34 Conclusion
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@CreatedTech 3 года назад

Here are the parts for the NVMe External Drive featured in this video: Crucial NVMe M.2 SSD: geni.us/crucialnvme Plugable NVMe Enclosure: geni.us/plugablenvme Mac software I use: Parallels (use Windows on your Mac): crtd.tech/parallels CleanMyMac (clean and optimise your Mac): geni.us/cleanmymacx (use code CREATED10 for 10% off software)

@kamleshvarma7962 3 года назад

Wow...I had no idea that this can be done with NVME too

@solidsail 3 года назад

I can't do math here. T5 1tb is 180cad is cheaper than Plugable + 1tb is 211cad ? And T7 is somewhere around 200?

@kalebsilva3607 3 года назад

Is there an enclosure for an older MacBook Air that doesn't have the USB c port?

@kalebsilva3607 3 года назад

I think my mac only has USB A ports available.

@antintin880 3 года назад

Can someone explain what the difference between using a portable SSD and just using a USB flash drive is?

@yubeist 3 года назад

Other RU-vidrs: You can buy a macbook pro 16 for just 2499$ etc. CT: Many people can barely afford the base model Macbook Air and have to save up for months just to be able to buy one. This is a real human, real RU-vidr.

@Cyril29a 3 года назад

But macs are free. You just have to buy a used one that is a year old for about 2/3 the price of a new one then a year later you sell it for about $100 more than you paid for it and then buy another and repeat every few months or every year and never pay for a mac again. I have been doing this since 2003 and not only do I have top of the line macs in my home but I also have thousands of dollars on top of the free macs from the continuous flips. Don't buy new macs just buy a used one and snipe a good price when you want to buy it then when you sell take your time and charge a bit over market value to make up the loss of value during the year you owned it. The first time I wanted a mac I bought and sold about 10 times in the space of a few weeks until I had enough money made to get the mac I wanted for free. Then I thought about it and wondered why I should stop so I kept doing it albeit at a lower pace and made beer money every month with only a few hours of effort. I recommend everyone do this.

@abrockkalypse 3 года назад

@@Cyril29a did so with zotac zbox 1060en, later nvidia shield k1 and at least even with logitech k810.. allready joked 2 friend: when i need money again i will plan 2 buy some stuff.. ;)

@abrockkalypse 3 года назад

@@Cyril29a u are absolutely right man - it is possible 2 make easy money.. u only have 2 b a bit smart.. your idea with the apple program is really smart as.. ;) congrats.. i usually did it like: i wanted something new - checked the market on ebay, amazon and ebay ads.. got knowlegde about high, low and average prices.. bought 1 for me.. continued watching the market, bought cheap ones and sold them for more.. often it was good 2 buy at ebay or ebay ads and sold them on amazon.. really easy 2 do and good money..

@niko1even 3 года назад

or you can just buy something like an ASUS Zephyrus G15 and get more for your money. Sure it won't have the creature comforts of the Mac but it competes with it damn well.

@Cyril29a 3 года назад

@@niko1even But it has no resale value. You totally missed the point. Buyin a PC is throwing your money away after a year or two, buying a mac gets you 100% of your money back if you buy and sell it using the system I outlined. What is the point of this comment?

@mtiphotography 3 года назад

I would also note that USB-C cables are not created equal. To maximize transfer speed, make sure your cables support HI-Speed 40gb/s transfer speeds.

@VictorDiaz-jw8uf Год назад

Can I put a usb c Thunderbolt in any enclosure?

@atharvparlikar8765 3 года назад

me: ooh I think I need this also me: used 6.1% of the total space

@TeeKeeps 3 года назад

Facts lol

@poopsniffer4436 3 года назад

since mac isnt for gaming, 256GB is enough imo. unless you are a youtuber or something

@Mike5000 3 года назад

Amazing

@n4tures 3 года назад

lol literally me!

@samb2166 3 года назад

I have 2TB on my MacBook and I don't even use 80% of it 🤣

@AWidgetIHaveNot 3 года назад

Thanks that was so useful. A person can never have too much storage. Excellent content as always.

@johnnyhaynes6106 3 года назад

I just got my MacBook so thanks for the storage plan.

@lchanceiv 3 года назад

So happy I have found your videos. I have been looking for this type of video.

@mikaylaj7405 3 года назад

Wow such a simple storage solution. Thanks for the thorough video and speed tests

@NomadicDmitry 3 года назад

Did this for my M1 Mac. No need to overpay Apple for the storage. Plus... portability is life ;)

@mgelevli 2 года назад

I have a 15” MacBook Pro with an SD card reader on board. I have purchased a microSD card adapter that fits into the card reader so that there is no protrusion. I use it with a Samsung 256 GB microSD card. I have migrated my Photos folder onto the card, freeing up 100 GB of disc space. I also use the Horos DICOM software, and have selected the microSD card as the default database folder for my patients’ cineangiograms.

@j5545 11 месяцев назад

Wow I made an SSD with 10TB

@rrperk3078 3 года назад

Thanks for making this content, I have really enjoyed these Mac videos and hope to get one in August with the new rumored airpods. Congrats on 50k keep up the good work! Definitely will do this when I get one!

@Heroicpro 3 года назад

Love this channel! I am getting my M1 MBA in 2 weeks, and your videos have helped me so much.

@mehregankbi 3 года назад

that enclosure is just so cute

@Infinitude 3 года назад

Love the enclosure, my next upgrade is going to be this Plugable enclosure and m.2 ssd. Great Video !!! Keep it up with the great content.

@alexbridge7482 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this video! Are you still gonna make that video about testing different types of enclosures? I would be really interested in that

@Quant314 3 года назад

Crazy! Thank you for this creative solution! 😁👍🏻

@TheRealMeowMeowShow 3 года назад

Def looking for an upgrade and just sounds perfect!

@davidjohn9006 3 года назад

Thanks for the demo/explanation. Question, did you have that drive plugged-in via a port in the rear of your monitor/display?

@streetbreednorthborneo6887 3 года назад

Best setup so far, thank you so much bro.

@jordanscarrott3749 3 года назад

Yay 50k subs. Congrats

@moodyenchilada9806 3 года назад

Awesome videos bro, I’m getting a new Mac book soon and I know exactly what to expect from your videos. Such great content for a relatively small (50k is a s*** ton but you know what I mean) channel. Can’t wait to see you up there with the top channels mate. Keep it up 👌🏽👌🏽

@CreatedTech 3 года назад

Thanks for the support!

@dennisud 3 года назад

I got a 5 TB external on my old iMac so I'm already migrating all my files and apps to it from my 1 TB internal SSD!

@FernandoMessias13 2 года назад

😳

@raismohamad2611 2 года назад

Apps can be migrate also to external??

@KensleyInnocent 2 года назад

@@raismohamad2611 most of them who dont gave a lot of dependencies on external cache/files I guess

@KoolCreation 2 месяца назад

Thanks for the tips!

@Leo_Vulkan 3 года назад

Very nice video, lovin' this channel lately. Ps: for those people who need that extra speed (depending on the nvme ssd you buy it could be even faster than the included on the mac) there are Thunderbolt cases. I have one from Orico and with a Silicon Power nvme ssd and it performs outstanding.

@freetibet1000 3 года назад

How fast is this setup for you? I have a Samsung EVO 970 in the same ORICO enclosure and I can get around 900Mb/s out of that on my new Mac Mini M1 with 16Gb memory and 512 Gb internal drive mounted through Thunderbolt port. The internal drive is doing around 2800Mb/s read/write.

@Leo_Vulkan 3 года назад

@@freetibet1000 I get the top speed of the SSD NVME, around 3400R/3200W.

@freetibet1000 3 года назад

@@Leo_Vulkan I realize now that we don’t have the same ORICO casing. My ORICO case is only maximum 1000 Mb/s. So that’s the bottleneck in my setup. Thanks for bringing this fact to my attention. On the other hand I probably don’t need higher speed than that anyway since I don’t do video edition but photography editing in Capture One and Affinity mostly.

@Leo_Vulkan 3 года назад

@@freetibet1000 You probably have the usb-c. I have the thunderbolt 3. Although they share the same usb-c connector, the protocol is different.

@freetibet1000 3 года назад

@@Leo_Vulkan yes i thank you’re right. Thank you for your help! 👍😄

@JReynolds09 3 года назад

Wow. Just a great video all around. Thank you for this, and I look forward to seeing more of your videos.

@HH-mf8qz 3 года назад

Was waiting for this video :)

@gergemall Год назад

Point well taken . Sounds like a wonderful idea to try.

@paulonelife 3 года назад

Great advice. Just purchased one. Thanks for the quality videos

@_brushie 3 года назад

If you got a smaller M.2 SSD, this would make for a really nice Time Machine drive for backups given how tiny it is.

@WireDroid 3 года назад

Thanks for the info 👍 I'm curious to know the model of your dell monitor

@ivanleo1587 2 года назад

Thanks a lot for the advice! The best option for my MacBook Air! And I didn’t spend a lot! Love it!

@Resist4 2 года назад

The Crucial and Plugable prices have increased substantially since you made this video, they're now $230.99 and $49.95. I was going to buy them until I saw the increased prices.

@rafacq 3 года назад

Thanks for the nice video. Can you tell us which app you are using to see the disk transfer speeds on your mac?

@brettnangle4202 3 года назад

Great video. Would love a detailed comparison against the other storage options, considering the speed vs cost vs life span. Also. How would you store multiple nvme ssd cards while not using the external enclosure?

@andreaslange2649 2 года назад

Each in a separate antistatic plastic bag (hardware often comes in such bags, just keep them), then put together in a box and stored away from heat, e.g. sunlight, heaters, power supplies...

@00SNIVY00 3 года назад

I've actually used this for about a year or so with an intel 660p m.2 drive. I haven't had too many issues. I tried using a type C to type C thunderbolt cable and had some issues with it disonnecting randomly on Windows, but using a type A to type C cable seems to work much better, but it's pretty quick as is, haven't had any issues or complaints with speed.

3 года назад

A great solution. Thank you 🙏🏼

@elouis364 3 года назад

This is a lifesaver for people who can't afford the extremely expensive additional storage. Thanks for this :))

@Fer-mu3yq 3 года назад

Great Video! Have you activated TRIM on the external enclosure NVME? Wich app do you have to test the write and read speed and temp control?

@cristovaowanderley 2 года назад

Great Video, Which app did you use for Disk Activity and Stats?

@iniezlezyc 2 года назад

Thanks man!

@ilikebeerandhandpans 2 года назад

Great video man! Did you ever make that enclosure comparison you mentioned? I tried searching for it but couldn’t find anything.

@asmithenagatsuma7576 3 года назад

Thanks dude you save TONS of money!!

@scottd1342 3 года назад

Great video. I had no idea this was even an option!

@Langkinhsaigon-SaigonHoloscope 3 года назад

Thanks for sharing, it really helps as I am a mac user! 👍👏

@calvinatdrifterstudio8438 3 года назад

The bulk of my storage are files I seldom access, so I just use a huge hdd so it's sort of archival.

@gamerneversleep4200 3 года назад

Great videos. Great for video editing.

@Techkomsan 3 года назад

Thanks, it's great video

@snakey0000 3 года назад

You can buy Thunderbolt 3 external enclosures which you can use with the same M.2 drives you mentioned and then you have the same transfer speed as with internal drives.

@monara97 3 года назад

Great one Liam!

@dafingaz 3 года назад

Been looking for this exact thing. I was stuck on a T5 forever. This might be the winner. Thanks!

@niko1even 3 года назад

t5? really? Just buy a sabrent SSD with a 3.2 Gen2 NVME Enclosure, you'll get more for your money.

@dafingaz 3 года назад

@@niko1even 🙌🏾

@vajrasar 3 года назад

Great video. Is that a Dell U2718Q? What is the screen resolution you are using on that? I have the same and mine looks smaller in real estate than yours. I wonder.

@darkknightwithanidea1845 3 года назад

Love the cat’s look. 🤣🤣🤣🤣💪🏼🎥

@timgurr1876 3 года назад

Thanks for video. I have the 2TB Samsung T5. I use it for my photo library. Works great. When I think I need more storage I'll consider your approach. However, read and write speeds aren’t that critical for what I do. Would be great to see a comparison video on the speed of all the options you displayed. Thanks again. First time viewer, so I'm going to subscribe for further content.

@lennwel Год назад

I'm thinking what read and write speeds would be what I need and I'm not really sure. If you transfer photos from your library how many Gb's do you transfer and how long does it take you with your drive?

@thragos- 3 года назад

Thanks for the Tip !

@ongyikai1623 2 года назад

I totally like your idea of doing so. Is this method works for M1 Ipad Pro as well?

@SuperEchinacea 3 года назад

Hey Created Tech Your videos have helped make some well thought investments in gear 🙏

@Kuraudo_VII 3 года назад

I brought the rog strix arion ssd enclosure. I think its the best looking one out there, its also made of metal.

@niko1even 3 года назад

PCIe Gen3 SSD's do not really need cooling when used with USB 3.2 Gen2 connections, so what case you use should not matter in terms of cooling. However, if you are running them in Thunderbolt, with larger file transfers, you will want to use some thermal pads in whatever enclosure you have that drive inside.

@malikkelly 2 года назад

Earned my subscribe

@skoomamuch356 3 года назад

helpful video.. thanks

@CanyonWanderer 3 года назад

Extra thumbs up for having Blender installed !!!

@gobrad 3 года назад

Hi, great video!! Are you saying I can actually upgrade my late 2018 15” MacBook Pro ?? 😳 I didn’t think this was possible!! I was tormented because of the spinning wheel when using after effects I had to buy the iMac 2020

@joesalyers 3 года назад

You can find thunderbolt external drives that are replaceable that can double the performance of USB3.2 Type C for about $99. I found a great option from a Brand called TEKQ on Amazon with an included thunderbolt cable. Right now you can get it with 1 Terabyte already installed for $255 and just replace the drive later if you want more. I bought mine with 256gb and upgraded the drive and it's been running rock solid for almost 2 years now on both Intel & Apple Silicon Macs. Great video by the way.

@Thentroper 2 года назад

thanks, greetings from chile!

@rud 2 года назад

Super easy, barely an inconvenience.

@mikesrandomchannel 3 года назад

Ok now I'm glad I only went for 512 GB. Great tip! Will use this for the next Windows external drive too.

@marcs4088 3 года назад

Great video ! Thx

@sirguroz 2 года назад

I have that KingDian external small SSD USB-C plug. Very good one.

@MarcJWebbMusic 3 года назад

What app are you using for seeing those data transfers ?

@ihsanramavideo 2 года назад

Great video. If I choose with exFAT, how the fast? is it still the same or decrease?

@marvinportillo3382 2 года назад

I subscribe, and thank you for this amazing video sir1

@karamhasan2159 3 года назад

Love your content

@frenesia 2 года назад

I have a Samsung 980 PRO with a theoretical read speed of up to 7000MB/s (BTW, in your video you call the unit "Megabyte" but it is actually "Megabit", 1/8th of a Megabyte). I connected it via a Thunderbolt 3 enclosure to my Mac mini M1. Getting a solid 2500MB/s read & write, which is pretty much the same speed as the internal SSD. Mind-blowing, as it makes the Mac mini so much more attractive as a desktop computer, by allowing to expand the available storage later on.

@carsten2681 3 года назад

Great channel!! I love it!! It made me buy an MBA m1 and I am very happy with it. Maybe you have a answer to my following question. That would be great. I am using a Sabrent usb-c tool free enclosure (EC-SNVE) in combination with a Crucial P2 1TB ssd. With the Blackmagic speedtest I am getting speeds of 700 write and 520 read. In my opinion this is very slow. Is it normal that the read is slower than the write? What is your opinion?

@medleysa 3 года назад

MKe sure you buy the right size enclosure for your M.2 SSD. You can buy drives in 2240, 2260, 2280, etc. Those numbers dictate the length of the drive. Just make sure your enclosure matches those numbers.

@mariateresafortunato2014 3 года назад

What's the name of the third-party activity monitor software you use?

@WunKoolKat 3 года назад

The crucial specs indicate that it is up to 2400MB/s, but are we limited to the cable in any way? In other words, for the USB C connection to imac, is there a "faster" cable or are they pretty much the same? Thank you! Great video!!

@billmancos9820 3 года назад

Thank you so much

@AshLordCurry 3 года назад

stick a velcro to the back of the laptop, with a thin drives you won't even feel it while using the laptop. it's super neat

@vidi3266 3 года назад

What utility is that to measure read/write speeds, CPU, Mem, network performance in the status bar?? I really like it! Can you please comment the name of it? Appreciate it! Love the video too!

@analysta1058 3 года назад

May I ask you about the display that you using for the mac mini?

@herojig 3 года назад

got the M1 mini with a cheap enclosure and a Samsung EVO 970 Pro m.2 stick. Making it bootable in Big Sur on the M1 is a bit of a trick, but doable, and worthy of a future video. This stick gets very hot, and at the beginning, it would drop off all the time. But over time, it's become 100% reliable. Boot time is noticeably longer, but still a lot faster than an internal SSD on a 2015 MBP. Running the OS externally is slower then on the M1 internal, but in real world use, usable. Black Magic maxes out this rig out at 600mbs

@Javiramosjuegos 3 года назад

what app you u use to see the intenet speed In the menu bar? thanks!

@vishaldattwadhwa 3 года назад

Which tool are you using for looking at the speed transfer graph and heat in the top bar?

@LyuboA Год назад

you can also get an adapter to allow to use regular m.2 drive in your macbook internally by replacing the internal ssd

@ctlspl 3 года назад

Swapped the internal SSD in my MacBook and now I know what to do with the old one. Thanks for the tip.

@ezequielbraunstein 3 года назад

I think this enclosure isn’t compatible with Apple SSD’s. The actual connector of the original SSD is a bit different from the ones on the normal NVMES 2.0

@ctlspl 3 года назад

@@ezequielbraunstein True, I forgot. Thanks for letting me know.

@gaboanaya 3 года назад

i use one of this external SSD M.2 (crucial p2 of 1tb) for edit my videos and it works very very very great!!!!! it was a good investment!!!!! i work on a MacBook Pro 2019 16" the speed is incredible

@sihle8175 3 года назад

Just got mine for my birthday 😁

@RyanV713 3 года назад

Another awesome video. Will be getting this set up as well. Does the longer USB C cable slow transfer speeds? Thanks again man!

@CreatedTech 3 года назад

Not at all, I didn't notice any speed difference. I'm using a Plugable brand thunderbolt 3 cable.

@RyanV713 3 года назад

@@CreatedTech awesome great to know. Thanks!

@ErnieSaint 3 года назад

Might be a silly question (I hope someone can help me out). Is it okay to keep the external ssd plugged it all the time? Will it cause any issues? Amazing video!

@moremustard 2 года назад

Great videos. Thanks for your time and effort--very appreciated. I have a challenge for you: I am finally making the move from Win to Mac after almost 30 years of Windows. My Mac will have a 512MB SSD, and I have a 1TB Msft OneDrive (365) account. I need it to sync with the external M.2 SSD. How do I configure it to sync to the external SSD, instead of the internal one? A tutorial (could also be applied to other cloud storage services/apps) would be great. Btw, did you ever make that video comparing the other SSD enclosures? -Thx! 😁

@TheRealJasonHowell 3 года назад

If you get an enclosure that does Thunderbolt 3 (not just USB-C 3.2) you should get even faster speeds on those drives.

@_killazania_ 2 года назад

I will most definitely do this since I am using a 2019 13" MacBook Pro with 128 GB of storage and 60 GB of it is used by the system while I only use 9 GB which is so frustrating.

@joeglennaz 2 года назад

Very good video I like how thorough you are but I like how simple you make things. And you don’t jump over any steps. Great video one question I have is why do you have your MacBook Pro understand rather than just closing it and putting it in a stand where it sits upright? I’m assuming you’re using the keyboard and the touchpad on the MacBook Pro and that’s why but I thought I would ask. I have mine closed up and use it as a desktop. I have a mid 2012 MacBook Pro I seven with 16 GB of RAM. Yes it’s almost 10 years old. I just ordered and you M one the other Day and spent four grand on it. But my plan is to keep it for 10 years.

@natsukirei2016 2 года назад

i think these low cost enclosures are fantastic, personally i keep one thunderbolt 3 enclosure for my most expensive SSD which is a 2TB sabre - i use an Orico Thunderbolt 3 NVME enclosure and its absolutely fantastic, amazing speeds I see it as a great backup for if the internal SSD ever dies to have a decent thunderbolt enclosure handy, and then anything else can be a cheaper, low cost enclosure.

@siddharthtrivedi3322 3 года назад

Please make a video about different enclosures comparison as like you have Plugable enclosure because we are in the same storage of 256GB So definitely we need to manage with some external SSD.

@JULESVERNE72 3 года назад

Can I use the Crucial P5 2TB version with the enclosure in your video above?

@inputoutput-hd7jl 2 года назад

for the algorithm. I would have finished watching your video because it is good content except I've been knowing how to do this for quite some time.

@ThatFlyinRyan 3 года назад

do you have heat issues with the external ones ? ive been having problems

@briansloops4724 3 года назад

I know 2tb is a lot of storage but is there an option for a dual nvme enclosure? Like lets say down the road you want to upgrade the 2tb ssd and lets say make it a 4tb ssd, is there anything like that? Thank you! Awesome video btw, I'm totally thinking of doing this!