![M.2 to USB Enclosure, RIITOP M2 SSD to USB 3.1 (Type-A) Reader with Case Compatible with Both NVMe (PCI-e) & NGFF B+M Key (SATA) SSD [Upgraded]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/31cl3J1UzpL._AC_.jpg)
Compact, portable and fast. I ended up getting three of them, one in each color. One was for my wife to help incentivize her to back up her laptop more frequently, and two were to provide expanded storage for my Hades Canyon Nuc, and a portable backup drive for myself. I’ve got them mounted to the case with some 3M velcro strips so I can quickly pop then off and plug them in somewhere else.
Each one is housing a 1 TB SSD, all made in different years from different manufacturers (Samsung, Crucial, and WD). Others have complained about the fit of the SSD’s but I haven’t had an issue at all. As a side note, I also used them for smaller 256 GB SSD’s, again, to transfer data while setting up, and they all fit without issues as well. All SSD’s I used were the standard 2280 form factor.
I have synced hundreds of gigs worth of data regularly on these drives and haven’t noticed any issues. They’ve been very reliable even when plugged in for days or weeks at a time. I’ve also used them on both Windows and Linux (Ubuntu) machines without issue.
The enclosures do get pretty warm either when plugged in for a while or when transferring a lot of data, but never too hot. Given that M.2’s have been known to get pretty warm (especially NVMe’s), so I consider this a feature :P.
Performance has also been great! There is a measurable difference between plugging this in to a USB 3.0 port and a USB 3.1 gen 2 port. However, that speed measurement was using a synthetic workload. I doubt you’d notice a difference when actually transferring files since there is quite a bit of additional overhead involved.
One final note. The first enclosure I got was the grey one and it has had the smoothest operation while sliding out the plug. The black and silver ones that I got several months later feel like they stick while sliding the plug out. I can’t say whether this is due to a general change in the manufacturing process, different batches, or directly related to the finish on the drives.
| Item Weight | 0.1 Pounds |
|---|---|
| Compatible Devices | Laptop, PC |
| Max Number of Supported Devices | 1 |
| Data Transfer Rate | 10 Gigabits Per Second |
| Hard Drive | M.2 |
