SABRENT Thunderbolt SSD NVMe Enclosure, Tool Free, Super Fast 20Gbps, Thunderbolt 3 Aluminum M.2 Reader, Plug and Play (EC-T3NS)

I was using an SSD (1Tb Samsung Evo 860) in a sata enclosure for my Apple Photos drive. Linked to an Apple Mac Mini with 16mb of RAM I was getting significant lag editing photos and scrolling through 40k+ photos. I switched to this device with a Sabrent Rocket 1Tb M2 NVMe drive in an attempt to get round the lag. The faster write/read speeds in conjunction with the Thunderbolt housing has thankfully reduced almost all the perceptible lag, and only video editing (4k GoPro) now seems to make it work hard. I'm not into monitoring numbers, there are plenty on here who live by that mantra. For my own personal purposes with this configuration it solved my issues. You need to initialise the drive before use using Apple Disk Utility . My O/S version is OS-X big sur (11.2.3 as of mar-21), drive was formatted as APFS / GUID partition map. Pros: Easy to install, tool free, no screw required (twist lock screw included), very dense aluminium casing, nicely made, matches mac lighting / design, seems a decent step up from SSD/Sata Cons: Proprietary cable with lugs (see photo), cable is too short, cant buy another longer cable that I can see so far

Straight away, I could tell this is a superior product. The fit and finish is excellent. The quality of the materials is evident in the smoothness of the edges, the reassuring weight of the enclosure and the secure fitting of the cover. It was very easy to install my Western Digital SN750 NVME SSD. The instructions are simple and the SSD is held in place securely. I was worried by other reviews that said the cable had indents one of the plugs. I am happy to tell you the good news that Sabrent have obviously listened to these complaints because the one I received has no notches or bumps and uses a standard thunderbolt 3 cable. I haven't bothered with benchmarking because it seems just as fast in practice as my previous enclosure BUT this one does not randomly disconnect when I am writing or copying to the SSD. No more annoying error notifications nor crashed applications. This enclosure has a rock solid connection that does not disconnect at all! This is why I bought Sabrent and why the other, unreliable enclosure will probably go to recycling.

I'll keep this short with the pertinent facts. THE GOOD STUFF 1. The quality of this enclosure is amazing and beautifully engineered. 2. It is Thunderbolt 3 which of course makes it far more expensive, exotic and of course very very fast. 3. You won't be disappointed with the performance if you mate it with a high speed NVMe SSD drive. 4. It is truly tool free but give the instructions a read first - they are very helpful. 5. It is good value compare to other enclosures. THE BAD STUFF 1. Out of pure madness Sabrent have decided to make the USB Thunderbolt 3 port proprietary. There are two notches in it which means only their cable will fit and at the time of writing you cannot buy a spare. THE PROBLEM WITH THE PORT AND CABLE I've already modified a Thunderbolt 3 cable to fit Sabrent's port so this can be easily done. It's two small 1 x 2mm notches that need to be made which of course would invalidate any cable warranty - your choice.

Does what it is supposed to do and very easy to fit an SSD. Very happy with this enclosure.

Great bit of kit, does as expected.

I bought this before it was sold in the UK ,So had to pay custums charges.Like people are saying on here about the proprity cable you can,t use a normal TH3 cabel on it as you can see from the image below. https://images-eu.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61jb0XCi3wL._SY88.jpg .Apart from that flaw in the design.it is a very good design and works well.So one star off because i had to pay over 10 pound extra for it .And one off because you can only use the supplied cabel.Having said all that i would recommend this at the 80 pound Uk PRICE.

Perfect companion for a mac mini running esxi as esxi only supports thunderbolt, but usb3 discs.

Nicely made, highly compatible. Very fast with Mac. Important to note that there is space above and below the m.2 socket, meaning that double sided SSDs will fit.

Preso questo enclosure per nvme perché thunderbolt e assicura una velocità di 40gbs, non ce ne sono molti in giro e soprattutto molti riportano la velocità senza specificare che magari è condivisa tra più porte presenti sul dispositivo. In questo caso la porta thunderbolt è unica e rende perfetta l'accoppiata con qualsiasi Mac o iMac in circolazione. PRO: - Dimensioni: appena oltre la grandezza di un nvme 2880 - Facilità di installazione: si apre attraverso un anello che ruota e l'nvme va inserito nel connettore e fermato con un comodo gancetto all'altra estremità - Materiali: scocca in alluminio, robusta e ben fatta, perfette le finiture, ma si sa che Sabrent non sbaglia - Velocità: il chip gestisce perfettamente anche i dischi con velocità oltre i 5000mbs, ovviamente da il meglio di sé, se utilizzato con cavo e connessione thunderbolt CONTRO: - Temperatura: sotto stress la scocca raggiunge temperature elevate, nonostante sia fornito un kit con un pad di pasta termica da applicare (in due spessori) - Peso: essendo la scocca in metallo, il peso non è dei più leggeri, complessivamente accettabile ma non il più leggero in commercio - Compatibilità: è compatibile solo con nvme m2 formato 2880! Attenzione al disco che volete installare.... - Costo: corpo in alluminio, connessione thunderbolt 3/4 e marchio probabilmente spingono il prezzo un po sopra la media; ma si sa che la qualità si paga CONCLUSIONI: un enclosure perfetto sotto quasi tutti gli aspetti, non per tutte le tasche, ma se cercate un contenitore per nvme thunerbolt 3/4 perché possedete un computer di casa Apple e volete sfrutture appieno la velocità di trasferimento, non ci sono molte alternative valide sul mercato. Voto: 9

I am very satisfied with this enclosure. It delivers excellent performance and has been completely stable with my Mac Studio, even during heavier workloads. The tool-less design is a great feature, making it quick and easy to install or swap an SSD without any tools. Overall, it feels very well built and reliable. I can definitely recommend this enclosure.

Variante mit Thunderbolt 3 Ich wollte für meinen neuen iMac ein schnelleres Laufwerk, da dieser nur ein lahmes Fusion Drive eingebaut hat. Da ich während der Garantie aber das Gerät nicht öffnen wollte, musste eine externe SSD her. Sinnvoll ist da nur eine Kombination von schneller NVMe SSD und einem Thunderbolt 3 Gehäuse. Das Gehäuse ist sehr hochwertig, massives dickes Aluminium. Es lässt sich ohne Schraubendreher öffnen und mithilfe der Thermo-Pads kann man die SSD auch über das Gehäuse kühlen. Das war bei der von mir gekauften Samsung 970 Evo Plus auch dringend nötig. Diese SSD ist unglaublich schnell (3.500) und verbraucht entsprechend viel Strom. Da sowohl der Stromverbrauch, als auch die dadurch bedingte Hitze ein Problem sein können und die Samsung 970 Evo Plus in der Vergangenheit mit Mac-Computern Probleme bereitete, war ich auf das Ergebnis gespannt. Aber kein Problem, die aktuellen Evo Plus haben bereits die neue fehlerfreie Firmware drauf, ein Update war nicht nötig. Es lief sofort einwandfrei. Die Stomverdorgung reicht und die Wärme wird sicher über das massive Gehäuse abgeleitet. Der iMac ist nun eine Rennmaschine. Gibt es auch Kritik? Naja, das Sabrent-Gehäuse könnte schneller sein. Die SSD schafft 3500, das Gehäuse nur 1500. Ich kann die Geschwindigkeit der SSD also nicht ausschöpfen. Aber intern würde der iMac auch nur 2000 schaffen. Die SSD ist einfach deutlich schneller als die Chipsätze der genutzten Geräte. Dennoch werde ich die SSD nach dem Ende der Garantie in den iMac einbauen. PS: Ich habe das Fusion Drive gelöscht und getrennt. Die interne 28 GB SSD nutze ich nicht, die 1 TB HDD nutze ich als Time Machine Backup-Laufwerk. Das funktioniert einwandfrei. Ich arbeite also ausschließlich mit der SSD über Thunderbolt 3. Aus dem iMac ist dadurch ein Formel 1 Rennwagen geworden. Ohne Garantieverlust.

Kawal solidnej obudowy do dysku nvme, dzięki złączu thunderbolt osiąga wysokie transfery podczas pracy. Instalacja dysku ssd nie nastęcza problemów, nie potrzebujesz do tego żadnych narzędzi.

box easy to assemble and ready in 2 minutes. write speed of 1400 mb/s and read 1550 mb/s. annoying point thunderbolt 3 cable too short it works great with macbook pro m1 pro