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Reddit mentions of StarTech.com M.2 SSD Enclosure for M.2 SATA SSDs - USB 3.1 (10Gbps) with USB-C Cable - External Enclosure for USB-C Host - Aluminum (SM21BMU31C3)
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We found 4 Reddit mentions of StarTech.com M.2 SSD Enclosure for M.2 SATA SSDs - USB 3.1 (10Gbps) with USB-C Cable - External Enclosure for USB-C Host - Aluminum (SM21BMU31C3). Here are the top ones.
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Turn your M.2 SATA drive into an ultra-fast and portable storage solution for USB C enabled host including MacBook Pro or Chromebook Pixel or Dell XPSCompact M.2 SSD Enclosure for M.2 SATA SSDs lets you add fast and portable data storage to any laptop or computer with a USB-C port or Thunderbolt 3 USB C port (USB-C cable included)External M.2 SSD enclosure supports USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) and is OS independentBroad compatibility with support for the most common M.2 SATA SSDs 30mm, 42mm, 60mm, 80mm (Not compatible with M.2 NVMe or AHCI PCI-Express SSDs)Aluminum M.2 SSD enclosure with ventilation supports SATA I, II, III (up to 6Gbps) / M.2 enclosure / M.2 SSD enclosure / USB C hard drive enclosure
Specs:
| Height | 1.18 Inches |
| Length | 6.3 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | M.2 SATA |
| Weight | 0.13448197982 Pounds |
| Width | 5.12 Inches |
While you weigh your options, consider the idea that you can put a SATA m.2 drive into an external USB enclosure. So you get the full capacity and endurance of a solid state drive in a portable USB form factor. I have an Arch install on one of them that I plug into my laptop and desktop and whenever I'm on the go and need to do "tech support". You can partition it as well so that you have two different distro on it and a "storage" partition that they can both access. Drivers haven't been a huge issue for the things I've had to plug it into at least. And you can have huge amounts of storage too.
This is the enclosure I use.
With this one, you can fit two m.2 drives into a usb enclosure so you can meet your space demands.
That's ridiculously and insanely overpriced! You basically paid $1000 dollars for an external M.2 1Tb hybrid drive, correct?
What Apple calls a Fusion Drive which is just a fancy way of saying it's a "Mechanical and an SSD." A Hybrid drive.
The link you posted was a 2TB "Fusion" drive benchmarked with Black Magic's Speed test with the one Gigabyte Stress Test option. Basically, the lowest and least demanding option this benchmark tool has. This is a quick snapshot of the same BlackMagic test I just did here. The 2017 iMac I have is the lowest base model. As you can see, I'm getting 1.2+ GB of read speed on a 1 GB file for the sort duration of the test. I think anyone with a 2017 iMac would get the same read results.
The whole point of a Apple's Hybrid drive is to showcase how quick it's I/O is at the forefront. Good luck doing anything of real world applications (i.e. 4k+ video editing, etc)..the benchmarks from the Tom's Hardware links above, show that fact too.
Not to mention...having a 2TB hybrid option on a 2017 iMac from your link...what would that upgrade cost? another $600+ for what...a 128GB SSD attached to a 2TB $60 mechanical drive? Fuck I hate Apple so much sometimes.
If you have a 2017 iMac, get a proper NVMe drive/enclosure and use your installed hybrid drive as scratch space.
You can pay $30 and get StarTech.com M.2 to SATA SSD Enclosure - USB 3.1
and then throw down $380 for a Samsung 850 EVO - 1TB - M.2 SATA
and you have the same exact thing the poster above me stated, for less than half the price.
However, you will have no where near the speeds of the two drives I listed prior.
Your posted link says "Up to 2600 MB/s Data Transfer Speeds." Correct it is! via the Thunderbolt 3 connection, infact they should of just stated the theoretical transfer speeds of the connection, which is at 4000 MB/S -
but the enclosed SSD in this product is of the M.2 variety. A single M.2 stick, you'll get ~600 MB's of I/O regardless of how fast your port is.
But for fuck sakes, if you have $1000 to spend..get one of the two listed NVMe items I listed above. Take complete advantage of your iMac's Thunderbolt 3, the port is capable of 4GB's a second of I/O! The drives I listed above have real world speeds of 2GB's a second and beyond.
Mind you, I'm not advocating any product...I'm just trying to understand all the options out there and passing on any little knowledge I have.
... First google result. https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Portable-Enclosure-Aluminum-SM21BMU31C3/dp/B01C7G8W86
Hello, I've been doing extensive research on this as I'd like to plug an external GPU into my 2016 Macbook retina (m7 model). The lack of TB3 is killing me.
I don't want it to run games, but I want it to be able to develop simple iOS games without stuttering.
I have been searching high and low for a solution and am curious as to whether this may possibly work:
https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-com-Portable-Enclosure-Aluminum-SM21BMU31C3/dp/B01C7G8W86/ref=sr_1_6?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1465649940&sr=1-6&keywords=usb-c+to+m.2 or https://www.amazon.com/SNANSHI-Type--NGFF-Adapter-Enclosure/dp/B017O6ODZA/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1465649940&sr=1-5&keywords=usb-c+to+m.2
Which is a USB-C to M.2 NGFF connector which supposedly supports transfers of up to 10Gb/s BUT only supports SATA-based B Key (SSD, it says). I will do away with the case of course. Are you using a B Key NGFF port?
The connector you linked, and this one, which I think is the same one http://www.hwtools.net/ExtenderBoard/P14S-P14F.html are key B-M type.
What do you think?