128Gb M 2 2280 Sata Solid State Drive

Very fast SSD. Way faster than previous SATA M.2 drive - and that was really good, too! I am pleased with this purchase.

This worked flawlessly for cloning a SATA M.2 drive that I had. I didn't check that it works with NVMe M.2 drives, but others have said that it does. It got a little warm while running, but it did clone an entire 128G drive in only a few minutes. One minor annoyance is that it doesn't use an M.2 screw, but rather some weird rubber nub that I found hard to use. I would prefer a screw, but it says it's tool-free so that's not exactly a surprise. I like the push-button clamshell thing it's got going on, but the instructions make it clear that it can really mess up your cable if you forget to take it out before opening the enclosure. It also only comes with a (really short) C-to-C USB cable. But I guess it's kind of expected that you're using newer hardware if you have M.2 drives. There are a whole bunch of cheap M.2 enclosures that are notorious for using unreliable JMicron controllers that run really hot. This appears to use a Realtek RTL8210b controller, which runs much better and does actually support NVMe and SATA. I didn't physically check that it does have that chip, but others have, and you can see for yourself what firmware is provided for this drive on Sabrent's site.

This is an upgrade from my previous SATA SSD. I did a clone of that drive and copied it onto this M.2 SSD and everything went perfectly. The speed of the need drive is impressive and everything loads quickly even with an Intel i5 processor.

I chose this enclosure because I wanted to use one of my new M.2 drives as a fast transfer and travel drive. What I did not know at the time was that M.2 drives come in two main flavors: SATA and NVMe. Hint: Make sure you understand the difference before you buy drives! The SATA M.2 drives have two slots. This unit is very easy to open and insert drive. The little tab to hold the end of the drive down is a tad stiff, but it works. I like the detachable cable as I prefer that to integrated cables. I find the unit gets a bit hot while in use. The main failure cause for M.2 drives is heat. I am hoping that the heat I feel on the outside of this enclosure is due to the heat being transferred away from the drive. (So I'm hoping it's a designed heat sink)

If you have an M.2 SATA drive, don't just toss it in a drawer and forget about it! It's easy to put it in this enclosure and use it. Just make sure it's an M.2 SATA drive and not an NVME drive!

I recently got a SanDisk 1TB SSD (Solid State Drive) and used a drive cloning device to clone my old 1TB Hard Disk Drive (HDD) to the new SSD. It works wonders in my 15 year old computer! It really speeds up drive-related activities, perhaps as much as 3 or 4 times faster. I think my old HP laptop computer is either a SATA or SATA II type, so I suspect those with a SATA III system would see even better speed results when going from a HDD to a SSD. Gotta love it!

This one is a user friendly enclosure and don't need any tool to install. It is compatible with M.2 2242 and 2280.

These are good fast m.2 drives for machines that don't have room for 2280 form factor. Great price

Upgraded my mini PC from SanDisk 1TB X400 M.2 2280 to the Samsung 2TB 970 EVO Plus M.2 2280, and installed the old SanDisk SSD in the bundled Xcellon USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C M.2 SSD Enclosure for local backups and other temp data transfers. Everything works great. Happy!

This series of Sabrent Rocket M.2 2280's is excellent. They use very little power, so overheating isn't a problem. They're everything you could ask for, but now they're gone! Sabrent doesn't make them anymore, because technology has moved on. Luckily for me, I upgraded my two 2015 MBPr computers while these were still available. B&H had a few 4TB ones left in Feb 2024, at half the original retail price. Yay!