M 2 Sata Class 20 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!

Solid m.2 great price as well.

I purchased the Sabrent SSD Enclosure and it was one of my top 2 choices. The heaviness of the item is a turn-off to some, but for me-- I wanted the security of the device to protect my M.2 which became a back up drive. So I didn't want something flimsy. The Sabrent has built in cloning software (that costs about $20-25, so it's a real plus) and it worked LIKE.A.CHARM. Tops. Outstanding. Within 15-20 minutes, I had cloned my machine's C drive, then I popped the card out, put the new one in my machine and put the former M.2 in this enclosure. It's fantastic, and has all the needed cords, and screws (EXCEPT of course does not have a screw to install a new M.2 in your computer, if that's something you're doing. That's sold separately and pesky to find, if you don't know exactly what you're looking for. I got one at a hardware store surprisingly). This enclosure is first class and I'm a true believer in the Sabrent quality now. Five stars. Great service by B&H as well.

If you are installing an internal Solid State Drive to your desktop computer, you'll need this SATA wire unless you are able to scavenge one off another attached device that you no longer use. It attaches to the back of the SSD (or other SATA device) and to the mother board.

Great Motherboard, except for documentations on the SATA ports when using M.2 SATA and NVME. Needs better documentations.