Is this the USB C 3.1 Gen 2 SSD drive enclosure I'm looking for? Only $15

[Zoidberg]

Robert M wrote:
D4,

If you’re just trying to save money, yes, it’s less expensive for more storage. However, you’re paying a very significant price for that savings in performance. An NVME M.2 drive even in a USB 3.1 Gen 2 box will blow the doors off any 2.5” SSD in a USB 3.1 Gen 2 box. What is your goal? You didn’t address it in your question and it definitely is a key factor here.

Robert

Again; :agree:

[d4]

Robert M wrote:
D4,

If you’re just trying to save money, yes, it’s less expensive for more storage. However, you’re paying a very significant price for that savings in performance. An NVME M.2 drive even in a USB 3.1 Gen 2 box will blow the doors off any 2.5” SSD in a USB 3.1 Gen 2 box. What is your goal? You didn’t address it in your question and it definitely is a key factor here.

Robert

The main purpose of the external drive is to use it store about 500GB of personal photos and videos. With lots of room for futureproofing. It's not just an archive. But to use it as the Photos App main library. I want to to be able to go in there through Photos and scan and edit (through Photos) on the fly. A big pet peeve of mine is scrolling through decade old images in Photos and getting delays. I want it snappy snappy quick.

I'm all for paying more for quality and speed. But 40% more is quite a bit more.

[sekker]

d4 wrote:
[quote=Gareth]
[quote=d4]
The 2TB Sandisk Ultra route is Roughly 40% cheaper!

And roughly 64% SLOWER!
DAAANG!!


Funny, but likely that 36% speed is still plenty fast for most uses.

[RAMd®d]

The Sandisk Ultra 2TB is currently on sale for $184. Plus a $15 USB C 3.1 Gen2 case. Roughly $200.


This sounds like a setup more suited to say — a 2012 mini or 2015 iMac.

If so the question would be — is that $15 enclosure a decent USB 3.1/G2 buy?

I guess it's cheap enough to find out.

What about a Crucial 2TB MX500 vs the SanDisk 2TB 3D in d4's post?

There's a $46 price difference.

[RAMd®d]

...something like this https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Tool-fre...8?dchild=1&keywords=usb+3.1+enclosure+m.2&qid=1594843020&sr=8-8 and suitable NVME drive to eek out bit more performance in the 2012 mini and Late 2015 iMac?

[Yoyodyne ArtWorks]

The 1TB SanDisk Extreme Pro is on sale today for $159 on Amazon, just ordered mine. There’s a long wait time for delivery (at least a month) but I don’t mind. It will be the new home for my iTunes/Audirvana music library.

[Robert M]

D4,

How's this for a deal?



I don't know how it compares quality-wise to the SanDisk Ultra or the model I'm using as an external boot drive for my 2019 iMac. The one I have is this model:



If I was in the market for an SSD for a 2020 Mac Mini, I'd seriously look at that Inland NVME SSD for $189 and drop it in either a USB 3.1 Gen 2 box or OWC's Thunderbolt box. If saving money was a factor, go with the USB box.


RAM,

I have one of those Plugable boxes. Not a big fan of it. Ended up immediately replacing it with a model from a different manufacturer. My Inland Premium SSD is in a brick of a Sabrent USB 3.1 Gen 2 box. Rock solid for nearly a year.

Robert

[anonymouse1]

Gareth wrote:
[quote=d4]
The 2TB Sandisk Ultra route is Roughly 40% cheaper!

And roughly 64% SLOWER!
miley-score010:

[RAMd®d]

Robert,

I remember you mentioning the Pluggable.

I only used that particular example because I like the finned aluminum heat-sink design.

A box like that would be strapped to the iMac's stand as an additional heat-sink.

There's an Icy Box in similar design, could be the same manufacturer, but that design would be my preference.

B&H has the 1TB SanDisk Extreme Pro for $140, and the 2T for $184, 'tax free' if you have their PayBoo card.

B&H also has the Crucial MX500 2T for $230, hence my comparison question.

These seem like decent prices combined with the $15 box d4 mentions.

I am leaning towards an overkill USB-C 3.1/NMVE setup because of the possibility of a little more speed (which I may not see).

I'm in line for a Envoy Express for my 2018 mini.

At some point down the road, I'll look for a 2880 solution.

[jdc]

Case is irrelevant. 2.5" SSDs max at 550 MB/s. Getting a case that supports more does nothing.

So get whatever 2.5" case you want with either USB C or USB A connections.

Im having deja vu -- but think we already discussed the whole NVMe PCIe vs 2.5" SSD before?

NVMe PCIe potential with OWC case is 1500 MB/s hooked to USB C
NVMe PCIe potential with basic $20 case is 1000 MB/s hooked to USB C
2.5" SSD cant go over 550, no matter what its hooked to.

Yoyos new 1 TB is Sandisk is a good bang/buck, similar to my crucial X8. $170 with 1000 MB/s