USB to M2 adapter?
What about the use case where you just want to use this drive in a portable enclosure as a super fast usb-c thumb drive?HWDAN55 wrote: ↑Be aware that WD changed the NAND chips and firmware in this model back in June without publishing it or changing the model number.
You may not achieve the same performance as most of the reviewers benchmarked with the earlier version. It depends on how much data you try to push, but once the SLC cache runs out, performance is about halfed.
The average user may not be affected but this might still influence your buying decisions on this model.
Just search this drive under 'news' in Google and you'll see the recent reports from various sites like Toms Hardware about it.
Looks good. There is heat sink plate for the SSD. Some enclosure does not have that.junglemage666 wrote: ↑ Been using this nvme enclosure for awhile now it's been pretty good. Use it to clone boot drives.
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product ... _id=163145
Speeds are very fast
I got it for $29.99 but it's $39.99, still worth the price
Oh and it comes with a usb C to usb C cable, and also a usb C to usb A cable (the usual usb type)
Yes, the USB 3.0 ports provides data transfer speeds up to 5 GbpswhiteGSR wrote: ↑ I use this one for ~$36 because it's compatible with both SATA and NVME, whereas some you have to choose one or the other in most enclosures.
Also states that it's USB 3.2 though I can only get it to 3.0 on my Dell XPS 13 9360 and might be a limitation on my laptop
https://www.amazon.ca/Sabrent-Enclosure ... 076&sr=8-8
The SLC cache is used to buffer the writes since the cache is faster than the actual storage NAND. However the combination of the different chips now used and its firmware, it doesn't empty as fast and could fill up and slow down the drive until it catches up, or the writes complete.Corwin1066 wrote: ↑ What about the use case where you just want to use this drive in a portable enclosure as a super fast usb-c thumb drive?
Would the cache be of any use at all?
Following the above use case, if I wanted to write a bunch of data to this drive and then take it over to another system to use, is the cache of any value at all? Wouldn't I still need to wait for the cache to be cleared before ejecting the drive?
I imagine that the effective transfer rate would depend on the underlying NAND chip type.
Got this one but realize it didn't work for sata m2.junglemage666 wrote: ↑ Been using this nvme enclosure for awhile now it's been pretty good. Use it to clone boot drives.
https://www.canadacomputers.com/product ... _id=163145
Speeds are very fast
I got it for $29.99 but it's $39.99, still worth the price
Oh and it comes with a usb C to usb C cable, and also a usb C to usb A cable (the usual usb type)
How does it perform for gaming?HWDAN55 wrote: ↑ The SLC cache is used to buffer the writes since the cache is faster than the actual storage NAND. However the combination of the different chips now used and its firmware, it doesn't empty as fast and could fill up and slow down the drive until it catches up, or the writes complete.
Like I said, you may not even reach that level unless you have big TB sized writes like video/video editing, or transferring large image backups. You might not even care if you do as long as it works. However, some might not be happy if they bought on specs and benchmarks and got overall green drive performance for a blue drive price. Me, if I was in the market for an SSD at the moment, I'd probably still spring for this one anyway.
