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Michael C.

Michael C.

Joined on 10/07/08

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Pretty fast and good value

Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS100T2B0C
Western Digital WD Blue SN550 NVMe M.2 2280 1TB PCI-Express 3.0 x4 3D NAND Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS100T2B0C

Pros: The product arrived quickly and the price is reasonable for performance. Plug and Play in Orico Thunderbolt 3 Aluminum Enclosure

Cons: It does run a little hot when pushed but not really a con, it's normal for this type of NVME.

Overall Review: Using it as an external SSD to my 2017 iMac 27 5K. Using the original cable that came with the Orico enclosure, getting similar read/write speeds (actually a little faster on this NVME than internal boot drive.) I've had it for a day now and installed Big Sur as the macOS and so far so good. Completed transfer of 420Gb in less than an hour using Migration Assistant. I Will report back in 30 and 90 days to see if it's trustworthy as my main boot drive on the iMac.

Works as advertised and decently fast on T3

ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD Case with Built-in Cooling Fan Type-C M.2 NVMe SSD Portable Hard Drive Enclosure For M.2 NVMe 2230 2242 2260 2280 SSD
ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD Case with Built-in Cooling Fan Type-C M.2 NVMe SSD Portable Hard Drive Enclosure For M.2 NVMe 2230 2242 2260 2280 SSD

Pros: Shipping from China directly only took a week and reviews were scarce so took the plunge on this enclosure. Installation was a breeze and took less than 5 minutes. Came well packaged with a ThunberBolt 3 cable (1 foot) and getting decent read/write speeds on my iMac 2017 5k. Laying on the iMac base to offer additional heat transfer from the aluminium enclosure.

Cons: It does get a little hot. Not getting the full capacity of the NVME which is rated up to 2400 read but not really noticing the difference.

Overall Review: Using it as the main boot drive for Big Sur on macOS and so far so good after 24 hours. I'll report back in 30 and 90 days. Will try using another cable once I get the chance to see if things improve slightly.