Question 1

What would it take to make this an external HD? Like an encasement and do you sell them. I wanna store my music library on here, bc I dj with a spinning HD and am afraid I might lose data out and about. I would also like to know if they're USB 3.0 compatible?

Accepted Answer

I have never installed a SSD into an enclosure before but I did do one for my 3.5" hard drive and assuming it is the same. Type in 2.5 enclosure into new egg and you should see a bunch of enclosures that are USB 3.0 compatible, good brands with reputation are ORICO ultra slim and Rosewill Armer

Question 2

what is the read and write speeds for this drive?

Accepted Answer

As stated in the specifications tab of this page:
Performance
Sustained Sequential Read
Up to 550MBps
Sustained Sequential Write
Up to 500MBps
MTBF
2,000,000 hours

Features
Features
Max Read: 
up to 550 MB/s (SATA 6Gbps)
up to 280 MB/s (SATA 3Gbps)

Max Write: 
up to 500 MB/s (SATA 6Gbps)
up to 260 MB/s (SATA 3Gbps)

4KB Random Read: 20,000 IOPS (75 MB/s)
4KB Random Write: 60,000 IOPS (235 MB/s)
Maximum 4KB Random Write: 85,000 IOPS (330 MB/s)

Sequential Read AS-SSD: 500MB/s
Sequential Write AS-SSD: 155 MB/s

4K Random Read AS-SSD: 29,000 IOPS (115 MB/s)
4K Random Write AS-SSD: 38,000 IOPS (150 MB/s)

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