ICY BOX M.2 NVMe Enclosure for M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, USB 3.1 (Gen 2, 10 Gpbs), USB-C & USB-A Cable, Aluminum, Black

The product worked well for what I needed but I am not an IT expert.I used this to recovered data from a Solid state hard drive (SSD) Intel M.2 NVMe PCIe 256gb SSDPEKKW256G7 after terminal start up failure of my laptop.The casing is solid alloy, possibly aluminium, in matt black.The kit is supplied with:1 x USB3-c enabled SSD Carrier circuit board1x standard USB connector cable to USB3-c1x USB3-C to USB3-c connector cable1 x mini magnetic screwdriverall required screws and fixings.The only criticism is that the install instructions are not very clear, however it is not too difficult to work out.Here's my attempt to explain :-)1) Discharge any static by touching something metal like a radiator or were an anti-static tether.2) Slot the SSD pins into the port at the front of the circuit board at about a 30 degree angle ensuring the SSD is face up.3) Push the back end of the SSD down and secure with the supplied brass knurled nut that has a integral groove engraved in it. The groove locates in the semicircular cut away on the back edge of the SDD and also acts as a spacer to keep the SDD level with the carrier circuit board.4) Insert the screw from the underside for the circuit board into the brass nut using the supplied mini magnetic screwdriver and tighten.5) The circuit board that carries the SSD slots into the casing at the open end through a guide slot on either side.Ensure the assembled SSD and carrier are the right way up or the brass nut will get in the way when you slot into the casing.6) The last step is to add on the end plate. If you look closely you will see a small pin hole as well as the usb3 c socket opening and 2x screw holes. This pinhole is to allow the blue LED active light to shine through.Ensure the plate it the right way up so that the LED on the board is not obscured.7) Add the 2x fixing screws and tighten.The transfer speed seemed good for what I needed but I was not testing for speed, just needed to get at my data before reformatting the drive and clean reinstall of Windows 10 from a recovery USB created from the Microsoft website.I also noticed that the casing got very warm to the touch when moving 1 GB of data, though this may be normal for SSD. The metal fins on the casing did a good job as a heat sink.

I bought this to enable me to connect an Samsung high speed SSD to a Linux based system, a Raspberry pi 4B. For those with a Raspberry, it works fine. The raspberry OS boots from the SSD attached to an external powered usb hub. I had problems getting it to work connected directly to the onboard usd-c. It probably draws too much power from the pi mother board.I have also used it as an external drive on a laptop, like a very large memory stick.In summary very pleased with the housing. It does get warm, but not too hot to hold in your hand.The housing can be a little fiddly to put together. I managed to drop one of the tiny fixings on the floor. Luckily the manufacturer supplies addition fixings in the box so as long as you don’t make the same mistake twice you should be ok.

OK you have just bought a new laptop that is windows 11 capable. With this device you can clone your SSD and test windows 11 or anything else for that matter without risking the SSD that came with the machine.Attempts at Backup and restore failed as the machine's SSD was encrypted and Acronis failed to restore the backups.So this device allowed cloning to take place. It also comes with cables so you can connect it to USB-C or computers with a type A connector.

Getting tired of all my old 3.5 inch drives that I have been using for back-ups so I decided to invest in a better solution to store the data making space combined the Icy Box with Crucial CT1000P1SSD8 P1 1 TB (3D, NAND, NVMe, PCIe, M.2, Solid State Drive) £ 96 vs the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1 TB NVMe M.2 Internal SSD recommended happy with the transfer rates 100MB/s msata external drive to icy box NVME m.2 dont expect the same transfer rates with my old IDE drives but the space saving will be worth the cost and hassle definitely will need a shorter cable it was this or 1TB thumb drivesBought it again but this time I fitted the Crucial P2 CT1000P2SSD8 1 TB Internal SSD, Up to 2400 MB/s (3D NAND, NVMe, PCIe, M.2) But this time drive keeps wanting to be re-initialized and formatted when successful you can copy a file it starts off at lightening speed but then drops to 40 MBit/s it will freeze and fail fatal hardware error 2 out of 2 boxes and drives so now I am not so sure if the Crucial P2 CT1000P2SSD8 1 TB Internal SSD, Up to 2400 MB/s (3D NAND, NVMe, PCIe, M.2) is compatible with the box. Support is not exactly great

Love the product

Very small, well built, and super fast!

Not easy to install the nmve drive, small screws and no magnetic screwdriver makes this more complicated then other enclosures.Works great with an 970 EVO on my iMac (2019).

I've been using this with an M2 512Gb ssd for around a week and I haven't encountered any problems. The case is well built and it's very easy to install an M2 drive; the required screwdriver/screws are included. I've no hesitation to recommend this adapter and I would buy another in the future when the need arises.