Thanks for the feedback. Appreciated.

Thanks for the feedback. It may not show well in the video but the acrylic is cut out so the heatsink is exposed to the air. Great point and thanks for commenting.

Great to hear. Thank you.

Glad it was helpful and thanks for the feedback.

Glad you found the issue and thanks for the feedback.

Thanks for your input. Lots of debate on this topic. Thanks for the comment.

Thank you very much. I appreciate it.

Paul Humphrey Thank You.

Thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it.

Thank you!

Good point. That exact issue was fed back to Orico when I reviewed it. Despite this low contact, there is enough to transfer heat though I completely agree with your observation. On their newer designs this problem was addressed as I recently tested some of their newer designs. Thanks for the feedback.

Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate it.

Thanks for you input.

Thanks for the feedback!

Ben TheGuru Absolutely. Thanks.

Any problems with heat?

@@montazownianr1 Sort of, I use in Servers that have airflow, (Not home PC's server wannabees) so not an issue. If used as a portable drive, yes, they get toasty. What should also be noted, these draw a lot of power compared to normal flash. Must use good quality, short cable and always try to connect to rear panel on a PC, not fronts that are already extended on cables.

Thanks. I did do an impression check and it did make contact but good point. Thanks.

2 pads will insulate not improve the contact (you can't avoid trapping air in the adhesive). Use either single 1 or 2 mm pads no more, if the ssd is pressed all the way home in the socket it should seat even on 1mm

Great to hear it worked out. Thanks for the feedback.

Turns out my older mainboard *does* have one USB-C connector at the rear, so, I was able to hit ~1080MB/sec reads/writes...@@MikeFaucher

@@mdd1963 Great to hear and thanks for the feedback.

Great questions. 1. You can take the sticker off but many drives such as the Samsung's it is not a paper label but a metallic label and only makes 1-2 degrees difference however it does void your warranty so it is really up to you. I leave mine on in every case and have more than 12 NVMe drives. 2. This is not a traditional silicone and is actually a thermal transfer material which is surprisingly effective. thanks for the questions.

You may not have a drive letter assigned. Right-click on the Start button and go to disk management and see if you see the drive there and make sure it shows a healthy partition there. Make sure their is a drive letter next to it. If no drive letter the right click on the partition and select "Change drive letter and paths". The only other option is that your drive may be bad. You can also try and delete the parttion and recreate it. Hope that helps.

It comes with different size pads. As for working with drives that have a heatsink, I am not sure. I do not have one to test. Great question.

If you look closely, the plastic housing has an opening to allow some airflow and heat dissipation. Good point.

Care to expand that ? While the pads are still included in the box the latest version of said instructions make no mention of them. Just copied 30Gb of mixed files. The controller is the most obvious target, that area still runs quite hot constantly, the rest isn't particularly warm. I've fixed to cover the controller and adjacent chip then used the rest in a patchwork line down the rest of the board - if nothing else it makes the aluminium sink lay flat without low spots.

That would work. Thanks for the suggestion.

It should but I have not tried it.

Thanks for your input.

Yeah, it is a bit small. Good catch.

Thanks for your input.

That is a generic error for drive initialization of your device. What kind of computer are you using and how did you set it up?

Typically your would use the GPT partition

You are able to format the drive directly but if it is a brand new drive, go to the "Disk Management" in windows and it will prompt you to initialize the drive and format it.

They do get hot because of the nvme drive. Mine gets hot but it can can be picked up. Without active cooling all will get pretty warm.

The case is plastic an seems to hold up ok.

It will work, but I wouldn't recommend using such a high end SSD as you're not going to reap the benefits of it in an enclosure like this

The one I had came apart pretty easily. It may be a tolerancing thing and they may have tightened the build since testing these. As for the thermal pad, I would highly recommend using it as nVME runs hot. The pad is non stick and can be removed at any time without leaving any residue on your drive. Hope that helps.

Thanks for the great video. The user's manual was no help. The thermal pad wasn't sticky at all like I thought. So, I am going to use it on my nvme card. Thanks again.

@@QyXR2 No problem and good luck!

See my other replies, but this seems like a hardware issue possibly compatibility with this USB controller.

The data will stay with drive and is not tied to the enclosure.

Thank you!

See my other replies.

Я признателен за это. Спасибо

It would certainly work as I have done that many times however it is not as fast as thunderbolt or your built-in drive.

Mike Faucher thank you!

Technically yes but depending on the eGPU, you might be better off with a thunderbolt drive for speed.

Thought these drives can safely run that hot as they effectively slow themselves down, you should always use a thermal pad and heatsink, if for no other reason that to prevent constant throttling. nVME drives regulate their performance based on heat very much as a CPU will, the hotter it gets the slower it gets. The only difference is throttling will take place in approximately 2-3 minutes without a heatsink. Thanks for the feedback and good luck.

@@MikeFaucher the drive was touching the red aluminium metal, i thought it was sufficient to spread the heat. Is the heat sink pad hard to remove after i stick them on?

No, thermal pads come right off and do not harden. They do not require and work at all to remove.

Sorry to hear that. What kind of hardware failure? Are you sure it is not the USB?

It should be OK but I would not use is for critical applications for that period of time.

@@MikeFaucher thanks. pity though. they're fast, but can't really use them much.

Thanks.

Thank you for the feedback. I appreciate it.

No problem covering all the parts.

@@MikeFaucher Thank You ! I did it

Have not seen that before, it may be a USB issue. Do you have other USB drives you can try?

@@MikeFaucher I will try another port/drive. Thank you for the video!

No, it is part of the enclosure.

As long as your happy with the performance of your USB controller they it should work but it will not be as fast as an internal drive.

@@MikeFaucher How much of a read/write loss do you expect?

@@CaptainsVelexesHD Hard to say. If the game runs mostly in memory it should be OK. USB has a bit more latency. It is worth trying just have not run it that way before. I have used if for video editing with no issues.

Technically yes, but going across the the entire SSD makes for better and more stable mounting. Good point.

You can but I did not. Thanks

@@MikeFaucher and did it overheat?

@@gordonlim2322 THey run hot with or without the bottom pad. I did try it with my own pads as they do not come with it.

Absolutely as long as your software will support cloning to USB.

@@MikeFaucher Macrium Reflect says: You can clone to a drive installed in your computer or to a drive that is attached using a USB caddy

@@unknownfilmmaker777 Great to hear. Acronis also works with it.

Thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it.

@@MikeFaucher I would like to add that it's not the enclosure that is fast. The enclosure is just wiring to make the NVME SSD hook to you USB port. They are all mostly the same.

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I did not measure the exact temperature as it varies on load but they do run hot.

Thanks.

MBR (master boot record) is mostly what is used for legacy systems with BIOS. GPT is disks are used by (UEFI) systems and you can have 4 more partitions on the drive. GPT is also required for disks larger than 2T.

Yes, it still works.

You are correct however if you remove the sticker it does void the warranty and in my testing only makes it about 4 degrees cooling. As the label is copper, not really worth it for the 4 degree gain.

Absolutely. Thanks.

Why settle for USB 3.2 lets go for USB 3.5 and be done

@@mrmotofy USB 3.5? Current USB is 3.2 gen 1, gen 2 and gen 2x2. The next gen will be USB4.

This is USB 3.2 Gen 2 which is 10Gigabit/s (1.25GB/s). The current highest version would be 3.2 Gen 2x2 with 20Gb/s.

No, this is just a USB drive.

@@MikeFaucher thank you. Got sorted. Had crypto on it and was afraid it might damage files etc

@@MrKevinokane Great to hear.

Thanks, as reading from the device is always faster I neglected to put them in. Thanks for pointing that out.

@@MikeFaucher Mike you know I am aware of your videos, please the next time, again, please, do a write test and and copy test. Keep on doing it with an only and big file. That's is the best way of taking advantage of the bandwidth.

@@joseluisbrear.5196 Point taken and I will do that. Thanks for the feedback.

@@MikeFaucher Thank you for your reply and please keep me in mind for next time.

@@joseluisbrear.5196 Will do.

Detailed manuals are a thing of the past. Don’t see many anymore.

Thanks for the feedback, I will make it larger on future videos.

Thanks for the feedback.

You are correct except there is much variation in USB 3.1 as there is Gen 1 and Gen 2. Theoretically, Gen 2 is 10gigs/sec which is roughly 1.2 gigs/sec (which you never reach) and on paper twice the speed of SATA. Allot depends on which system you are putting this on and how they implemented USB 3.1, but you bring up a great point. Thanks for the input.

@@MikeFaucher Yeah fair enough, I guess a standard SSD would probably only reach 500-600 mb/s but I still think it seems daft to spend so much on an nvme and then throttle it through a usb 3.1 to be honest. but to be fair my comment was a little on the hasty side.

If you look up the specs, USB 3.1 Gen 2 is 10Gbs. Thunderbolt is 3, 4, and USB 4 are 40 Gbs. Thanks for the feedback.

@@MikeFaucher 99.95% USB 3.1 are gen 1 / max5 Gb, so it is misinformation. We are in real life not in spec painted on A4.

@@TheTRYTYTKA Though I respect your opinion, that has not been my experience. Also, I reported what I tested and did not misinform anyone. I do agree that there is a lot of 3.1 Gen1 out there even though almost everything I have is Gen 2, It would not be fair to test a Gen 2 product at Gen1 speeds as that would be even more misleading and would not do justice to a next-gen product. Much like testing a Thunderbolt 3 drive in a Thunderbolt 2 system. I understand your point and appreciated your input but it is my job to test things as they were designed. THanks

Good observation. It does actually contact the drive enough to transfer heat. There are better designs for sure, but under normal use it works OK. Thanks for the comment.

it makes contact with the drive for sure as it is where it is installed, but the other side that is supposed to contact the heat sink is not touching. . i have similar enclosure with sliding cover from orico as well. gets so hot on huge transfers. this is why you will never see a cpu or gpu heat sink that is sliding type, it is always dropped into place and secured because of the sticky nature of a thermal compound or pad..

Any NVMe will work with this enclosure however if you are using the drive from an old system or if it new, you MAC may want to initialize which will erase everything on it and it should have warned you that would happen. This is common behavior any new external drive you put on your system and has little to do with enclosure. If you have already initialized the drive, the drive should now work but unfortunately there is not much that can be done for the data that was lost unless you have a back up.

@@MikeFaucher - thanks for your help. I got it straight.

True there are differences is thermal resistance between the controller and memory both are well within the MFG specs and not really an issue in most home applications. Good point.