I did that recently.
As you can see, I returned them. Performance was utterly awful. Carbon Copy Cloner was estimating 27 hours for the initial backup. I tried different ports and cables on my Studio.
I don’t know if it was the enclosure or the ssd itself that was the cause of the slowdown but as you see, I just returned them both because I couldn’t be arsed to investigate further at the time. I bought the Orico enclosure because that specific one was mentioned on LTT.
I don’t know if it was the enclosure or the ssd itself that was the cause of the slowdown but as you see, I just returned them both because I couldn’t be arsed to investigate further at the time. I bought the Orico enclosure because that specific one was mentioned on LTT.
I’ve got a couple of 2.5” UGReen caddies and they’ve always been good so perhaps I’ll look again.
My aim is for a 2Tb drive attached to the Studio so I can do daily CCC backups. I do the same with my iMac and my MBA so it makes sense to do it on the Studio as well. That’s as well as Time Machine, of course.
/edit - would this be a decent enclosure?
Ahh yes, I see. I've just ordered it. I'm away for a few days so will go nvme hunting when I get back.
Good spot. I won't buy another one of those then
Interesting, does the SSD with the heatsink fit in the enclosure or did you get the one without?
I got this combo ready for when i get a new Mac. I felt 5000mb/s is plenty fast enough for an external storage, the enclosure can actually handle double that (on paper). 2TB + case for £100.
Will relegate that to something else then.That's an even worse drive than the one @Feek tried - under sustained writes it can drop as low as 100MBps - that's slower than most hard drives!
Crucial P3 Plus SSD Review: Capacity on the Cheap
The P3 Plus is a good first effort at a faster budget SSD with Crucial’s new QLC.www.tomshardware.com
Again no DRAM cache (but this time paired with even worse QLC NAND)
The SSD enclosure acts as the heatsink so I got the one without.
Any of these should be good choices, as all have DRAM
Crucial P5 Plus is what I use for my PS5, as was recommended as having DRAM/good NAND and often on offer.
(Even when all of the caching is exhausted, it still delivers 1.8GBps)Crucial P5 Plus M.2 NVMe SSD Review: Affordable Gen4 Performance (Updated)
Engineered for those seeking performance and value.www.tomshardware.com
(Also don't be tempted by PCI-E 5.0 NVME drives - they run too hot and throttle at the minute - assuming there are even enclosures that would support the faster speeds)
My basket at OcUK:
- 1 x WD Black SN850X 2TB SSD M.2 2280 NVME PCI-E Gen4 Solid State Drive (WDS200T (SKU: HD-591-WD) = £129.95
- 1 x Corsair Force MP600 PRO NH 2TB NVMe PCIe 4.0 M.2 Solid State Drive (CSSD-F2000GBMP600PNH) (SKU: HD-06R-CS) = £124.99
- 1 x Samsung 980 Pro 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-24P-SA) = £139.99
- 1 x Seagate FireCuda 530 2TB SSD PCIe Gen4 NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive (ZP2000GM3A013) (SKU: HD-3DX-SE) = £159.95
- 1 x Crucial P5 Plus 2TB M.2 2280 PCI-e 4.0 x4 3D NAND NVMe Solid State Drive (SKU: HD-075-CR) = £158.99
Total: £721.86 (includes delivery: £7.99)
There's a decent list here that details a lot of the Specs of common SSDs, so you can search for DRAM=yes, NAND type = (not QLC), and see various notes on different products
SSDs
Master List Brand,Model,Interface,Form Factor,Capacities,Controller,Configuration,DRAM,HMB,NAND Brand,NAND Type,Layers,R/W (Up to, in MB/s),Categories,Notes (*),Product Page,Product Page 2,Affiliate Link Acer,SA100,SATA/AHCI,2.5",120GB-1.92TB,Maxio MAS0902A,Dual-core, 4-Ch, 8-CE/ch,No,N/A,TLC,56...docs.google.com
Yep that's fine as well
What keyboard is that?tada !
Funny that, I've got one of those out for delivery as well. I looked at them earlier in the day and then again later in the evening and the price had dropped by £60 so it seemed like a no-brainer.
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