ACASIS Thunderbolt 3 USB 4.0 M.2 Nvme Enclosure 40Gbps - Speed test with iMac
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- If you are looking for a thunderbolt 3 \ usb 4.0 nvme enclosure that will give you super fast read and write speeds check out this video. I will be testing the enclosure with a samsung 970 evo plus nvme and a WD SN750 nvme on my thunderbolt 3 imac . This will tell you everything you need to know if you are looking to use this with any of your apple computers.
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I noticed that you didn't put any thermal pad on your WD. Forgotten? And how does that relate to the "finger feel" temperature observation? Without thermal pad the enclosure could feel comfy, but the NVMe could be cooking!
I get 2787 MB/s writes with Samsung 980 Pro with M1 Mac and this enclosure. To improve cooling put a large thermal pad on bottom of the enclosure and place it on the metal base of your monitor. The monitor stand or simular can be used as a heat sync to prevent throttling.
what size/gb u use for the samsung 980pro?
Perhaps you can update this video with Gen 4 SSDs or something? This way we can get more realistic read/write tests? Just a thought.
Thank you. It's a great review! One question! How thick of a thermal pad do you need to touch the top of the metal case? 1.0 mm or 1.5mm or 2mm or more?
It has two pieces1.0 mm and two 1.5mm thermal pads
@@bobmill4023 so is it total 5mm thick thermal pad used?
What size and how thick of a thermal pad do you need to touch the top of the metal case? 120 x20 x 1.0 mm? X 1.5mm?
It has two pieces1.0 mm and two 1.5mm thermal pads
Did you a firmware update for the EVO plus to improve write speeds? Thank you for your review.
The render test method you did for checking the temperature isn't very useful because the file transfer is slowed down by the rendering.
You'd be better off creating a large (e.g. 100gb) file with mkfile and copying that to the drive to see if it gets hot.
Thanks for the video otherwise.
@HighTechCheck Awesome!! Thank you so much for this, was looking for an enclosure that will help me with editing 4k videos on the road. :)
I would like to ask, what was your experience using Premiere or Davinci Resolve with this device? Can it handle 4k 11bit Raw footage @ 60-120fps? ...
Thanks so much! keep up the great work!
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Hi! I have a question regarding your Acasis enclosure. Once the Mac goes to sleep, does the case (including the SSD) also go to sleep? According to several owners, the enclosure remains powered on and warm even after putting the Mac in sleep mode.
Thanks for your reply.
Good Video its what I was interested in finding out,, 40Gigabitspersecond= 5Gigabytes/second Your getting around 50% with WD-Black Version,,, From Acasis - Not recommend SSD: Samsung 970 EVO plus / Samsung PM981 / WD SN850 / ADATA / CRUCIAL,,Recommended SSD: Samsung 970 EVO / Samsung 980 Pro /SEAGATE 510 series
I've been using a 2018 MacBook Pro with a 2.3 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 and Ventura OS. Using the 40 Gbps Acasis enclosure and a Samsung 970-EV Plus 2 TB, I get faster times: Write 1800 Mbs and Read 2700. When I use the Samsung 980-Pro 2TB, I get about the same: Write 1830 and Read 2730.
I wanted to do something like this. Grab a NVMe m.2 fast drive and stick it in a usb c enclosure and see what kinda speeds I get. I have a 2010 MacBook Air but should have the same thunderbolt 3 connection as you. Wonder why your limited to 1800
I know the Evo plus runs hot 🔥 for sustained writes. Maybe its temp throttling? You should throw a temp probe in the enclosure for both drives
Hi Tony, nice video. This is a life saver!!! I bought the same enclosure and my Adata XPG 8200 pro is only running the read and write at 600mbps +-... so it seems the NVME is the main culprit not the enclosure. I'm using M1 Macbook here. Do you happened to have a M1 Macbook to test the enclosure with WD SN750 and see what's the speed like?
Hi David, thank you and that’s why I do it. I would hope my videos help everyone make a very informed decision. Right now I don’t have an m1 MacBook to test it on but hopefully apple will be releasing the new iMac soon and I will be getting that, I know it doesn’t help you right now. But I’m hopeful that this issue will be fixed with the new hardware.
@@HighTechCheck No worries, what you showed in the video is something honourable. Cheers mate.
40Gbps means 5GB/s. No SSD is even going to deliver close to 2GB/s inside this expensive housing. I do not like, that the heat is just dissipated to the thin lid and not the massive base housing. Owning two pieces of this universal case anyway. Some SSD do not work good inside the Acasis, as you experienced too! The WD does not perform well. Here at my desk, with a Windows PC and Windows 11 the Acasis gives much more speed via Thunderbolt 3 with the 970 evo plus. I encountered very poor speeds with the Mac mini M1, which had been returned than afterwards. I assume it might be an Apple issue. Did you check, wether USB or Thunderbolt was recognized and connected by your Apple system? Please remember: It is NOT USB 4.0, but a weird „4“…😳
Hi, what Thunderbolt enclosure do you recommend to get good speed?
Both mentioned SSDs explicitly are NOT recommended by Acasis for this enclosure.
I by myself are facing different problems: A 970 pro 1TB (the las with MLC flash and highest sustained writing rates at all) showing writing speed of 200MB/s with TB3 and 2GB/s read speed🤔😐😆 What happened there?
It's not 'not recommended' the data you see on their website are the only ssd they tested with the enclosure that's it. I chatted with one of their guys before purchasing mine and he said it's fine but we can't provide the data for this specific ssd.
acasis most recommended nvme is samsung 980 pro
Tks for the review , But I bought a wd_black Sn750 and I can only get write speeds of 960 / 2700 read ! ! !
What is the best disk formatting for best performance on Mac? TKS !!
Thanks for the video, how thick termal pad must be to touch cover, 2 mm?
I’d say maybe 1mm
can you use, m.2 ssds that have heatsinks built on, say an sn750 or sn 850, is there enough room to put them into the enclosure
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I was wondering the same thing. It would be good to know if it would fit with a heat sink.
Will the Crucial P3 Plus 4TB PCIe M.2 2280 SSD fit in this enclosure?
If you format Samsung ssd and test again. maybe get a higher write speed?
does it matter which side of the thermal pad you use to put on the nvme
Use a Lazer Temperature reader .
I just purchased the Acasis USB 4 and WD Black SN750 1TB. On my 2018 Intel Mac Mini I can't get write speeds above 1200MB/s.
Anyone experienced the same thing?
Could it be a limitation on the Intel Mac Mini or MacOS Catalina?
Thanks
Are you using the usb c / thunder bolt connection?
@@HighTechCheck Yes I'm using the usb c/ thunder bolt connection. I tried either with the default thunderbolt cable that comes with the acasis enclosure and also with another high quality thunderbolt cable i bought. The speeds I get are still the same. I've researched everywhere and haven't come up with a reasonable answer. Probably is just a limitation of the thunderbolt port on the mac mini , but it seems very strange though
@@olsikarapici7937 Me too
I realize your comment was made 2 years and you may have found this solution. Just in case you have not I thought I would go ahead and reply. There was a communication limitation with the Mac mini read/writing to an external SSD directly. It will tend to get better speeds with a powered Thunderbolt 4 hub such as the Caldigit Element 4 or similar unit. Doc Rock on YT did a great comparison of 3 types of these. Plug the powered thunderbolt 4 hub into Mac mini and then the Acasis unit into the hub. make sure all the cables are good quality Thunderbolt 4 rated. This worked for me. Hope it helps.
a powered thunderbolt case will give you more speed out of external drives how ever the cost of the powered cases are near 400.00 and you ll need the one witht he fastest controller inside and youll need also need Thunderbolt 4 as well. anyhow internal tho all nvme drives will run to their closest ratings to a point keep in mind pcie 4 is the newer stuff and that is not going to be in any mac dude to apples silicone you will be stuck extenral only on macs, on pcs tho with pcie 4 interal the drives are awesome my pc has a Pcie 4 nvme slot and a pcie 3 slot and the 7000+ mbs drives are freaking awesome on the pcie 4 slots ..
Is it the same performance when used on macbook air m1 2020?
is good for gaming this nvme m2 ? external space?
Using an M1 mac mini. I've had the best luck with saberent and orico thunderbolt 3 enclosures for consistency. samsung 980pro is better than any of the 970s . Going to try the WD m.2. WD drives tend to die faster on me.
If you are going to WD, try and get the larger capacity like a 2tb their TBW are much, much higher
You pay a hefty premium for a Western Digital Black. Do any of the other manufacturers match the WD? Silicon Power? Others?
Using 400gb test file. Gen3 SK Hynix 1TB. 2200+ write/2600 read. Large transfers it dropped to half the speed, half way through. I'm also using gen4 Sabrent Rocket 2TB. 2400-2600+ write/2000-2700+ read. Large transfers in the begin drops a little but picks up quickly with sustained speeds to the end.
Good 👍 review
Hi is your imac m1?
I have the older tb3 Orico and WD Black 770 se and it gets pretty close to the same 1800 write 2400 read. So the usb 4.0 are not getting much better TB4 usb4 performance. I have heard there is a new generation coming that will get 3500. Theorectially they could reach closer to 5,000 but that is not going to happen on an iMac that has internal drive limited to 3,000 read. So save your money if its cheaper with TB3 and get the Orico.
I have the little Orico with the same drive and get 2500 plus in the Blackmagic. I don't think the difference between TB3 and 4 for data speeds will be that much, it is still a 40gb capacity. Thouh to be fair that isn't something I know a great deal about.
Could you please test this usb 4 enclosure with smartphone ?? 🤔 Does it work ?
It works with everything because it is USB 4.0, and works with versions 3, 2, and 1.
Watch this video here: th-cam.com/video/kychJmxpqgM/w-d-xo.html
thanks for video, I don't understand if the thunderbolt 3 only version of this enclosure is the same, same controller. I have imac 2017 with thunderbolt 3 port (not usb4), and I'm interested in buying this enclosure (thunderbolt 3 only) beacuse is lower priced on aliexpress, have you tested it?
I used it on my iMac with thunderbolt 3 and didn’t have any issues using a wd black Nvme . Just don’t use a Samsung evo 970 plus Nvme and you should be good.
I bought the one last week, installed 1TB 970 evo plus, attached to my mac mini m1 and forgot. Today I touched the casis. O MY GOD! It is so warm, almost untouchable. Is it normal?
I’ve had mine connected to my Mac studio ever since I got it 3 months ago and it can get quite warm. The case will get pretty hot if the Nvme inside is actively being used because the Nvme itself gets super hot. The case itself being hot is telling me that it’s dissipating heat away from the Nvme itself and doing it’s job. I have not had a problem with the enclosure since I bought it and since mine is doing the same thing I would assume it’s normal. I also have not used an Nvme enclosure that does not get hot and I have a few.
@@HighTechCheckIs the casealso hot when the host computer is in sleep mode?
Hello, I have a SN750 2TB, but my writing still only at 968.8mb/s tops, no matter what format I use. So confused.
What connection do you have on your pc\mac? Usb c, thunderbolt? And what version?
Yes im also having this, write was 900mb/s.... read was good 2500mb/s.... anyone fix it?
@@HighTechCheck thunderbolt 4 on my 2021 MacBook air m1
same here, i have 900-1000 on my macbook air with m1. Any idea how to fix it???
@@Axlowy seems mostly 2tb will having this issue, on acasis website tested for 1tb WD SN750 only... im using 2TB SN750 & 2TB evo plus. Result write reduce to +-1000mb/s... read was good 2000++....... i think another enclosure with same controller (7440) having same problem....
I purchased this enclosure it didn't have the mount to screw down the drive now I have to do the impossible find a mount for the screw
It doesn’t need a screw, it has a rubber type ‘bung’ that pushes into the hole.
Any idea what is the correct screw and screw mount to attach ssd to this board? I order this enclosure on amazon and it did not come with a mount to screw on the drive so it would just hang lose.
It is supplied with a rubber type ‘bung’ that holds the nvme and fits in the hole, no screw needed.
0:31 it is 40 GigaBIT not 40 GigaBYTE, Gb = gigabit; GB = Gigabyte
Awesome
internal speeds will always be closer to the upto speeds, and samsung anything is junk
hi do you have an M! chip set mac
No , my Mac has an intel chip.
alquien probó con este Crucial P3 4TB M.2 PCIe Gen3 NVMe SSD interno - Hasta 3500MB/s - CT4000P3SSD8 ? necesito de 4tb
Now I can buy a 256gb macbook without paying apple these horrendous prices just to get 512gb
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