Thank you for sharing your experience with this enclosure. Do you have any thoughts regarding your 0GB enclosure vs. the other options (ie. 1, 2, 4 or 8TB)? Provided you went with a Samsung NVMe, was there a minimum drive speed you considered to achieve the same performance shown in the video for this enclosure?
Considering the interface is the real bottleneck with any external enclosure, as long as you use a fast NVMe speeds should be similar - the main difference will be keeping an eye on thermals and seeing which thermal throttles sooner, if ever. I do have an pre-populated unit on the way, which I believe come with OWC's own Aura IV drives, so will test and report back if drastically different to the 990 in this video ;o)
I’m a complete beginner to all of this. I’ve watched some install videos, and then got worried about formatting. If I just follow your lead here, will I be ok with the new m4 mini?
Great video. I'm thinking about the same setup (OWC Express 1M2 with Samsung 990 PRO NVMe 4TB). Can you update Samsung 990 Pro's firmware while it's in the OWC Express 1M2 with Samsung Magician Software on M4/M4 Pro Macs? If not, then you're better off using OWC SSDs.
No you can only update Samsung drives on the Windows platform I'm afraid, but I find I very rarely update firmware anyways considering I had the max performance possible already (through a TB4/USB4 interface anyways)
I have a 2020 Intel iMac, and from the OWC website, it appears this does not support Thunderbolt 3. If you plug it into a computer with Thunderbolt 3, it drops down to 10 Gbps. I bought an OWC Envoy Pro SX, and I get 2800MB/s through Tunderbolt 3. Something that people with slightly older computers should keep in mind.
Yeah that’s I what I wanted to upgrade my 2017 iMac, but it’s expensive for my budget: I went for a compromise to still get the stability and reliability of OWC, ordering the Envoy express thunderbolt 3 with a 2tb Nvme-which will give me up to 1500mb/s-it’s less speed than the Envoy Pro SX but significantly more than my Samsung T7 SSD which I have been using for my 2014;iMac. And the cost of this set up is less than half of the price of the Pro SX.
This is not directly compatible with Thunderbolt 3. With Thunderbolt 3, it will drop down to USB 3.2 10 Gbps speeds, which will be less than 1000 MB/s, so roughly a third of the USB 4 speeds.
The acasis 405 pro m1 active cooled enclosure is a much better option. Connecting the owc to thunderbolt 3 ports have very slow speeds. I will return mine.
Thanks for the video. Have you tried it with any other then 990 Pro drives? Maybe some double sided ones? Is there a TB4 cable in the box and is it heavy?
Its larger than other NVMe enclosures but not overly heavy - easily very portable. It comes with the cable in the box (albeit a short one as shown in the video). I have a second unit that came pre-populated with an 8TB OWC drive - works equally as well as the Samsung 990. Your bottleneck with external enclosures like this is generally the interface rather than the actual drive......
Have you tried the Zike drive enclosure? People are getting ~3800 MBps read and ~3300 write speeds with it. Although I believe it's the same controller, so I'm honestly not sure where the bottleneck on these is.
Great video. Thank you for posting it. It's been a few months. Are you still happy with the 1M2 and the Samsung 990 PTO SSD? How hot does the enclosure get?
Thanks! How would you compare it to the Acais TBU405ProM1? Seems like this is faster and 100% quiet, right? I did not find the dimensions of the Acais, how much bigger is the own?
It's larger than the Acasis, probably almost double the width, but I prefer the OWC as it's completely silent and runs cool. I use them for editing with FCPX and they have been fantastic.
Hi. I’m really interested in this enclosure but a little nervous about buying the wrong ssd drive for it. What should I be looking for so I don’t make a mistake? Many thanks, Simon.
You can purchase with a drive pre-installed. If not I'd personally go for a WD SN850x, a Samsung 990 Pro, or a Sabrent Rocket Plus.......3 of the best IMO.
@@iftibashir thanks for the info. this is my first SSD enclosure coming from Samsung T7 drives so I thought they will work similar. do you use Samsung Magician? mine keeps showing drive health N/A and genuine icon not represented
@@iftibashir agreed. but i'm curious, do you think I will ever be transferring enough data to hit a heat level that would then cause it to throttle? Like how much data would this be? Or is it possible that this throttling is really a hypothetical that may be unrealistic in the real world?
This one has much better cooling. The zike drive’s fins don’t even run in the right direction. They should be spreading heat away from the drive and not along the length. The cooling surface area of this one is much larger too. And I doubt the zike is noticeably faster because this is already maxing out the 40 gigabit connection (12 gigabit of which is unavailable due to being reserved for display bandwidth).
@@iftibashir Ordered now and waiting for delivery. I'm new to this type of drive, can you tell me exactly what type of ssd I need to look out for, ie: spec's, terminology. Also where I can learn a bit more about these ssd' as it's a bit of a minefield. I've noticed the prices vary wildly. Pax. Steven.
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Can you use Samsung Magician software on your Mac to update the SSD's firmware with this enclosure?
No the Samsung software is Windows only (last time I checked anyways!)
Thank you for sharing your experience with this enclosure. Do you have any thoughts regarding your 0GB enclosure vs. the other options (ie. 1, 2, 4 or 8TB)? Provided you went with a Samsung NVMe, was there a minimum drive speed you considered to achieve the same performance shown in the video for this enclosure?
Considering the interface is the real bottleneck with any external enclosure, as long as you use a fast NVMe speeds should be similar - the main difference will be keeping an eye on thermals and seeing which thermal throttles sooner, if ever.
I do have an pre-populated unit on the way, which I believe come with OWC's own Aura IV drives, so will test and report back if drastically different to the 990 in this video ;o)
@@iftibashir Thank you!
@@iftibashir Have you received your OWC version with Aura IV drives? How would you compare to 990 Pro speed and heat wise?
@@noisetin Sorry I missed your comment - performance is precisely the same!
@@iftibashir Ty!
@iftibashir Is the pre attached thermal pad making good contact with the 990 Pro controller chip, I think it is lower height than the NAND chips.
Yes I can see the indentation in the pad ;o)
I'd had no issues since installation many months ago!
Great review!
I’m a complete beginner to all of this. I’ve watched some install videos, and then got worried about formatting. If I just follow your lead here, will I be ok with the new m4 mini?
Yup - exactly the same ;o)
Also consider the following - same drive, same chipset, but cheaper! th-cam.com/video/Frb-xpmtbfU/w-d-xo.html
@ thank you so much! I’ll check out this other video right away!
Great video. I'm thinking about the same setup (OWC Express 1M2 with Samsung 990 PRO NVMe 4TB). Can you update Samsung 990 Pro's firmware while it's in the OWC Express 1M2 with Samsung Magician Software on M4/M4 Pro Macs? If not, then you're better off using OWC SSDs.
No you can only update Samsung drives on the Windows platform I'm afraid, but I find I very rarely update firmware anyways considering I had the max performance possible already (through a TB4/USB4 interface anyways)
I have a 2020 Intel iMac, and from the OWC website, it appears this does not support Thunderbolt 3. If you plug it into a computer with Thunderbolt 3, it drops down to 10 Gbps. I bought an OWC Envoy Pro SX, and I get 2800MB/s through Tunderbolt 3. Something that people with slightly older computers should keep in mind.
Yeah that’s I what I wanted to upgrade my 2017 iMac, but it’s expensive for my budget: I went for a compromise to still get the stability and reliability of OWC, ordering the Envoy express thunderbolt 3 with a 2tb Nvme-which will give me up to 1500mb/s-it’s less speed than the Envoy Pro SX but significantly more than my Samsung T7 SSD which I have been using for my 2014;iMac. And the cost of this set up is less than half of the price of the Pro SX.
Thanks for testing testing this enclosure. Can you give an estimate of the capable speeds using a thunderbolt 3 port?
This is not directly compatible with Thunderbolt 3. With Thunderbolt 3, it will drop down to USB 3.2 10 Gbps speeds, which will be less than 1000 MB/s, so roughly a third of the USB 4 speeds.
The acasis 405 pro m1 active cooled enclosure is a much better option.
Connecting the owc to thunderbolt 3 ports have very slow speeds. I will return mine.
I prefer passive cooling as I like a quiet environment. As you can see in the testing, it work’s beautifully for me - I’ve actually ordered another!
@@iftibashir you dont hear the fan at all.
When you say "slow" what computer are you using and what transfer speeds were you getting?
@@onlyvik I've purchased the TBU405ProMax and the noise is annoying me. lol
Didn't realize that was the heatsink and not a bunch of slots to put your ssd's XD
How much is the 8TB version? Is it fast enough to run Final Cut Pro off of it?
Easily enough for FCPX depending upon your interface.
Thanks for the video. Have you tried it with any other then 990 Pro drives? Maybe some double sided ones? Is there a TB4 cable in the box and is it heavy?
Its larger than other NVMe enclosures but not overly heavy - easily very portable. It comes with the cable in the box (albeit a short one as shown in the video). I have a second unit that came pre-populated with an 8TB OWC drive - works equally as well as the Samsung 990. Your bottleneck with external enclosures like this is generally the interface rather than the actual drive......
Have you tried the Zike drive enclosure? People are getting ~3800 MBps read and ~3300 write speeds with it. Although I believe it's the same controller, so I'm honestly not sure where the bottleneck on these is.
Great video. Thank you for posting it. It's been a few months. Are you still happy with the 1M2 and the Samsung 990 PTO SSD? How hot does the enclosure get?
It gets warm - not hot. I use it as my main editing drive with Final Cut regularly - no issues at all!
@@iftibashirso you keep it plugged it the entire time as you work and have had no issues? Thanks in advance
Thanks! How would you compare it to the Acais TBU405ProM1?
Seems like this is faster and 100% quiet, right?
I did not find the dimensions of the Acais, how much bigger is the own?
It's larger than the Acasis, probably almost double the width, but I prefer the OWC as it's completely silent and runs cool. I use them for editing with FCPX and they have been fantastic.
@ thank you!
Hi. I’m really interested in this enclosure but a little nervous about buying the wrong ssd drive for it. What should I be looking for so I don’t make a mistake? Many thanks, Simon.
You can purchase with a drive pre-installed. If not I'd personally go for a WD SN850x, a Samsung 990 Pro, or a Sabrent Rocket Plus.......3 of the best IMO.
Would this fit the Firecude 530 with a heatsink ?
Only SSDs with no prior heatsink.
hi, i have similar configuration as yours. when you eject the drive, does the enclosure led still light up? i was expecting it to turn off
Yes mine do the same - it stays on as it's still connected and being powered despite you unmounting the drive.
@@iftibashir thanks for the info. this is my first SSD enclosure coming from Samsung T7 drives so I thought they will work similar. do you use Samsung Magician? mine keeps showing drive health N/A and genuine icon not represented
Get the ZIKE DRIVE instead, buy a 2Tb or 4TB M.2 Drive 980/990 pro. Format to APFS, you get 3300mb+ speed writes.
Not all about speed - it's about sustaining the speed through adequate cooling too.
@@iftibashir agreed. but i'm curious, do you think I will ever be transferring enough data to hit a heat level that would then cause it to throttle? Like how much data would this be? Or is it possible that this throttling is really a hypothetical that may be unrealistic in the real world?
This one has much better cooling. The zike drive’s fins don’t even run in the right direction. They should be spreading heat away from the drive and not along the length. The cooling surface area of this one is much larger too. And I doubt the zike is noticeably faster because this is already maxing out the 40 gigabit connection (12 gigabit of which is unavailable due to being reserved for display bandwidth).
Thermals of Zike drive is inferior to the OWC so doesn't work well with 990 Pro, another youtuber made a video about it.
Can it connect iPhone 15 pro or not ?
I am going to be using f2fs on a 500gb 980 pro that I have not used for a while with this enclosure. Hopefully I will have a decent experience🤡
Thank you so much. Your video was packed full of all the necessary information, which saved a lot of trawling! Pax. Steven. U.K.
You're welcome!
@@iftibashir Ordered now and waiting for delivery. I'm new to this type of drive, can you tell me exactly what type of ssd I need to look out for, ie: spec's, terminology. Also where I can learn a bit more about these ssd' as it's a bit of a minefield. I've noticed the prices vary wildly. Pax. Steven.
Can you use Samsung Magician software on your Mac to update the SSD's firmware with this enclosure?