I'm not sure of you are aware of this, but you are supposed to peel out the transparent plastic covering the thermal pad on both sides so the thermal pad will stick and provide better heat transfer.
One thing I have found is the internal black heat sink, must clip around the SSD board, other wise the heat sink does not squeeze the heat tape between the heat sink and the SSD chip set. the result will be the heat will exceed the built in safety switch which shuts down the SSD. and you have a disconnect notification. I ended up having to spread the heat sink side wall ever so slightly so that the heat sing would slide over the SSD board and click into place. works fine ever since.
I thought I was the only one. This black plate should be wider than the ssd, but it is not and it rests on the ssd board with its ribs and the thermal pad does not fit tightly to the ssd and the plate. I removed the black plate and put a 2.5mm thermal pad on it, 3mm is also possible.
I am very angry at orico. Two of their enclosures died in like 2 hours of me using them with non stop random disconnects etc till completely dying with symptoms like not recognizing any ssds at all (first enclosure) and recognizing SSD'S but showing them as unitialised and as 0bytes in size. (2nd drive). Altough I was using the not recommended 970 evo plus (two of them). Also i had the same PCB as in this one and the Realtek R9 something controller. I am now looking for an enclosure with the JMicron controller as I have 0 faith left in the Realtek one. It was horrible. Disconnects, errors, until just the enclosure dies completely.
I have gotten a 2020 orico thunderbolt enclosure and I reach 2700mbps transfers. That's good speed, however I find the advertising for these enclosures (any brand) very misleading.
shouldn't ssd with board be turned opposite the bottom as you will more likely have case placed at the bottom so heat dissipation will not be so effective?
How can you say it has good heat dissipation? The thermal pad is applied on the bottom, where there are no fins. The thermal pad is also not directly contacting the enclosure due to the metal plate, which is also not properly contacting the enclosure.
@@teohontech7141 You should double check with the m.2 onboard sensor. Eventually the heat will spread to the entire enclosure since its not insulated. Saying 'it feels hot' is a relative statement. 40c can feel hot to us but its really cool for chip operations. Regardless of that, there is no denying its a terrible design. Having no proper contact to the outside, cooler ambient air. The only saving grace its capped at 10 Gbps.
@@chungisyoung4good If you dont like this one, you should see the other models with clear plastic. There is one where the heatsink is INSIDE the plastic cover, not exposed to open air. This one should soak the heat and will spread through the entire enclosure.
Great review will pick one of these up, having the small size and speed of a 2TB NVMe drive will be perfect for traveling. Do you know if this uses a Asmedia or Jmicron chipset?
From what I can see is that it is not made correctly. The top case with all the cooling fins is not in contact with the NVME heat sink. The heat is conducted to the bottom cover. The heat sink design might look good but is in fact doing nothing towards cooling the ssd. The enclosure should have a removable top instead. That way the heat dissipation pad would be in contact with the cooling fins on the lid.
Scusa mi sai indicare un case Thunderbolt PCIe 4x4 dove posso trovarlo ? Ho un ssd Samsung 980 pro con velocità 7.000 gb/s e un tablet Surface 8 pro e volevo abbinarglielo
Hi. Is it true that we don't need such high end nvme for a 10Gbps enclosure? because the nvme you recommended are a bit pricy and is there other budget options to match 10Gbps speed?
I was only able to get 1000MB/s with Windows file transfer. You don't have to buy the best NVMe, just get the ones that are cheaper and have more than 1000MB/s. Most of gen 3 NVMe SSDs are more than fast enough,
no, definitely not, but for thunderbolt you might. But even than, 6000 MB/s SSDs are excessive for this. Problem is, you can hardly find any lower end ones for lower price. Try ADATA/XPG S11 Pro, I have it and it's great, now it's about 70 euros for 1 TB version
the heatsink plate channel gap is too narrow to fit over the edges of the SSD, which results in the alum not fully in contact with the thermal pads. is yours able to sit well?
Seems to work fine. The SSDs will run extremely hot for extended periods of time but that's only during testing. I use these for editing videos and they work fine.
Hi purchased this Orico with Sabrent Rocket SSD it continually freezes my computer or brings up the wheel of death when not in use. Would this be the enclosure or SSD? Cheers
That is difficult to troubleshoot. If possible, try formatting the SSD to a different format and try. There is a list of recommended SSDs by Orico so I'm not sure if that means non-recommended ones may face issues/compatibility
@@teohontech7141 yeah I saw this but its not the same list. I read on Amazon that Orico enclosures destroyed two WD black 850 just by plugging it in... I almost bought one. This could have cost me. Basically your video saved me from trying this enclosure with said SSD
@@andreww.6507 These are the models they told me in the email: ---- Recommended SSD: WD SN750 /Samsung 970 EVO / Samsung 980 Pro / SEAGATE 510 series (if your CPU is Apple M1, please use WD SN750 for fast speed) --- Not recommended SSD: Samsung 970 EVO plus / Samsung PM981 / WD SN850 / ADATA / CRUCIAL
What?? How is the heat supposed to be transferred to the enclosure?? This makes absolutely no sense. What connects the extra tiny cold plate to the rest of the heat sink? And most contact is with the tiny separate door. This is such a horrible design and product. Just for show no substance
@@teohontech7141 brother. The only thing the thermal pad connects is the small cold plate you put on top of it. That plate doesn't connect to the rest of the casing which is supposed to be what actually cools the ssd. Does that make sense?
By that I mean there is absolutely no thermal interface material between the tiny cold plate u placed, and the rest of the case. Maybe more contact with the tiny door, but that door can't transfer much heat to the rest of the casing that actually has the cooling fins. And the door itself, as you mentioned, has no fins
@Dawid Tech yeah but with an extra thermal pad it still would not help. The pad only connects the ssd with the small door. Not with the entire heatsink of the enclosure. It's an incredible dumb design
@@Caius1930 Its made of aluminum, the whole enclosure will soak the heat. Welders use aluminum to absorb heat when welding. Chill, dont buy it. If you dont like this one, you should see the other models made of clear plastic. Theres even one where the heatsink is INSIDE the plastic cover.
I'm not sure of you are aware of this, but you are supposed to peel out the transparent plastic covering the thermal pad on both sides so the thermal pad will stick and provide better heat transfer.
I wanted to test out more SSDs with this so I want to keep the mess minimal in case this is the sticky type I don't like. lol
@@teohontech7141 CAP
One thing I have found is the internal black heat sink, must clip around the SSD board, other wise the heat sink does not squeeze the heat tape between the heat sink and the SSD chip set. the result will be the heat will exceed the built in safety switch which shuts down the SSD. and you have a disconnect notification. I ended up having to spread the heat sink side wall ever so slightly so that the heat sing would slide over the SSD board and click into place. works fine ever since.
I thought I was the only one. This black plate should be wider than the ssd, but it is not and it rests on the ssd board with its ribs and the thermal pad does not fit tightly to the ssd and the plate. I removed the black plate and put a 2.5mm thermal pad on it, 3mm is also possible.
Looks like you didn't remove the tape on the heat sink tranfer blue tape.
Yeah, I didn't. lol
@@teohontech7141 you should probably get on that...
Thanks. You know you are the only video that shows how to use the silicon plugs. Thanks
I ended up putting a very large heat sink on the SSD, this solved the heat dissipation issue
I know I came to an Art channel when the specs are reviewed with a coloring pen :)!
I am very angry at orico. Two of their enclosures died in like 2 hours of me using them with non stop random disconnects etc till completely dying with symptoms like not recognizing any ssds at all (first enclosure) and recognizing SSD'S but showing them as unitialised and as 0bytes in size. (2nd drive).
Altough I was using the not recommended 970 evo plus (two of them).
Also i had the same PCB as in this one and the Realtek R9 something controller. I am now looking for an enclosure with the JMicron controller as I have 0 faith left in the Realtek one. It was horrible. Disconnects, errors, until just the enclosure dies completely.
Orico makes good things, only problem is the damn cables because some of them are garbage and make the enclosure behave odd.
This cable works fine. And it's really just limited to 10Gbps. I tried a faster drive with this cable and speed is limited by the cable
I have gotten a 2020 orico thunderbolt enclosure and I reach 2700mbps transfers. That's good speed, however I find the advertising for these enclosures (any brand) very misleading.
Aren't you supposed to remove plastic from thermal pads? I am assuming you did it because it's only for review,
shouldn't ssd with board be turned opposite the bottom as you will more likely have case placed at the bottom so heat dissipation will not be so effective?
How do I see the temperature of the external hard drive on my macbook? What programme? tnx
How can you say it has good heat dissipation? The thermal pad is applied on the bottom, where there are no fins. The thermal pad is also not directly contacting the enclosure due to the metal plate, which is also not properly contacting the enclosure.
Well, the exterior feels very hot. If there's no heat transfer, the exterior won't be that hot.
@@teohontech7141 You should double check with the m.2 onboard sensor. Eventually the heat will spread to the entire enclosure since its not insulated. Saying 'it feels hot' is a relative statement. 40c can feel hot to us but its really cool for chip operations.
Regardless of that, there is no denying its a terrible design. Having no proper contact to the outside, cooler ambient air. The only saving grace its capped at 10 Gbps.
@@chungisyoung4good If you dont like this one, you should see the other models with clear plastic. There is one where the heatsink is INSIDE the plastic cover, not exposed to open air. This one should soak the heat and will spread through the entire enclosure.
remove the black plate and put in a 3mm heat seal.
I ended up going with the Sabrent USB-C M.2 NVMe Enclosure SSD. It was 10$ more but I love it ! no tools needed .
What chip does it have in the underside of the board? rtl9210, rtl9210b, asm2362, jms583?
Almost always have to flash the firmware, orico sticks with out of date rtl9210 or whatever.
Great review will pick one of these up, having the small size and speed of a 2TB NVMe drive will be perfect for traveling. Do you know if this uses a Asmedia or Jmicron chipset?
Inter & JM
Hi nice review. Is it possible to add aftermarket copper heat sink in the enclosure?
If there is enough space i don't see why not
From what I can see is that it is not made correctly. The top case with all the cooling fins is not in contact with the NVME heat sink. The heat is conducted to the bottom cover. The heat sink design might look good but is in fact doing nothing towards cooling the ssd. The enclosure should have a removable top instead. That way the heat dissipation pad would be in contact with the cooling fins on the lid.
It does come with an additional heat sink for the ssd, heat will transfer to the whole enclosure.
Scusa mi sai indicare un case Thunderbolt PCIe 4x4 dove posso trovarlo ? Ho un ssd Samsung 980 pro con velocità 7.000 gb/s e un tablet Surface 8 pro e volevo abbinarglielo
The heat plate it supposed to slide over the ssd, not lay on top of it.
? its laying on the pad
It doesn't work with lg c1 oleds, its disconnect with random time, do not work with lg nano and many more TV.
Thank youuuu
Hi. Is it true that we don't need such high end nvme for a 10Gbps enclosure? because the nvme you recommended are a bit pricy and is there other budget options to match 10Gbps speed?
I was only able to get 1000MB/s with Windows file transfer. You don't have to buy the best NVMe, just get the ones that are cheaper and have more than 1000MB/s. Most of gen 3 NVMe SSDs are more than fast enough,
no, definitely not, but for thunderbolt you might. But even than, 6000 MB/s SSDs are excessive for this. Problem is, you can hardly find any lower end ones for lower price. Try ADATA/XPG S11 Pro, I have it and it's great, now it's about 70 euros for 1 TB version
Kingston KC 3000 2TB/4TB two sided bone discs - It will fit in the Orico ?
Two sided will not fit
the heatsink plate channel gap is too narrow to fit over the edges of the SSD, which results in the alum not fully in contact with the thermal pads. is yours able to sit well?
Seems to work fine. The SSDs will run extremely hot for extended periods of time but that's only during testing. I use these for editing videos and they work fine.
@@teohontech7141 thanks for the reply. Means WD blue is 0.5mm wider unable to sit within the heatsink plate. I'll add a layer of thermal pad then
@@tuck50017 remove the black plate and put in a 3mm heat seal. I have team group mp44l 1tb also 1-2mm wider than the plate.
Hi purchased this Orico with Sabrent Rocket SSD it continually freezes my computer or brings up the wheel of death when not in use. Would this be the enclosure or SSD? Cheers
That is difficult to troubleshoot. If possible, try formatting the SSD to a different format and try. There is a list of recommended SSDs by Orico so I'm not sure if that means non-recommended ones may face issues/compatibility
Hi, where did you get the recommended nvme drives list?
Recommended NVMe SSDs are listed on the product page. Link is in the video description
I only get 40mbps on a new pc? 😕
What is the controller chipset? JMS or RTL?
Inter & JM
Don't like that usb-a adapter attached to the cable.
why?
where do you get the recommended list of ssds?
The company will list the compatible or recommended SSDs on their product or sales page.
@@teohontech7141 cant find it as well
@@andreww.6507 Listed here www.orico.shop/en/nvme-m2-ssd-housing-sky-gray.html
@@teohontech7141 yeah I saw this but its not the same list. I read on Amazon that Orico enclosures destroyed two WD black 850 just by plugging it in... I almost bought one. This could have cost me. Basically your video saved me from trying this enclosure with said SSD
@@andreww.6507 These are the models they told me in the email:
---- Recommended SSD: WD SN750 /Samsung 970 EVO / Samsung 980 Pro / SEAGATE 510 series (if your CPU is Apple M1, please use WD SN750 for fast speed)
--- Not recommended SSD: Samsung 970 EVO plus / Samsung PM981 / WD SN850 / ADATA / CRUCIAL
HOW CAN I FORMAT THIS ON A MAC?
Search for Disk Utility app within MacOS
What?? How is the heat supposed to be transferred to the enclosure?? This makes absolutely no sense. What connects the extra tiny cold plate to the rest of the heat sink? And most contact is with the tiny separate door. This is such a horrible design and product. Just for show no substance
Heat is transferred from thermal pad to the black metal to the case. Heat dissipation is good.
@@teohontech7141 brother. The only thing the thermal pad connects is the small cold plate you put on top of it. That plate doesn't connect to the rest of the casing which is supposed to be what actually cools the ssd. Does that make sense?
By that I mean there is absolutely no thermal interface material between the tiny cold plate u placed, and the rest of the case. Maybe more contact with the tiny door, but that door can't transfer much heat to the rest of the casing that actually has the cooling fins. And the door itself, as you mentioned, has no fins
@Dawid Tech yeah but with an extra thermal pad it still would not help. The pad only connects the ssd with the small door. Not with the entire heatsink of the enclosure. It's an incredible dumb design
@@Caius1930 Its made of aluminum, the whole enclosure will soak the heat. Welders use aluminum to absorb heat when welding. Chill, dont buy it. If you dont like this one, you should see the other models made of clear plastic. Theres even one where the heatsink is INSIDE the plastic cover.