Hi Joel! I am still using it indeed. It gets warm (or hot depending on your definition), but in my use cases it never reached high temperatures (like 70-80 and more). Check my last video - a review of Graugear enclosure with built in fans. It’s as good as Satechi in terms of speed, smaller and temperatures are lower because of the fan!
Fantastic video! What amount of internal storage for MacBook Pro would you recommend is the best balance between cost and functionality considering that I will be getting the same satechi/nvme external drive (2tb). Context I do light 3D rendering and video/photo editing
Thank you! You could check how much of your current drive is occupied and by what? Applications like GrandPerspective can help. I myself have 1tb internal drive in my MacBook and it is mostly free - if your media / project files are on external storage, I would say even 512gb drive is enough.
Hey there. When you say “hot to touch” you mean you can’t hold it? Have you applied the thermal pad to the ssd? Mine gets hot if I do something intensive with it, e.g. work on a big video editing project. But its never that hot that it would burn my hands - i can always pick it up.
Hey. thanks for response. I decided not to take a risk and use samsung external ssd t7. at least they have good firmware support. can see drive health and temperature. at least i can be sure it wont fail because of high temperature . plus the price difference is not that sensitive
Thats a good question! Sadly at this moment an enclosure is your best bet if you want usb4 speeds :( If you’re okay with usb 3.2 standard than there are plenty of options for around 300 bucks (4TB).
For my use-case the drive goes up to 60 degrees with enclosure hovering in its 40s. I have a temperature measurements done in the review for Graugear enclosure - th-cam.com/video/-Mlnc864Ph8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_LTT-6ygKYjAZ4LV
@@TechFi-te3ik Thanks for responding. Maybe check with family and friends? TB4 ports have been pretty standard on PCs for about 2-3 years. And this enclosure is TB4/USB4. Would be very interesting to see your sustained performance in Windows 10/11 vs OSX.
What a beautiful fluffball at 8:52 😍
Great job!
Now I understand how I will upgrade my Macbook.
Thank you!
The best and cheapest solution on the market today!
I still really like it - it works great :)
Satechi makes great products and this seems to be a good solution for storage on Laptops, specially macs! Great video :D
Yes! Thank you!
I like your Thunderbolt external case solution, but I like even more your beautiful Pomeranians 👍❤ Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for a nice comment! 🥰
thanks for the info!
Are you still using this, if so how is it handling work heavy workflows? Amazon reviews are quite mixed in terms of heat and failure rates.
Hi Joel! I am still using it indeed. It gets warm (or hot depending on your definition), but in my use cases it never reached high temperatures (like 70-80 and more).
Check my last video - a review of Graugear enclosure with built in fans. It’s as good as Satechi in terms of speed, smaller and temperatures are lower because of the fan!
Fantastic video! What amount of internal storage for MacBook Pro would you recommend is the best balance between cost and functionality considering that I will be getting the same satechi/nvme external drive (2tb). Context I do light 3D rendering and video/photo editing
Thank you!
You could check how much of your current drive is occupied and by what? Applications like GrandPerspective can help.
I myself have 1tb internal drive in my MacBook and it is mostly free - if your media / project files are on external storage, I would say even 512gb drive is enough.
This ssd also comes with heat sink should i buy that or without heatsink
Without if you want to use it with the enclosure - you apply a thermopaste on it anyway.
what is temperature of this external enclosure. ? it gets crazy hot . regardless of usage. idle it's still remains hot. hot to touch
Hey there.
When you say “hot to touch” you mean you can’t hold it?
Have you applied the thermal pad to the ssd?
Mine gets hot if I do something intensive with it, e.g. work on a big video editing project. But its never that hot that it would burn my hands - i can always pick it up.
I will try to measure the temperature and will let you know!
Hey. thanks for response. I decided not to take a risk and use samsung external ssd t7. at least they have good firmware support. can see drive health and temperature. at least i can be sure it wont fail because of high temperature . plus the price difference is not that sensitive
are there portable SSDs with comparable speeds over USB4? i’d probably prefer one to enclosure
Thats a good question!
Sadly at this moment an enclosure is your best bet if you want usb4 speeds :(
If you’re okay with usb 3.2 standard than there are plenty of options for around 300 bucks (4TB).
Thx!
Any time
But how hot it is? There is a acasis enclosure wich is popular at these needs.
For my use-case the drive goes up to 60 degrees with enclosure hovering in its 40s. I have a temperature measurements done in the review for Graugear enclosure - th-cam.com/video/-Mlnc864Ph8/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_LTT-6ygKYjAZ4LV
No Fast. I tried. Macbook Pro M3 Max 36GB+Satechi Enclosure 40 Gbps+Western Digital S850X = 1000 mbs
🤔
Can you try it on Windows 11? Try transferring a 100gb dummy file to the enclosure and then back from it noting it's sustained transfer speeds
Hey there. Sadly I don’t have a windows 11 usb-4 device 😔
@@TechFi-te3ik Thanks for responding. Maybe check with family and friends? TB4 ports have been pretty standard on PCs for about 2-3 years. And this enclosure is TB4/USB4.
Would be very interesting to see your sustained performance in Windows 10/11 vs OSX.
Thermal sticker goes on the lid of the case not the drive. ✅
B-but the instructions say to put it on the drive 🤔
Apples users amarite!? Lmao
Imo its a great option for any user if you have usb4 on your laptop :)