Just received mine about 2 hours ago.. Put a WD_Black into it and getting slightly faster read/write than what you are getting on my M2 Studio Max. and yah, it gets pretty warm.
Thanks for an excellent and to-the-point review of this enclosure -- this kind of content deserves a far larger audience. Getting mine early next week to replace a T7 Shield with.. less than convincing performance.
I’m very impressed but I will be curious to get a 4tb nvme at some point and see how performance is and do use it for longer as well. I’m mainly using san disk pro blades these days
@@adamtalkstech Just received mine today, and put a Crucial T700 Pro 4TB in it -- getting 3180 MB/s writes and 3029 MB/s reads from Black Magic connected to a MacBook Pro M2.
@@adamtalkstech Seems like this is a no-go -- when under sustained activity, it heats up and then disconnects after a short while (repeated tests). The T700 is not on the compatibility list, but had hope for a more graceful degradation.
Hello, I can't find any video on youtube that compares Satechi with ziketech. Have you already tried the Satechi model? Please help us, we need an expert.
Good to know! Just browsing tech. The acacis tb 4 usb 4 enclosure I have gets around 2800 with my ssd. It’s also cheaper now than when I bought it. May be because new ones could be around the corner.
One of the simple issue for USB 4 NVMe enclosure should be easily solved which is heat management. Enclosure itself is so much expensive and instead of passive bulky cooling a simple form factor where enclosure is similar width to M.2 while the length is a bit a long to adjust small fan which spins in a breeze and cools the enclosure actively. Such hefty price for hefty design with passive cooling is lazy design and rip off mentality of these companies. USB 4 should have been dirt cheap by now. These companies just want to make these simple products a premium like take out your all money bs stuff.
If I use a NvME card in this unit with a DRAMless design, and format it to exFAT, will it still work in my iPad mini 6? Thinking of the Lexar nm790 4tb...
I have one of these, it's running as a boot drive , 45°C in 25°C environment, without the plastic I really can't see how having plastic around the aluminium would help it dissipate heat faster
@@adamtalkstech Well, after a short while the temperatures went up 3 to 4°C up to 48 °C under the same very light load I'm removing the plastic permanently
Hi Adam, I recently bought the case you recommended with the same SSD, and I’ve been having some serious issues with it. The drive randomly disconnects from my Mac, even when I’m not actively using it, and it’s caused file corruption several times. I’ve tried troubleshooting, but the issue persists with both enclosures I purchased. This makes the product unusable for any reliable storage. I just wanted to share this with you as I think it would be useful for others to know as well, that this might not be the best option for long-term data reliability. Do you know of any other brand with similar speeds?
Yeah that sounds like a no go. Can you contact satechi support and let me know what they end up determining? The reps from there were really nice and I know they will take care of you.
Hey great video! you have been a great help with what storage to buy. I bought the device above with a Lexar NM790 4TB SSD. Doing a speed test and only getting 1817MB/s write and 2814 read. Running it thought different ports ( with cable that was provided) with bring it down to under 1000 read and write. Is there something i'd doing wrong? No worries if you have know idea. Thank for the review thought!
I bought this enclosure and I’m using it with a 4TB Samsung 990 Pro but I’m only getting 900 read/write. I’m using a 14” M3 Max MacBook Pro. I bought the Apple Thunderbolt 4 cable and still no dice. Any idea why?
Hey Adam, how's it going, my name is Johnny, the freelance logo designer who contacted you last time, just reach out to you again to know would you love to have me work on your logo this time? :-)
Just received mine about 2 hours ago.. Put a WD_Black into it and getting slightly faster read/write than what you are getting on my M2 Studio Max. and yah, it gets pretty warm.
Thanks for an excellent and to-the-point review of this enclosure -- this kind of content deserves a far larger audience. Getting mine early next week to replace a T7 Shield with.. less than convincing performance.
I’m very impressed but I will be curious to get a 4tb nvme at some point and see how performance is and do use it for longer as well. I’m mainly using san disk pro blades these days
@@adamtalkstech Just received mine today, and put a Crucial T700 Pro 4TB in it -- getting 3180 MB/s writes and 3029 MB/s reads from Black Magic connected to a MacBook Pro M2.
@@oddbjrnsteffensen854nice let me know how you like the crucial. I have a few x9 and x10 pros but don’t use them a ton
@@adamtalkstech Seems like this is a no-go -- when under sustained activity, it heats up and then disconnects after a short while (repeated tests). The T700 is not on the compatibility list, but had hope for a more graceful degradation.
Weird. I guess try a Samsung or wd. I didn’t actually even look at the compatibility test, just grabbed the best seller on Amazon
Wouldn’t it be better without the plastic case, while in use?
Yes but it gets too hot to touch or have your cat sit on so its just a safety feature.
Perfect timing as I am just on the lookout for something like this. Thanks!
Glad I could help!
Wouldn't plastic be more like insulation, holding heat in? It seems like the bare aluminum exposed to air would be most efficient.
I didn't do a test but several people have suggested that.
I would like to know how hot it actually gets. Can you tell us the temperature during the stress test?
This drive was so fast. thank you for the recommendation!
It’s awesome. I need to get an 8tb nvme for it
Sweet, I might just have to get one of these now !
Hello, I can't find any video on youtube that compares Satechi with ziketech. Have you already tried the Satechi model? Please help us, we need an expert.
would you please suggest NVME m2 with factory-heatsink enclosure.. thank you
Will it connect to iPhone or Android ?
Good to know! Just browsing tech. The acacis tb 4 usb 4 enclosure I have gets around 2800 with my ssd. It’s also cheaper now than when I bought it. May be because new ones could be around the corner.
I think I"m going to get that one and test it soon too.
@@adamtalkstech it’s one of the first fast better quality ones imo.
One of the simple issue for USB 4 NVMe enclosure should be easily solved which is heat management. Enclosure itself is so much expensive and instead of passive bulky cooling a simple form factor where enclosure is similar width to M.2 while the length is a bit a long to adjust small fan which spins in a breeze and cools the enclosure actively. Such hefty price for hefty design with passive cooling is lazy design and rip off mentality of these companies. USB 4 should have been dirt cheap by now. These companies just want to make these simple products a premium like take out your all money bs stuff.
If I use a NvME card in this unit with a DRAMless design, and format it to exFAT, will it still work in my iPad mini 6?
Thinking of the Lexar nm790 4tb...
So the point is to be able to play ps5 games can it or not and will a gen 5 drive help
thanks for the video, amazing what we can edit 4K with external ssd now! what app do you use to transfert from iphone to the enclosure?
I don’t use it on phone a ton. The native files app is what I typically use but it’s pretty clunky still.
Together with the WD 850x 2TB Version I have idle temperature from 50-53 Celsius. Would you folks be happy with that? Speed is excellent.
I have one of these, it's running as a boot drive , 45°C in 25°C environment, without the plastic
I really can't see how having plastic around the aluminium would help it dissipate heat faster
I'm not really sure either, but it's what their rep told me. I do think it makes it more cool to touch because you aren't touching the aluminum
@@adamtalkstech Still running at 44-45 °C here
I've put the plastic on, let's see what difference that makes 🧐
@@adamtalkstech Well, after a short while the temperatures went up 3 to 4°C up to 48 °C under the same very light load
I'm removing the plastic permanently
Is Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 (2280) support because it's gen 3.0x4?
Yup that should get you close to the top speeds.
@@adamtalkstech thank you for your reply
Hi Adam, I recently bought the case you recommended with the same SSD, and I’ve been having some serious issues with it. The drive randomly disconnects from my Mac, even when I’m not actively using it, and it’s caused file corruption several times. I’ve tried troubleshooting, but the issue persists with both enclosures I purchased. This makes the product unusable for any reliable storage. I just wanted to share this with you as I think it would be useful for others to know as well, that this might not be the best option for long-term data reliability.
Do you know of any other brand with similar speeds?
Yeah that sounds like a no go. Can you contact satechi support and let me know what they end up determining? The reps from there were really nice and I know they will take care of you.
Hi Friend, same as me also. I bought this same ssd enclosure but its disconnecting in the middle of the use and is not detecting sometimes.
Let me know if satechi can’t make it right. I have still been using mine with no issues but I know every model can have problems
@@adamtalkstech I’ll let you know how it goes :) - Need to find another enclosure in the meantime.
@@mobinphotography7163 Do you have a Mac as well, or are you in Windows?
What do you thinks about the NewQ enclosure compared to the satechi ?
Haven’t used that one but I will reach out and see if they can send me one.
Hey great video! you have been a great help with what storage to buy. I bought the device above with a Lexar NM790 4TB SSD.
Doing a speed test and only getting 1817MB/s write and 2814 read. Running it thought different ports ( with cable that was provided) with bring it down to under 1000 read and write. Is there something i'd doing wrong? No worries if you have know idea. Thank for the review thought!
Have you formatted it yet? Check into that first.
I bought this enclosure and I’m using it with a 4TB Samsung 990 Pro but I’m only getting 900 read/write. I’m using a 14” M3 Max MacBook Pro. I bought the Apple Thunderbolt 4 cable and still no dice. Any idea why?
Weird. You should be fine with the usb 4 cable. Try not using the thunderbolt cable. Also check format
@@adamtalkstechYou think it’s the Samsung NVME drive? I’ll try to do some tests, thanks for responding!
It’s possible. I have a 1tb 990 I can test it with. I think I put the wd black in this usb 4 enclosure
Use the included cable, it's NOT a TB drive
I get close to 3x that speed on an old 512GB Samsung 980 (nothing)
The hotter it gets, the better it’s dissipating heat.
Think about it.
Faster than T Bolt 4?
Same speed/backwards compatible
Hey Adam, how's it going, my name is Johnny, the freelance logo designer who contacted you last time, just reach out to you again to know would you love to have me work on your logo this time? :-)
Use .75 playback speed folks
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