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Lol don't get so worked up.
Pretty sure they're being purposely obtuse.
They even linked to such an enclosure that they apparently already owned before making their post asking (insert spongebob meme) "wHy iSnT tHeRe aN eNcLoSuRE tHat dOeS ThiS..."
Today's trolls are so lazy.
There's never going to be an instance where you wouldn't want this attached by cable. It wouldn't be marketable.
But if you must fulfill this weird ask, the best you can do is a USB-C male to USB-C male coupler adapter like this:
https://a.co/d/3WS9nWk
I don't think it's a weird ask/wouldn't be marketable. There are a ton fo benefits of an m.2 driver over a usb enclosure.
The reason none exist imo is because of how large a normal sized m.2 (not laptop size) are vs a usb drive. It would be absolutely trivial to break the usb c connector.
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You were charged 68 cents in tax, which for the $10.49 actual price means your state sales tax for online purchases is ~6.5%.
My point is a one-time discount of a single item at a merchant is not comparable to the pricing in this post. Compare the Amazon price of $9.99 shipped from the US and your AliExpress price of $10.49. It's not always cheaper going to a Chinese online store.
I have no problems with you posting your purchase, I'm just helping people understand the pricing.
Thanks!
You were charged 68 cents in tax, which for the $10.49 actual price means your state sales tax for online purchases is ~6.5%.
My point is a one-time discount of a single item at a merchant is not comparable to the pricing in this post. Compare the Amazon price of $9.99 shipped from the US and your AliExpress price of $10.49. It's not always cheaper going to a Chinese online store.
I have no problems with you posting your purchase, I'm just helping people understand the pricing.
It also uses the RTL9210B chipset and it works very well. I've bought 3 of them now.
Advantages of OP's Orico enclosure
- It includes a thermal pad.
Advantages of my similar enclosure- It includes both a USB-C to USB-C cable (works at 10 Gbps) and a USB-C to USB-A cable for 5 Ggbps. Both are pretty good quality and about 1 ft.
Both- Tool-less / screwless. Any 2230,2242,2260, or 2280 m.2 card will snap in the plastic retaining holders on my linked enclosure. The Orico seems to hold the card in place with the heat sink.
While the thermal pad and cooling vest (?) might help on the Orico, I haven't found need for a thermal pad on mine except for a 2230 NVME that runs hot.RTL9210B units have many different firmware versions over the last few years. My 3 units have the pretty recent 1.29 firmware from late last year while the absolute latest firmware is 1.32.91. There is a firmware updater for these but it's only from Realtek and has a chance of bricking your unit. It's best not to seek out the updater unless you have major issues.
Someone here could see what this Orico is shipping with.
A lot of discussion happens on this page [station-drivers.com] about the various firmwares and vendors using the Realtek chipset.
Realtek is not the best chipset in this category, but it works well and it's economical. The ASMedia ASM2364 chipset is the best, but the enclosures are much more expensive.
Some people have reported disconnects with RTL9210B enclosures after many hours of connectivity on Linux under certain situations. Personally I've had no disconnect problems under Windows 10/11 on multiple computers. I can also note that Windows To Go works excellent on one of these. I used a laptop with a broken internal SSD connector (Thinkpad T570) running Windows 10 via USB-C from this enclosure for several days and it worked well.
Because these enclosures use UASP, you also get TRIM and all other NVME capabilities you would get if it was directly attached. On Linux, you can use nvme-cli to sanitize (Secure Erase) the drives via command line.
I attached a quick picture to show you what to expect from the link I provided.
Edit #2: I tried submitting this as a slickdeal and it was denied because the seller doesn't have a 750 seller rating.
Could you elaborate a bit more on "nvme-cli to sanitize the drive". I'm looking at getting a mini PC and running Linux just to work on a few things, so I don't need to get a windows computer.
I'm hoping you can explain a bit before I start diving into it. Thanks in advance.
I have an old laptop I use for clearing drives but it's starting to get real slow.
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I'm hoping you can explain a bit before I start diving into it. Thanks in advance.
I have an old laptop I use for clearing drives but it's starting to get real slow.
Further investigation indicates nvme-cli will not work on m.2 devices in enclosures any time soon. You can only read SMART data.