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Such a rip off. There's better solutions than this for 1/5th the price lol. I was expecting for this price it better come with 3-4 m.2 slots. But it only comes with 1
Such a rip off. There's better solutions than this for 1/5th the price lol. I was expecting for this price it better come with 3-4 m.2 slots. But it only comes with 1
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What is the cheapest 80GBPS enclosure that works?
Why do you need an 80gbps enclosure? Why do you need PCIe5 support which always requires active cooling? Sabrent's 20gbps enclosures would work fine for anything you need an enclosure for.
You're paying a premium for
-PCIE5 NVME drives that occupy a niche that the overwhelming majority of people will not have a use for
-A PCIe5 external dock
Keep in mind, you also need the ability to be able to read at these speeds over the USB-C interface, which isn't common at all in computers right now. I only see speeds up to 40gbps over USB-C in even brand-spanking-new motherboards (X870 chipset). I don't even know how you'd call the manufacturer on these speeds unless you had a PCIe card that gave you more USB-C ports specifically at those speeds.
Edit: There's also a substantial amount of 1-star reviews claiming it has bad thermal design and kills NVME drives. Stay far away from this. Generally avoid manufacturers that make claims that are impossible to test with the current technology.
Edit2: Guys...look at the promotional material. Broken English everywhere. You'd really give $175 clams for this trash? You might as well buy a 10TB microsd card on eBay and give a shocked face when it doesn't have the advertised storage capacity. This is a scam.
I only see speeds up to 40gbps over USB-C in even brand-spanking-new motherboards (X870 chipset). I don't even know how you'd call the manufacturer on these speeds unless you had a PCIe card that gave you more USB-C ports specifically at those speeds.
X870 is not "brand spanking new" it's been out for well over a year now, and you answered your own question about using a PCIe card that gives 80Gbps speeds....also Thunderbolt 5 is 120Gbps.
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X870 is not "brand spanking new" it's been out for well over a year now, and you answered your own question about using a PCIe card that gives 80Gbps speeds....also Thunderbolt 5 is 120Gbps.
X870 is the latest and greatest by AMD as of this writing. So should a disclaimer be held "Only actually usable by the select few that use Intel and have a TB5 port, or are robbing the performance of their primary PCIe x16 port by having an add-on card"? I have a TB5 port on my brand new Lenovo. Very few laptops have this and even fewer desktops. Judging by the reviews on this Amazon page, it can't hit anywhere close to those speeds. This is Chinesium junk.
These prices are like a joke. I just laugh at them. A similar enclosure with 80 GB/s data rate was around $70 a few year ago. It should be even cheaper now due to tech advances and mass volume production of the chips. Just because RAM & SSD prices are temporarily high doesn't give an excuse to other sectors to increase their prices. Hard pass.
I'm just curious why you need something so fast? Are you really running a pci express gen 5 ssd externally? 20-40gbps is already insanely fast and there's way better choices for less money out there. I think you're better off looking for something with a thermal pad and a heatsink rather than something with a fan blowing on it.
I have several external ssds, some DIY ones and I never push them anywhere near their potential speeds, 500-900mbps.
So it depends first of all, what speed is your computer capable of? How much storage are you regularly transferring? I get it, I've done video archival work and each video can be 10gb at a time. Imagine transferring 90 of those.... ssd can get pretty stinking hot eek. But something with a thermal pad and heatsink is gonna go a long way in that situation.
Honestly. Try to find something that's thunderbolt 4 capable, or 40gbps. And if you think about it, let's say your SSD is only pci express gen 3 and you install it in this enclosure, your wasting your money because the ssd can't reach those kinda speeds anyways. PCI express gen 4 ssd can get upto 64gbps but that depends on the design and quality of that ssd. Personally I don't like pushing ssds to their limits because of heat generated, I prefer to put ssds in a setup that throttles them a little bit because you don't have to worry about thermal throttling as much. Just an idea.
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You're paying a premium for
-PCIE5 NVME drives that occupy a niche that the overwhelming majority of people will not have a use for
-A PCIe5 external dock
Keep in mind, you also need the ability to be able to read at these speeds over the USB-C interface, which isn't common at all in computers right now. I only see speeds up to 40gbps over USB-C in even brand-spanking-new motherboards (X870 chipset). I don't even know how you'd call the manufacturer on these speeds unless you had a PCIe card that gave you more USB-C ports specifically at those speeds.
Edit: There's also a substantial amount of 1-star reviews claiming it has bad thermal design and kills NVME drives. Stay far away from this. Generally avoid manufacturers that make claims that are impossible to test with the current technology.
Edit2: Guys...look at the promotional material. Broken English everywhere. You'd really give $175 clams for this trash? You might as well buy a 10TB microsd card on eBay and give a shocked face when it doesn't have the advertised storage capacity. This is a scam.
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X870 is not "brand spanking new" it's been out for well over a year now, and you answered your own question about using a PCIe card that gives 80Gbps speeds....also Thunderbolt 5 is 120Gbps.
I have several external ssds, some DIY ones and I never push them anywhere near their potential speeds, 500-900mbps.
So it depends first of all, what speed is your computer capable of? How much storage are you regularly transferring? I get it, I've done video archival work and each video can be 10gb at a time. Imagine transferring 90 of those.... ssd can get pretty stinking hot eek. But something with a thermal pad and heatsink is gonna go a long way in that situation.
Honestly. Try to find something that's thunderbolt 4 capable, or 40gbps. And if you think about it, let's say your SSD is only pci express gen 3 and you install it in this enclosure, your wasting your money because the ssd can't reach those kinda speeds anyways. PCI express gen 4 ssd can get upto 64gbps but that depends on the design and quality of that ssd. Personally I don't like pushing ssds to their limits because of heat generated, I prefer to put ssds in a setup that throttles them a little bit because you don't have to worry about thermal throttling as much. Just an idea.
I don't think these guys have an alternative 80gbps enclosure solution for you. They'll just keep trying to convince you that you don't need this LOL
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