GiGiMundo Dual protocol M2 Sata enclosure

I bought 2 of these from Amazon with 2 Crucial 1 TB M2 storage sticks on a special offer on Amazon Prime for € 70 the lot.

Nice and small, work brilliantly if you haven't heard about these devices, and even on USB-C they can outperform a classical 2.5 inch standard SSD with USB>SATA adapter.

I like this model because it's dual protocol so you can fit almost any sort of card into it and allows up to 8TB.

GiGimundo Dual Protocol M.2 SSD Enclosure - 10Gbps NVMe, 6Gbps NGFF SATA, UASP TRIM, Slim Aluminum - Tool-Free 8TB M2 Caddy - USB to Type-C Adapter - Grey, Fits 2280/2260/2242/2230

Streamlined Dual M.2 Protocol - A single bay that supports two protocols not only accommodates NVMe solid state drives with B key or B+M key, but also NGFF SATA with B+M key SSDs.

But they do get quite warm after lengthy continual use so don't keep it enclosed in a hot place.



Anybody else using these -- Temp seems to get after prolonged use to around 40 deg C - so how that effects the durabilty of the card inside -- no idea. Anyway cheap enough for testing - certainly performance is great. I might try a WindowstoGo on it for a few days --that should give it a proper stress test. !!

Cheers
jimbo

The enclosure have new corrugated outer casing design for better heat dissipation.

This enclosure gets warm. At a room temp of 21℃/70℉, (at idle) the temp of the casing is 38℃/100℉, so 40 degrees normal.

I suspect that your enclosure likely uses the Realtek RTL9210B chipset. I have six of the Sabrent enclosures that use that chip. Works great for either NVMe or SATA. Another thing that I like about the Sabrent is that is has the silicon thermal pad permanently attached to the lid so there is no need to attach one to your SSDs. This is especially helpful if swapping between multiple SSDs. It then closes like a clamshell, or a laptop lid, and presses down on the SSD. At least with the SSDs that I am using, it never gets beyond mildly warm even when I am transferring a few hundred GB at a time.

Hi folks
These things work brilliantly -- I've run 2 concurrently on "test loads" for 24 hours -- running concurrently and no probs now with overheating.


@hsehestedt - you were correct in the chip identification !!!.

For others considering these devices :

Just 2 things you need to do is

1) use the embedded heat shield thing that comes with the package in addition to the embedded heat shield on the nvme device -- just stick it over the top and cut off a little bit when smaller physical size nvme's are used -- otherwise connections won't be that great and you get "invalid disk" whether on Linux or Windows -- on top of the one with the device

2) ensure the connections are properly made -- package comes with 2 plastic screws -- you only need one of them but the end connector is a bit flimsly so easily dropped on floor etc --beware. Otherwise 100% brilliant piece of kit and even at USB 3.0 puts standard 2.5 ins SATA-> USB connector speed to shame. -- They still run warmer than your typical 2.5 ins SSD though !!!.

For Linux users whether on a VM or on a Host NAS etc the device is recognized as :

Bus 002 Device 004: ID 0bda:9210 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL9210 M.2 NVME Adapter



Brilliant piece of kit and cheap too. Nice tiny footprint as well.

cheers
jimbo

I'm glad that's working so well for you. I likewise am having great results. In fact, I've been slowly transitioning over to NVMe SSDs for everything. I think that I still have somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 thumb drives, but as cheap as NVMe SSDs have become, I'm switching over completely to these now. The difference in performance is amazing.

Yeah, I've been running this since Feb 2021 and it's been great for me.

For myself, I bought a Mokin 10Gbps external NVMe enclosure (about $20), then I bought a Crucial P2 1TB NVMe (~$90) that is capable of about 2400MB/sec read and 1800MB/sec writes. My enclosure at 10Gbps allows about ~1280MB/sec max throughput. It plugs in via a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, or USB-C port. I get about 1100MB/sec to this drive. That's my fastest external drive that I have.

pparks1 said:

Yeah, I've been running this since Feb 2021 and it's been great for me.

For myself, I bought a Mokin 10Gbps external NVMe enclosure (about $20), then I bought a Crucial P2 1TB NVMe (~$90) that is capable of about 2400MB/sec read and 1800MB/sec writes. My enclosure at 10Gbps allows about ~1280MB/sec max throughput. It plugs in via a USB 3.2 Gen 2 port, or USB-C port. I get about 1100MB/sec to this drive. That's my fastest external drive that I have.

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Wow, nice result. I've been using really cheap NVMe SSDs for the external enclosures so I'm not getting the same level of performance that you are, but what I am getting is still plenty fast for me.