M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps), Transparent External Solid State Drive Adapter Enclosure for 2280 2260 2242 2230 PCI-E M2 M-Key SSD, USB Type C Converter Case-TCM2 Blue

I’m really impressed with the ORICO M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure. Setup was incredibly simple—just slide in the drive, secure it, and plug it into a USB-C port. My computer instantly recognized it with no drivers needed. The performance is excellent; I’m consistently getting full USB 3.2 Gen 2 speeds (around 900–1000 MB/s). The transparent silver design looks modern and clean, and I love being able to see the SSD inside. It feels solid and well-built, yet compact enough to carry around easily. The aluminum alloy helps with heat dissipation, and even during large file transfers, it only gets slightly warm. Perfect for anyone upgrading, cloning drives, or using it as a fast portable SSD. Great value for the quality and speed—highly recommended!

Item came in nicely packaged. You slide the lid off to place your SSD card in it. I inserted a 4TB SSD that I used on my Mac Mini M4. I also bought a doc that has an encasement for a SSD card that plugs into the Mac Mini, which can save spaces. The doc stopped working and reading my card, so I thought I'd try this encasement that was simple and with no bells and whistles so to speak. It does have an internal fan, which I thought was good since it reads/writes at 40Gbps, and I know they can get pretty warm when you load files onto it. This encasement worked wonderfully and then it stopped reading again and ejecting. Found out that the Apple Mac Mini's don't have enough power to power the encasement/SSD card, so I had to connect it to a hub and now it's great. I'm thinking my doc was probably still good as well but the mac mini couldn't power it along with other external drives I had connected to it. I really like the look of the encasement. It still gets hot when you load large files like video, but it does it super fast. You will need to place it somewhere cool and out in the open. Do not lay it on anything metal as the metal will not allow it to cool.

The ORICO TCM2U4 enclosure delivers exactly what it promises: high-speed performance in a smart, modern package. Designed for M-Key NVMe drives (2230 through 2280), this enclosure supports transfer speeds up to 40Gbps when used with USB4 or Thunderbolt 3/4 ports. In testing, I saw consistent read/write speeds in the 2.8–3.1 GB/s range—perfect for video editing, gaming libraries, or system backups. The transparent chassis is more than just eye candy. It's well-built and features a tool-free SSD installation process, making it easy to swap drives. The enclosure also includes a USB-C to dual USB-C/A cable, which adds welcome flexibility for different port types. What really stands out is the cooling system. With a built-in fan, aluminum heatsink, and thermal pads, this thing stays cool under pressure—literally. Even during large file transfers, it kept temps low and avoided any performance throttling. A few notes: it won’t work on USB 2.0, and older systems with legacy Thunderbolt or USB ports may not reach its full potential. But if you're working with modern hardware, it’s hard to beat.

This is cheap, compared to most using this chip, and it feels like it. From the pictures of their current Kickstarter campaign it apparently to be the same board, just in a less appealing case. I included some photos for size comparison. Truly tool free, which could be a plus for swapping SSDs quickly. That said, the little plastic piece (they included 2) thats used to hold the drive down via the typical screw slot, it fits some drives well, but for others it need some extra fuss as it seems the gap to slot the screw slot into is a bit narrow for for some drives. Also, because of its design, and their included and recommended thermal pad, the little plastic piece can interfere with the pad. NBD if not swapping SSD frequently, but if you do and the pad drys over time as they tend to (and may be more likely here because of the air movement) it may damage the look of the pad over time. I find the recommendation to use the pad a bit odd. It does not contact the heatsink. There is a good sized gap between a properly applied pad and the heatsink. When I asked about thisni was told it was by design, to allow airflow, but they didn't really explain why, then, a pad was recommended at all. Unfortunately this was, for me, unusable. During testing I would get frequent hanging, disconnections, and inconsistent performance. When connecting directly any intensive data transfer would cause a BSOD shutdown. The BSOD shutdown could be avoided by connecting via a dock, but the PC needed to be restarted or the drive unplugged and plugged back in to regain access to it. Testing speeds was all over the place. When working its best it seemed no faster than the older and, IMO, MUCH more well built M2V01-C4. Sometimes it would report, via CrystalDiskMark, crasy fast read speeds, like 24,000MB/s, but while the rest of the test would appear to run results would report 0 and the drive would be inaccessible afterward. That is, unless it was connected directly in which case it'd cause a BSOD shutdown. I worked with support to resolve these issue, but eventually, after much wasted time, they simply said it seemed like some strange and unknowable incompatibility issue (even though other devices/cases with the same chip work fine) and suggested I return this. For you, it may be worth avoiding altogether.

It works fine and without no problem and it's very fast and decent quality

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Works perfectly well, easy to install NVme card.