MAIWO M.2 NVMe 40Gbps SSD Enclosure, USB4 Type C, Built-in Turbo Fan, Compatible with Thunderbolt4/USB4/3.0/2.0, Tool-Free, 8TB Capacity, Aluminum Alloy for NVMe Size

Pros: metal body, fast speed Cons: bulky, very noisy fan, bright blue led indicator

I love the simplistic tool free construction of this external SSD enclosure. The enclosure has a built in fan and it is thermostatically controlled by the board in the enclosure. No need to worry, as the device should sense when to turn on or off the fan. Very silent in operation so far. Speeds are very good, rated to 40Gbps and with the current Nvme memory I have installed, I am seeing speeds as fast as, if not faster than the installed memory in my M4 Mac Mini. The all aluminum enclosure should dissipate the heat quite well, but a note: the heat sink and silicone heat pad do not seem to make contact with the external case, so not sure how well the heat will be transferred for dissipation. So far, I am very pleased with the look and performatnce of this enclosure, and it sits very nicely on my Mac Mini.

Produto bem construído e acabado, digno de premium, usei um nvme de 1tb Samsung e consegui taxas ótimas, 3000 MB leitura e 1600 Gravação. Recomendo muito. Testes realizados no meu MacBook Air M4

This enclosure performs as expected. I bought it to replace a TB3 enclosure that had some compatibility issues with an Asus laptop with AMD CPU and it prevented a previously installed Ubuntu (24.04 LTE) from booting. The MAIWO enclosure with its Asmedia chip set works really well, problem resolved.

I've just put an EVO 970 Plus 1TB into this unit and it's working fine. Used it as a recorder drive with an ATEM Extreme ISO and worked perfectly. Write speeds on my M1 Max (thunderbolt 4) were just under 1400 and read at just over 3000 as tested with AJA. Just remember that the fan makes just enough noise that if you're near a condenser mic, it'll pick it up. Fortunately the fan speed is very consistent so if you're using audio clean up software like Izopte, it'll get filtered. Only thing I would have preferred is that the cable end be right angled to make it sit better and out of the way.

So far this is working great on my M2 Mac mini. Performance is great with 3 GB/sec (24 Gbps) read and write speeds using my 1TB ADATA premium SSD. The fan is a bit noisy especially when placing it directly on the desk. The desk seems to amplify the fan vibration sounds but adding small felt furniture pads reduced to just a background fan hum. Update after a few days. Drive continues to be reliable with zero disconnects or problems with my Mac. However, I’m dropping one star as the fan noise is annoying when the rest of my system is completely quiet.