Silverstone MS12, 20Gbps SuperSpeed+ USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 Type-C to NVMe M.2 SSD Enclosure, Aluminum, Black, SST-MS12

I came from a Green enclosure and couldn't be happier. In the Ugreen enclosure, my nvme would overheat and disconnect when moving anything close to a gig. To me, that was useless. With this I've passed over a TB of backup data to it with no drop in performance. It sped through everything only slowing down on some m3u8 playlist files I had (weird).As an engineer, my only tidbit of wisdom to pass along would be make sure you use enough of the thermal pad material on the chips to ensure the lid barely sticks up (up to maybe a mm) before screwing down. You don't want too much because it could bend the circuit board and cause the chips to detach but you also don't want too little that it doesn't make contact with the lid. Also, cut the pads to cover the chips and not the gaps between them. The pads will act more as thermal insulators in the gaps. Also, most importantly, the chip closest to the contacts gets the hottest. It's the control chip. The ones furthest away are the actual memory chips. They don't usually get too hot. Make sure above all else that control chip gets good contact with the lid. Again, you'll know if it does when the lid sticks up a little bit before securing down.As far as performance, this thing is spectacular. I've paired a WD black 2tb NVME with this and it goes everywhere with me. I use it with my phone, my tablets, my netbook, laptop, and gaming rig. It's blazing fast for a type C interface. I've not noticed any hiccups (except with the m3u8 files- but I just checked using a regular flash drive and it seems to just be that file type cause it was slow in that transfer.. . Again, weird).It gets really warm. That's a good thing. It means it's wicking heat away and that why you are buying this thing. Keeping this drive cool is where it really shines!Aesthetics wise, it's pretty small but the sharp corners are a little bothersome. I've thought about macining chamfers but then you lose the black paint and the paint is adhering really well for it being in my pocket and bookbag 90% of the time. It also looks really cool (imo). I like that I can get a product that checks all of the boxes and while costly, its well worth it. But it. DO IT!! DO IT NOW!!!

I had QC issues with the first unit I received. It would not close after assembly due to a stripped or poorly tapped thread. In addition there were loose metal shavings in my unit, which probably came from stripped threads.The top plate mounting hole threads should be inspected as they are key to reassembly and device function. On my unit the screws holding the device together upon arrival seemed very over-torqued, which might have lead to thread failure. For a device that is roughly 3X the cost of the competition (albeit twice as fast) one expects better. I don't see why the unit has to be assembled fully for shipping, I would rather see the unit taped or held together with clips for shipping.The overall enclosure design is simple but robust, however I wonder if the hole pattern is adequate to properly secure the top plate, or if this design is bowing slightly outward in the center. It is a tight fit after reassembly, but perhaps the thermal pad will accommodate after warming up during use.This is not a user-friendly assembly and care must be taken to properly install the drive. That being said, the performance results are excellent. I would say that the effort to provide a high-quality thermal design solution lives up to Silverstone's high standards, however there should be better thread inspection and the units shouldn't be shipped assembled to avoid the possibility of screw over-torqueing entirely.

I decided to replace my homebrew NAS (3x 2TB drives in a RAID5) because of trash write speeds and size and weight.So I got a two of NVME 4TB drives. Moving about 1.3TB of data to the drive, the skin got hot. So that means the heatsinks work and are not for show. So that's good.I tried doing the same thing with a cheap 15 buck plastic enclosure. But the connected drive would disappear from Windows after a bit.One drive is going to live in my NAS. And the other drive will live in my laptop. This way I can have a backup. I'll need to figure out a file sync solution.

First - This thing is speedy. I've got it paired with a 1TB Samsung 980, and it can hit about 2GB/s if the USB-C port and controller are good enough.The enclosure is very well built, although I have to knock a star off for the screws/hex screwdriver they send you. One screw stripped out and the wrench corners rounded when I tried to remove the screw for initial drive installation. I love that Silverstone provides thermal pads for the entire drive assembly. Once you put all the pads in place, the enclosure+drive is solid. This might cause the enclosure to heat up a lot, but the benefit is that the NVMe inside stays under thermal threshold and stays fast.Overall, I love this enclosure. It's become my main tool at work, and it gets a LOT of use as a result.

Love this. Bought it before I was going to migrate to a new Windows PC. Crazy fast with USB C interface. With a top-shelf NVMe M.2 memory like the Samsung Pro, it will be your "forever" best portable. Its not as small as a thumb drive but it is still quite compact.