WAVLINK 40Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure for MacBook/Mac mini (M4/M3/M2/M1), NVMe Enclosure Compatible with TBT4/TBT3/USB4/USB3.2, Supports 2230/2242/2260/2280 B+M/M-Key PCIe SSD, Tool-Free Installation

My old MBP seemed to be slowing down so I thought I would upgrade my external drives and cables. I got this along with an NVMe SSD, new Thunderbolt 4-rated cables and it's made a huge difference. This unit does come with a T4-rated cable, but I wanted to make sure all my drives were working at their fastest.I used Black Magic Designs software to test all my cables and drives.Now when I use Photoshop or other data-intensive apps my system doesn't bog down. It's amazing how fast this is when you have all the right components!The first photo is my "old" drive a Samsung T5 SSD, the second photo is my new enclosure with a Samsung 990 EVO. It's almost 5X faster!

Especially at the sale price, this ssd enclosure is a great deal, but more importantly, it fulfills its promise of up to 40gbs (with the right ssd and Thunderbolt 4 cable). Well constructed as well…highly recommended.

This thing is quite fast, about as fast as the internal drive on my new Mac Mini M4 Pro. I have a 2TB SSD in it. When it works it works very well. BUT I've been having reliability problems with it. I've been getting notices from Mac OS that the drive "isn't being ejected properly" which means it keeps shutting off. This has been a real problem in music making, which is it's primary job. This device runs VERY hot, and i think the heat is causing reliability problems.

I purchased 2 of these back in August of 2024. Using them with Samsung SSD drives (2TB each). I go back and forth between Raid 0 and just using them individually between Macs. The build quality is nice, and the speeds are great. Then over the past month they would start to disconnect and then reconnect. Never happened when I first got them. This now happens on all 3 of my Macs, EVERYDAY! Now I'm having to spend more for a replacement. I would highly recommend finding another product other than this one.

Comes with the case, cable, and thermal pad x 2. It comes with a rubber screw to hold the NVME down at the other end...took a bit to get that settled in. It also comes with the silicone to place it over the casing to keep it from moving when placed on surface...nice touch. I ended up using both thermal pad because I don't think single pad was enough to touch the case cover to dissipate the heat. Getting acceptable NVME rated speed on it, so I do believe it is providing Thunderbolt 4 level of speed. Using it for the M4 MacMini. No complaints.

Transfer speeds around 3600mbps

I can't complain about the connections and the utter ease in installing the chip, etc. But it seems to run a little hotter than most of these devices in my arsenal. I would keep an eye on it, but the ease of use is a true bonus.

Works as it should and stays pretty cool