Please Recommend Enclosure for Kingston A2000 NVMe PCIe SSD

[KT Chong]

Just bought this drive, "Kingston 1TB A2000 M.2 2280 NVMe Internal SSD PCIe up to 2000MB/s", on sale for $99.99 (so really $100) from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07VXC9QMH/

I intend to use it for installing and playing games from Steam, GOG, Origin, Uplay, Epic and other game clients and stores. I still will have to figure out how to share and port the games on the SSD between my (old) desktop PC and (new) notebook. Both use Windows 10.

What I need is an enclosure for the Kingston SSD. I would like to keep the price of the enclosure at around $25. I am looking a few options, but here my two top choices:

• TDBT M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure with Heat Sink, 10Gbps USB-C to PCIe NVMe M.2 Hard Drive Enclosure with Thermal Cooling Pad, NVMe M.2 Drive to USB-C External Storage Enclosure: https://www.amazon.com/TDBT-Enclosure-Thermal-Cooling-External/dp/B07TJT6W8K/


• SSK Aluminum M.2 NVME SSD Enclosure Adapter, USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) to NVMe PCI-e M-Key Solid State Drive External Enclosure: https://www.amazon.com/SSK-Aluminum-Enclosure-Adapter-External/dp/B07MNFH1PX/

Which is normally at $37 and out of my price range, but it is currently on sale for $24.

I do not know why the SSK model ($37) is normally more expensive than the TDBT model ($26): they seem to have very similar features and specs, but the TDBT actually comes with a heat sink. Is there any particular reason -- something I have missed -- why the SSK is pricier than the TDBT?

If you know anything else that is better than those two choices and does not cost much more than either, please let me know. Thanks.

[KT Chong]

Originally posted by Hugsie Muffinball:

I have an Icydock EZconvert Currently $17 USD
https://www.amazon.com/ICY-DOCK-EZConvert-Tool-Less-Converter/dp/B07N6F3LVS

But it might not be compatible.

Nope... that's a SATA enclosure. Don't know much about SSD, but I know NVMe PCIe is incompatible with SATA. Thanks though.

[Electric Cupcake]

Cheapest one I can find on newegg
https://www.newegg.com/orico-tcm2-c3-bk-bp-enclosure/p/0VN-0003-001D8?Item=9SIA1DS93D6843

Cheapest ones I'm seeing on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/AIMOS-Enclosure-External-Interface-Supports/dp/B07YTVK4WK/ref=sr_1_4
https://www.amazon.com/SSK-Aluminum-Enclosure-Adapter-External/dp/B07MNFH1PX/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3SFF13I3W4S8N

[KT Chong]

Thanks, price is a major concern for me, but I want fast reading/writing/transfer speeds as well. I'll look into them.

[Supafly]

Some businesses charge more for the same thing. Cooler design and materials could offer different performance.

Just be sure the enclosure is the right connection. It needs to support M key Nvme. If it's just B key it wont fit. read reviews on how well they cool. Either of the SSK or TDBT ones linked should be fine. I doubt temp will be an issue as the drive itself will never reach max speeds over USB anyway. Max is 10Gb/s over USB 3.1 gen2 which is 1250 MB/s. The drive is advertised as 2000MB/s. So it'll be capped around 65% so any enclosure should be able to handle it's temps.

Just get what ever has good reviews and price.

[KT Chong]

Thanks, I ended up ordering the TDBT enclosure. I still cannot figure out why the SSK enclosure is usually more expensive even though the TDBT one seems to have better features and quality.

[_I_]

usb is going to be the bottleneck

get a pci-e x4 adapter
https://www.newegg.com/riitop-model-dul-m2tpce4x-pci-express-controller-card/p/17Z-0061-00062

[KT Chong]

Originally posted by _I_:

usb is going to be the bottleneck

get a pci-e x4 adapter
https://www.newegg.com/riitop-model-dul-m2tpce4x-pci-express-controller-card/p/17Z-0061-00062

Originally posted by KT Chong:

I intend to use [the SSD in an enclosure] for installing and playing games from Steam, GOG, Origin, Uplay, Epic and other game clients and stores. I still will have to figure out how to share and port the games on the SSD between my (old) desktop PC and (new) notebook. Both use Windows 10.

Can't port and share the SSD between computers (desktop + notebook) if I install the SSD inside a computer.

[_I_]

then whats the point of having a nvme drive?
just get a usb sata enclosure and sata drive