Don't Buy an External SSD, Build One!

Building an External SSD with the ASUS Tuf Gaming SSD Enclosure and a Hynix 2TB NVME SSD.

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The content of this video is intended for viewers ages 13+.

[rdyever]

I’m struggling to understand how is that enclosure expandable. Logically, an expandable enclosure should accommodate more than 1 ssd, and have a maximum capacity of let’s say 8TB. If the enclosure would have 4 SSD slots that can each take one 2TB M2, yeah, we could call it expandable. But if I have to throw away the current SSD in order to expand, that’s not expandable, it’s just a case.

[brianfritz]

USB 3.2 gen 2 is 10gbps, but the SSD transfer protocol over that interface is only 6gbps, the same as SATA3. Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 4 are both available and much faster. The basis of your info is just wrong.

[DaveF]

You don't "expand" anything, you replace it. Even the "sticky" thermal tape requires replacement.

It would have helped if you'd done comparison speed tests.

[williameverets]

My question is, you used a Hynix 2TB NVME for $150.00 plus, and Asus Tuf Gaming Enclosure $49.00 Plus with a 10Gpbs, So why not get a SSD that Reads & Writes at the speed of the Enclosure and Save money on SSD? like LEVEN JP600 4TB PCIe NVMe Gen3x4 PCIe M.2 2280 Internal SSD, with reads speed 3000MG/sand write speed 2000GB/s, cost -19% $144.99, this give's you a extra 2TB of Storage and couple of buck saving That is my thought, just a retired person living of of fixed income. Thank You for Info.

[RybatQ]

I just built a 1TB SSD for about just 60% of the price of the prebuilt ones. It was a relief.

[Vntilator]

The enclosures is so expensive that you don't save much if anything at all.
I paid 110 bucks for a brand new Samsung T7 Shield 2.TB.

[warpath]

Are there enclosures that can hold more than one memory modules? Just being able to hold just one seems like a waste

[steverimnac]

I suspect a USB drive is limited by the type of USB port you have, such as USB 1, USB3 or USB3.1. It would be nice to know the comparative speeds of nvme if inside the computer and compare that to plug in USB nvme speeds.

[victorwalter]

For someone who was overwhelmed by all the different SSDs hard drives etc. this video was very informative thank you

[zdenko]

actually it not the fastest standard anymore - it seems to me 10Gbps and meanwhile there are enclosures that support up to 40Gbps

[SloppyGoat]

You're not "building" an external SSD. You're just putting a stick in an enclosure. However, I do have several of these, and they are very good enclosures.

[jpoconnor]

You cannot expand beyond 2TB according to the enclosure product information.

[Spinner]

What gonna happen when you need more storage?
Exactly, you stash the 2tb out with 4tb...keeping it in a dusty case along with your external ssd

[usleadershipareliars]

I use em just in case an emergency happens.(fire, flooding, tornadoes, earthquake) I just grab the external hard drives and go. They're great a huge life saver.

[chrissybabe]

Don't bother with doing this unless the seller of the adapter can guarantee that the adapter/SSD drive won't shut down when it overtemps because of lack of sufficient cooling. I had this problem with 3 different adapters so gave up as it is obvious the technology hasn't kept up with the overhyping.

[MrPyroblastic]

How ca you “expand” an SSD ? By swapping it with a larger capacity one ? In that case I can buy a new external SSD and not bother swapping. Simply if I need to access a file from my old SSD all I need is to plug it in an USBC port and that’s it. While on my old NVMe I need to disassemble it again to swap

[ckashif]

Enclosure need to be about 40 GBPS speed. Otherwise 7, 000MB/S is of no use

[rsimpkins]

Looks like I’m graduating to that format 👍🇺🇸

[chrisd]

Bro friendly advice, clean the sandisk from oily fingerprints before shooting the video :) believe me same issue here :))))

[alibabaei]

It actually is shock proof too, no physical disks