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Review on πŸ”§ Tool-Free M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Mobile Rack for 3.5” External Drive Bay - ICY DOCK MB833M2K-B by Brad Russell

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Make your M.2 2280 detachable

I put it in a Syba 2.5"U2 mobile stand with a 3.5 to 5.25 converter. I have a DiLinKer M.2 -to-U.2 cable used to connect to the M.2 slot on my motherboard.Now we have an easily detachable M2 2280. It's worth noting that the mobile rack requires SATA power for the M2 to work , which was a bonus for me so I can then turn it on or off with my KingWin 6 SATA power switch.Using Y power cables, I connect one set of drives to one switch and the other sets to different switches, which made swapping from OS and config simplified - love it did an official speed test but it seems very fast, just as fast as it was when M.2 was on the motherboard The only downside of this solution is the high price of U2 -Backplanes and mobile media . I used this hardware solution since I didn't. Don't like using software multiboot.

Pros
  • Well built
Cons
  • Confused