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Review on ๐Ÿ”ง Tool-Free M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD Mobile Rack for 3.5โ€ External Drive Bay - ICY DOCK MB833M2K-B by Jim Dahl

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Make your M.2 2280 detachable

I put it in a 2.5" Syba U2 mobile rack with a 3.5 to 5.25 converter. I used a DiLinKer M.2 to U.2 cable 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 to then be able to turn it on or off with my KingWin 6 SATA power button . I use Y-power cables to connect one set of drives to one switch and the other sets to different switches, which makes it easy to switch OSes and configurations - 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 disadvantage 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.

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