Header banner
Revain logoHome Page
Jaime Benenati photo
Luxembourg
1 Level
720 Review
63 Karma

Review on LINKUP - Advanced Tool-Free NVMe SSD 10 Gbps Enclosure M.2 to USB-C, Aluminum USB 3.1 Gen 2 to PCIe Gen3 x2 Bridge Chip for Windows & Mac, Compatible with Samsung 960/970 EVO/PRO WD Black Intel by Jaime Benenati

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works well, heats up, all cables are there, rubber "screw " is a little hard to press

I bought this to fit two Samsung 970 EVO Plus SSD 2TB - M .2 NVMe drives on two different computers with Windows 10 partitions using dd on a Linux USB stick and then GParted to reorganize the drive. Did everything perfectly and now I have loads of space on my boot drives (so handy!) The rubber "screw" was a little hard to push through so I just closed the case (the case is thin enough to placing it at the correct angle ) and handling it carefully as the data carriers would not be there permanently. Worked great and fast on both Yoga USBC and regular PC with USBA 3.0 (both cables are included which is nice, you can always use extra ones and I didn't have to look for parts). While it didn't burn me, it does get quite hot when a full disk copy is in progress. Going back to 'normal use' it felt good (part of that was no doubt a fault of the very packaged 2TB unit inside, but I was still surprised at how hot these things felt - for constant tuning that is supplied heating pad definitely good) ). I don't think I'll be using it as a permanent external drive, but for moving operating systems, copying stuff, and as a general loading tool, it does the job and does it well. I'm glad to have it in my arsenal.

Pros
  • Consistent test results
Cons
  • Could have chosen a newer model