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Review on Yottamaster HC1: Dual Bay M.2 NVMe Docking Station with 10Gbps Cloning Capability and USB C 3.1 Gen2 for PCIe SSDs by Marley Woods

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works as advertised but gets very hot even when not actively using it

One thing that isn't entirely clear from the information listed for this article is that it's entirely possible that a single PCIe M.2 drive to this device and connect it to computer via SSD, and then clone PC hard drive to SSD in device with other software (e.g. free version of AOMEI Partition Manager). A drive on this device appears as another drive on the computer. USB cable included - CC. Since my PC doesn't have a Type-C USB port, I used a USB 3.0 AC cable (the same type you might already need to charge your new Android phone). I mentioned in the title that even with a single M.2 drive this case gets very hot when powered on and connected to a PC (I haven't actually tested it, maybe not connected to a PC). then it gets warm.) I think there may be extra power conversion capacitors inside to run the drives. Not sure, but keep an eye on it anyway. The heat didn't seem to bother the drive I was using as long as I was cloning it. There are a couple of thermal transfer pads in the package, one for each SSD you can put in the unit (which is what I used).

Pros
  • GOLS Certified
Cons
  • Repair