Review on 💾 Unitek Aluminum USB 3.1 Gen 2 M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure Adapter: 10Gbps, UASP & Trim Compatible, Supports M.2 M-Key SSD 2230/2242/2260/2280 by Flocka Parsons

Unfortunately when I ran this test on a 256GB Samsung PM981 I lost the Crystaldiskmark results but sequential read and write definitely hits the 10Gb/s -Mark on the USB 10 port Gbps It heats up under load after transferring some heavy files, but when used as a game drive for Battlestations Pacific there were no speed or temperature issues. Of course, it heats up, but not so much that it's uncomfortable to hold. I've seen similar designs that use this type of "aluminum tube" to have thermal pads that you put between the PCB SSD and the aluminum surface inside. This isn't the case, and I think thermal performance will improve somewhat with thermal padding, although it can make the surface feel uncomfortable. Therefore temperatures can vary. Also your performance, especially random read/write will definitely be affected by SSD, PM981 has DRAM cache, but NVMe without cache will probably have worse random performance.) It comes with mini screwdriver and USB cable C - USB - C 10Gb/s (I'm not sure if the cable in my photos is the same as the one that came with it). It doesn't come with a USB-C to USB-A cable, so hopefully you have the right adapter if that's your use case. It's also NVMe only, this case doesn't work with SATA m.2 SSDs, so keep that in mind. Overall it's good and does the job as a small portable case.