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๐Ÿ’ช ASUS ROG Strix Arion Lite Portable External M.2 SSD Review

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Details

BrandASUS
SeriesROG STRIX Arion Lite ESD-S1CL
Connectivity TechnologyUSB
Form FactorPortable
ColorBLACK
Item Dimensions LxWxH14.1 x 9.1 x 0.8 inches
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Description of ๐Ÿ’ช ASUS ROG Strix Arion Lite Portable External M.2 SSD

USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C for transfer speeds up to 10 Gbps (Only 1x USB-C to C cable included). Supports M.2 PCIe NVM Express SSDs with 2230/2242/2260/2280 form factor. Aluminum Alloy ROG Case with thermal pads pulls heat away from M.2 drives. Screwdriver-free Design for easy installation. ASUS Aura Sync RGB lighting features a nearly endless spectrum of colors with the ability to synchronize effects across an ever-expanding ecosystem of Aura Sync enabled products. Windows 10 and Mac OS compatible. CES 2020 Innovations Awards Honoree. What's in the box: ROG Strix Arion Lite, USB-C to C cable, Push ejector.

Reviews

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

WORST CASE - NEARLY DESTROYED MY COMPUTER

This has to be the worst case, which is surprising considering the high price. Most of my devices are ASUS and I'm happy with their quality, but this thing is terrible. I bought a new solver p5 and set it up with no problems, but as soon as I tried to format it I refused to recognize the drive and gave me windows errors saying the drive is bad! I try to eject the disc and my whole computer starts to freeze! I couldn't even boot my computer because this thing must have broken something and I had

Pros
  • Satisfied so far
Cons
  • sad packaging

Revainrating 5 out of 5

The best M.2 external enclosure I've ever seen.

There is so much amazing in this case. I bought 4 outer cases at once and this is the only one I've come back from and bought a second one. This is the best M.2 case I've ever used. If the disc has a thick metal label, this case will not close properly. If you see reviewers say "it opens" or something like that, it's because of the stickers on the disc used. I had a Sabrent Rocket that I had to remove the copper sticker from to get this ROG case to close properly. It's just very. veryโ€ฆ

Pros
  • Robust finish
Cons
  • Infinitely slow

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Great case for external NVME.

I bought this case to clone my laptop drive to a new dual storage WD Black drive. I needed a decent case that I could reuse and be functional. It's very nice to have USB-C or a port. This allows you to use it in different places. The presence of RGB makes it stand out more than most other cases, and it's not plastic so it dissipates heat well. The USB-C connection allowed me to quickly clone my current drive to the new drive, and then the enclosure allowed me to reuse my current laptop drive as

Pros
  • 1 year trial
Cons
  • Neutral

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Great Drive Enclosure Plastic Clip

This is a really stylish, one-of-a-kind M.2 NVME drive enclosure. I love that it has a thermal pad inside that I don't have to fiddle with. For other M.2 NVME external enclosures, you need to remove the adhesive and stick it on the drive; This one just built it in and comes into contact with the drive as soon as you close the case. Love the lighting which can be controlled with the Asus app which you can download. I can't provide exact speed test results as I don't have a direct USB-C device. I

Pros
  • Convenient Item
Cons
  • Other Other

I really liked the build of this case. It's a lot bigger than the plug-in case I use, but it's so good I didn't mind. What really bothered me was that it was significantly slower than a pluggable case. About 300 Mbit/s slower. My plugable gives me a stable read/write speed of 950-1000Mbps. But this one could not exceed 700Mbps R/W. Pretty disappointing. I tried it with different cables and also on different computers and ports. On top of that, the aura lighting software is rubbish! I had an old

Pros
  • Decent performance
Cons
  • Poor