Review on TRIPP LITE Dual Quick U439 002 CG2 by Muleme Anderson

I ran out of internal SATA ports on my Gigabyte Aorus motherboard and had to connect two additional SSDs (4TB Samsung EVO 860 and 2TB WD Blue). While it seemed a bit pricey (I assumed the computer didn't require cloning capability), I figured that with 10Gb/s USB 3.1 Gen 2 it would be preferable to add a PCIe bus expansion card that could have a or two PCIe lanes (my motherboard has four 10 Gb/s USB 3.1 ports on the back). When the device arrived (one day, thanks to Revain Prime!) I was surprised that the device really isn't a "enclosure" per se (i.e. where you can permanently mount two 2.5" drives in the enclosure) . In fact, the drive has two drive bays with spring-loaded hinges that you simply slide the drives up into (the power and SATA connectors face down), with the only support being from the power connector itself and the SATA and the bottom door hinged, although this arrangement suits me (I placed the device far back on the floor under my desk where I can't accidentally kick or shake it), it may not be the ideal expansion solution for everyone. works great for my purposes (note: I haven't tried cloning the drive in the device, but I assume this feature also works as advertised). Performance: I will be using the device to store Kontakt sample libraries for musical instruments, so sequential read speed is more important to me. USB A for device connection), the device delivered an average sustained write speed of 410MB/s on the WD drive and 422MB/s on the EVO. That's not bad for a USB-connected device. The sustained sequential read speeds were even more impressive (averaging 450MB/s on the EVO and 435MB/s on the WD). Note: These numbers are from the Windows 10 Monitor, not the Drive Performance Utility, but reflect good comparisons when comparing USB attached drives to internal drives (for example I have an identical 4TB EVO 860 that is internally connected to the SATA bus mounted on my motherboard). Boards where I'm seeing sustained sequential write speeds of around 515 MB/s and consistent sequential read speeds of around 530 MB/s to/from a 1TB Samsung 970 Pro m.2 NMVe drive [my C: drive]). For my purposes, where read speeds over 250MB/s are more than enough for a Kontakt application, a little over 400MB might not be enough for everyone. Conclusion: For my purposes, the device works perfectly. Supported sequential write speeds of 410MB/s+ are great and read speeds of 435MB/s+ are exceptional (ie note that read and write speeds are roughly twice as fast as an integrated high quality hard drive like the WD 6TB Black). Unfortunately I haven't tested the device's ability to clone, but I'm not sure how you would even measure the time to completion. One more thing. With nearly half of the installed SSD's surface area exposed to indoor air, I doubt there will be any major heat dissipation issues during longer drives under normal operating conditions.