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Review on IO CREST NVMe Based External Enclosure by Terry Napoleon

Revainrating 4 out of 5

JHL6340 NVMe chassis in mint condition

This chassis uses JHL6340 and is fast, I get around 2500MB/s read/write on macOS and Windows. Just remember to use a thick thermal pad with your NVME drive to keep it cool. This piece is solid metal and dissipates heat appropriately. Doesn't switch off, doesn't overheat. You can install your operating system on it and use it day to day. The best part is the JHL6340 controller. Unfortunately, this Intel Thunderbolt controller doesn't have a USB 3.1 10Gb/s fallback option (which means this thing will only work in a Thunderbolt port), but it does have full hot-plug support on the Maple Ridge JHL8540 with the current one available NVM. 3 don't currently have hotplug functionality on Maple Ridge Thunderbolt4, seems to be a bug in NVM 26/26.5 so hopefully Intel will release a newer NVM. but this case connects perfectly with Maple Ridge. It's forward! I bought it when it was $108, the price seems to have skyrocketed to $172. For 172€ I wouldn't buy it again, but if the price goes down.

Pros
  • Storage
Cons
  • Slightly torn