Aluminum vs. plastic external enclosure for SSD?

[Jottle]

Does an external enclosure with an SSD in it benefit from being aluminum (metal) over the cheaper plastic ones? I'm planning on booting my imac off an external ssd connected via usb 3.0. Should I care about heat dissipation with an ssd as an external boot drive? Looking for advice. Searching on here, many people recommend OWC enclosures or the cheapy plastic inateck (uasp optimized) enclosure.

 

[JTToft]

The material shouldn't matter at all. Heat shouldn't be a problem either.

Just make sure it's UASP enabled. Inateck's offerings are well-respected.

 

[LiveM]

I would go metal for heat management and looks.

 

[Fishrrman]

Something I've noticed about all the SSD's I own -- Crucial, Intel, and Sandisk -- is that they emit very little heat. The newer Sandisks don't even grow warm.

For that reason, I don't think plastic vis-a-vis metal makes any difference at all.

As JJToft mentioned above, what DOES make a difference is that the enclosure you use is specifically stated to have UASP (USB attached SCSI protocol). Without it, you can't reach the full transfer speeds of which USB3 is capable.

 

[AZhappyjack]

The material shouldn't matter at all. Heat shouldn't be a problem either.

Just make sure it's UASP enabled. Inateck's offerings are well-respected.

I'm a big fan of the Inateck's cases... I have 4 or 5 for various older hard drives...