OWC Debuts 'Fastest USB-C SSD Ever' With Up to 2TB of Storage

[Zdigital2015]

Why would anyone buy a NVMe enclosure that only supports usb 3.1 transfer speeds?

Go to the main page for the drive and then tap or click on one of the capacities, not the buy now, just the capacity and then at the bottom of that page is “Highlights”, where it clearly states USB-C 3.1 Gen 2.

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC...n=cj&cjevent=d257040c978c11e9814f00ff0a240610
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RAID 0 inside? Sequential write speed? Random IOPS read and write speed?

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/ENVPROC2N02/?fullDetails

 

[NickName99]

I much prefer their Thunderbolt 3 drive:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-envoy-pro-ex-thunderbolt-3

2800MB/s Read

Interesting that they don’t offer that in enclosure-only option. It seems like they’re charging about $150 for it, since it’s $300 for the 1TB, and $150 is the going rate for 1TB of high quality NVMe SSD (Samsung 860 EVO for example).

I’d be much more interested in a TB3 enclosure for $150 than a USB 3.1 enclosure for $90.

I’ve recently been pricing out all this stuff, I ended up buying a 2TB external hard drive for $55. It’s a 2.5” hard disk drive, only about 120MB/s, but so cheap! I just wanted a second backup drive before deleting some things off my MacBook Pro SSD. It looks like they marked it back up to $69 now, but the 4TB is only $79:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07MXZ1XRZ

 

[Swaderz]

So what is the most reliable external SSD on the market now, please? Is it the Samsung ones, OWC or another one?
I'm thinking to get 1-2TB of SSD storage and was wondering which one to get. I'm looking for one that will not malfunction on me. Anyone has an insight, please?

I can't say anything about reliability but I bought a 1 TB SSD from OWC for my 2012 MacBook Pro and I love it. Now I'm using it with my late 2013 rMacBook Pro and still loving it. I think it's two years old now?

 

[RobbieTT]

I agree that the use of Thunderbolt 3 in the title is misleading to the extreme. The licence behind the Thunderbolt 3 name specifically prohibits its use in these circumstances. For a forum that specialises in Apple technology that includes TB3 the error is unforgivable.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/trademarks/thunderbolt-3.html

 

[Marx55]

RAID 0 inside? Sequential write speed? Random IOPS read and write speed?
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/ENVPROC2N02/?fullDetails

Yes, I know that. But did you read it? None of the information that I asked for is there.

 

[jdclifford]

It does not make sense. Why claim to be the fastest USB 3.1 drive? USB 3.1 is good for compatibility but it is a bottleneck since many NVMe SSD's are faster.
I am still looking for a Thunderbolt enclosure, not a USB-C enclosure..
Now looking at the page instead for their
2.0TB OWC Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3 - Rugged High-Performance Ultra-Compact External SSD
which has the same price for more than twice the speed! That is rather what I need!

However that post is already one year old!

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-envoy-pro-ex-thunderbolt-3

Performance

• Up to 2500MB/s

Interface (chipset)

• Thunderbolt 3 (Intel DSL 6340)

Drive Interface

• M.2 NVMe (PCIe 3.0)

Max Data Transfer Rate

• Thunderbolt 3: 40 Gb/s(or 5000 MB/s)

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I think they sell the enclosure alone so you can add your own NVMe M2 drive..

Agreed!