Review: Plugable's 2TB Thunderbolt SSD Offers Ultra Fast Transfer Speeds

[joecomo]

I buy $20 NVMe enclosures on Amazon and then whatever NVMe between $50 and $220, depending on speed and space requirements. For about $175 you can have a 2TB drive that's smaller and faster.

you couldn’t be more right - these combos (even those with detachable cable) are rip-offs

 

[haddy]

I'd never pay that kind of money for something that looks so cheap.

Yeah and not so fast. Well, compared to a 980 EVO Pro SSD in an ORICO aluminium enclosure.

 

[haddy]

Thunderbolt 3 and Thunderbolt 4 limits PCIe data to ≈22 Gbps. No-one has achieved much more than 25 Gbps.
The full 40 Gbps cannot be used up unless you add DisplayPort data to the Thunderbolt stream. PCIe can use whatever bandwidth is not used by DisplayPort up to ≈22 Gbps.

Yep no difference between TB3 and TB4 except in the name.

 

[nylonsteel]

seems like a nice drive except for the integrated cord and enclosure design. hopefully the big storage companies will output product like this at 250-300 price range with better design