I have ordered a BTO mac mini pro m2 and been thinking about buying one of these:
it is tbolt based, hence the price
Someone has it here??
it is tbolt based, hence the price
Someone has it here??
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Users experience with the Satechi base for the mini
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this one does. sata 2.5 and pcie mvme. it also has power switch and power supply.
I decided to wait Satechi to update their hub, hopefully to be fully Thunderbolt 4, with the latest USB protocol to rise a bit the transfer rate (currently 5GBps), up to 10GBps, and better/faster SSD storage? Their hub was designed for the mini M1. It's now time that they update it for the mini M2!
Which one ? Not the satechi
I meant the old SSD 2.5” not the stick ones
And a wall power adapter not bus-powered
It was either a review video or a pic of the Qwiizlab I saw where I noticed the mini was sitting askew on the base that dissuaded me from the Qwiizlab version. If the two units don't stay in alignment with use that would drive me nuts. I would be interested in hearing your comments on this once you get it.
That will likely annoy me as well. I’ll report back as soon as I get it.
I've noticed my Mini/hub gets a little warm - but this is nothing compared the blast furnace heat of my old i7 Mini when running VMWare. (I assume most hubs are pretty much the same)
in my experience
the manufacture is the main source,
somehow Bose screwed up Bluetooth connections while JBL can figure out how to make a solid connection
case in point, my JBL Go mini speaker connected perfectly with my macmini now streaming sports
and can jump to my 2010 itouch without a hitch, my Bose Soundtouch could not
also Anker makes a reliable BT keyboard while the other brands failed to connect after 5 minutes.
and Satechi BT mouse has a stronger more reliable connection than my defunct magic trackpad.
BT is a complicated nosebleed, but can also can be an incredible wireless conveince!
i was looking for one like this for a 2.5" sata drive
since most of them are bus-powered I am only going to use it for time machine
and is only $60 right now on amazon , what do you guys think
since most of them are bus-powered I am only going to use it for time machine
and is only $60 right now on amazon , what do you guys think
Mac Mini Thunderbolt 3 Dock with NVMe &SATA Slot &CFexpress Card Slot - Gray
The trebleet one:
I received my Quiizlab UH25 Pro today and have some initial thoughts and impressions. The speed of the NVME with a Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB speed is between 750-800 MB/s. I am ok with that speed as this will be used for 1) manual backups 2) Time Machine when I get a 4TB SATA SSD drive. I do have the hub connected to a 20w Apple power adapter also. No random disconnects so far.
The shape is not an exact match to the Mac mini as the corners are not exactly the same in the curvature. The color is also not a perfect match. Neither bother me.
I will say that overall I am happy with my choice. The SSD speeds are acceptable for an $80 dock with all of the ports coming with it. It adds a level of versatility that I appreciate and wish Apple provided this on the Mac mini as they did with the Mac Studio.
I do not have a Satechi to compare it to, but that was not an option for me due to the M.2 SATA limits of 2TB max.
Any questions?
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Thanks for the impressions. I just got a UH25 Pro myself, but I don't have a Mac Mini yet so I've just got it plugged into my Hackintosh for the time being and it's working great. I get around 800MB/s read/write on my Sabrent Rocket NVMe drive, and around 400-500MB/s on a Samsung SATA SSD. Good enough for my needs.
I am wondering about thermal throttling on the NVMe drive, though. I transferred about 500GB of data to the drive last night, and it slowed down midway through (the time remaining number increased pretty dramatically) and I was wondering it was getting too hot. Do you have a heatsink installed on your NVMe drive? If the drives are only running at half their top speeds, I would think it wouldn't be necessary, but maybe I'm wrong.
Yes, periodically the speed of the Samsung NVME throttles to zero under large transfers. That said, even with the slowdown to zero every so often, the transfer time of 416GB was about 13 minutes which averages out to approximately 530 mb/s which works for me. I have 2tb internal on my Mac mini so that speed is completely fine for the occasional backups I do to the drive. I may even return the Samsung and get the Crucial P3 to save some money (about $30-40 less for 2TB).
I just purchased a Satechi one since Qwiizlab is pretty hard to find here. Together with it I purchased a Keepdata 512gb m2 drive. I think partly because of the crap brand, I get only 190mb/s read, 200mb/s write, but since it will be used only for storing ramdom files for ocasional use and some steam games, it don't bother me so much, most of my files and timemachine are held in my NAS, if not for that, the speed and size of the drive would matter way more.
USB works fine, charges things, for some reason My brand new unformatted microSD card didn't read on the SD slot with the adapter, only on the microsd slot directly.
USB works fine, charges things, for some reason My brand new unformatted microSD card didn't read on the SD slot with the adapter, only on the microsd slot directly.
Quiizlab UH25 Pro update… 3 random disconnects of my Samsung EVO 2TB ($149) today. I had random disconnects on my M2 Pro Mac Mini with the Sabrent NVME enclosure also so either it is the Mac Mini or the drive possibly overheating (at least my guess). I have ordered a Crucial P5 Plus ($132) to see if that is any better at avoiding disconnects on the Quiizlab.
I have two Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe drives in my Hackintosh, along with a Sabrent Rocket. The Samsung drives run about 15-20°C hotter than the Sabrent at all times (idle and under load). So if you're concerned about heat, I'd definitely suggest something other than a Samsung.
edit: FWIW, I had my UH25 Pro running all day yesterday with a 2TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe under near-constant use and I didn't have any disconnects. Besides the initial transfer which throttled - but not to ZERO, like with your Samsung - I was doing mostly low-speed stuff (downloading stuff via FTP at about 10MB/s - not exactly stressing the drive) but still, never had any issues with disconnects.
edit: FWIW, I had my UH25 Pro running all day yesterday with a 2TB Sabrent Rocket NVMe under near-constant use and I didn't have any disconnects. Besides the initial transfer which throttled - but not to ZERO, like with your Samsung - I was doing mostly low-speed stuff (downloading stuff via FTP at about 10MB/s - not exactly stressing the drive) but still, never had any issues with disconnects.
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So you don't have to pay the Apple tax on storage. You can get 2TB NVMe drive for what Apple charges for the 512GB upgrade.
I almost got one of those, then realized all I really needed from that was the SD card reader and the SSD enclosure. In reality I didn't need front facing USB ports, and I'm trying to phase out USB A anyway. I got a mini card reader for $10 that plugs in when I need it and a Thunderbolt 4 SSD enclosure for my NVMe that can actually run it at full speed. I'm glad I didn't buy that, it would have been totally unnecessary and my drive runs way faster. Just something to think about.
Do you have the dock connected to an external power supply? If so, have you had any disconnects when you have anything that draws power plugged into the front USB-C port as stated in posts #15-20 of this thread?
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I haven't tried that yet - I might give it a shot later. Although I have so many USB-C chargers and powered hubs, I've never once used a computer's USB-C port to charge another device. So that particular issue, if it exists, is something that would never affect me.