Unlikely, they're all out of stock on newegg/patriot/amazon. Aka paper launch. They're probably reducing production numbers to artificially jack up the MSRP. Good job patriot!
Nice to see these enclosures finally becoming available. I'd rather buy the empty enclosure and put my choice of nvme ssd inside (i.e. whatever I happen to have spare). The random access speeds available are blistering even over early SSDs and can really speed up older computers or laptops. (of course if using as a system drive over USB3, have to think about how to avoid accidental unplugging.)
Like you I would prefer to roll my own when it comes to higher capacity/performance external storage. Anything beyond a cheap thumb drive is something I prefer to put together from my choice of a drive and case so if I later want to take it apart and use the drive in a PC or upgrade to something higher capacity, I know nothing wonky is going on inside that will prevent me from swapping components.
Agreed. QLC nand is so cheap these days, I'd rather put my cold hard cash on NVME drives from reputable manufacturers that have the steel balls to point out the TBW write ratings and warranty coverage up front. Instead of a spotty company like Patriot. Also, big fan of peach n cream bro!
I’d like to buy a ‘barely larger’ ice cream from you if that’s what you think it means. SATA III tops out at 600 MB/s, this does nearly double.
Sequential speed is less important than random raw anyway and NVMe is becoming far faster at random than SATA which was never designed for such things.
Agreed. Basically another #copypaste design with the engineers patting their own backs while marketing parades forward teaching us that round wheels are better than square ones. What will they think of next? At this price point, even the ROG Strix Arion is brain dead better than this garbage product.
There's no mention of what USB to NVMe interface chip is being used. The "Phison PS5013-E13T controller" is included as part of the NVMe storage module itself, and not this external NVMe housing. The most important feature in these external NVMe drives is the heat sink design, as they can tend to heat up very quickly. One of the best heat sink designs is the "TDBT M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure with Heat Sink" which Amazon has for ~$27.
That TDBT is pure utter garbage, it has a heatsink inside of another heatsink, that has no airflow... basically uses air as a insulator to help your NVME drive start a fire. You couldn't design a dumber design, the Shell SSD External Hard Drive Enclosure by Fledging has a active fan for cooling. Better than this overpriced paperweight from Patriot. Welcome to 2020!
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eek2121 - Tuesday, April 21, 2020 - link
Nice. Any chance of a review?FastCarsLike - Sunday, April 26, 2020 - link
Unlikely, they're all out of stock on newegg/patriot/amazon. Aka paper launch. They're probably reducing production numbers to artificially jack up the MSRP. Good job patriot!Tomatotech - Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - link
Nice to see these enclosures finally becoming available. I'd rather buy the empty enclosure and put my choice of nvme ssd inside (i.e. whatever I happen to have spare). The random access speeds available are blistering even over early SSDs and can really speed up older computers or laptops. (of course if using as a system drive over USB3, have to think about how to avoid accidental unplugging.)PeachNCream - Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - link
Like you I would prefer to roll my own when it comes to higher capacity/performance external storage. Anything beyond a cheap thumb drive is something I prefer to put together from my choice of a drive and case so if I later want to take it apart and use the drive in a PC or upgrade to something higher capacity, I know nothing wonky is going on inside that will prevent me from swapping components.FastCarsLike - Sunday, April 26, 2020 - link
Agreed. QLC nand is so cheap these days, I'd rather put my cold hard cash on NVME drives from reputable manufacturers that have the steel balls to point out the TBW write ratings and warranty coverage up front. Instead of a spotty company like Patriot. Also, big fan of peach n cream bro!DigitalFreak - Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - link
" It uses a USB 3.2 G1 bus which tops out at 10 Gb/s"That would actually be USB 3.2 G2 :-)
ksec - Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - link
I was expecting the 2TB to be Sub ˜$220. considering it is barely faster than SATAIII SSD.Tomatotech - Thursday, April 23, 2020 - link
I’d like to buy a ‘barely larger’ ice cream from you if that’s what you think it means. SATA III tops out at 600 MB/s, this does nearly double.Sequential speed is less important than random raw anyway and NVMe is becoming far faster at random than SATA which was never designed for such things.
FastCarsLike - Sunday, April 26, 2020 - link
Agreed. Basically another #copypaste design with the engineers patting their own backs while marketing parades forward teaching us that round wheels are better than square ones. What will they think of next? At this price point, even the ROG Strix Arion is brain dead better than this garbage product.vailr - Wednesday, April 22, 2020 - link
There's no mention of what USB to NVMe interface chip is being used. The "Phison PS5013-E13T controller" is included as part of the NVMe storage module itself, and not this external NVMe housing.The most important feature in these external NVMe drives is the heat sink design, as they can tend to heat up very quickly. One of the best heat sink designs is the "TDBT M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure with Heat Sink" which Amazon has for ~$27.
FastCarsLike - Sunday, April 26, 2020 - link
That TDBT is pure utter garbage, it has a heatsink inside of another heatsink, that has no airflow... basically uses air as a insulator to help your NVME drive start a fire. You couldn't design a dumber design, the Shell SSD External Hard Drive Enclosure by Fledging has a active fan for cooling. Better than this overpriced paperweight from Patriot. Welcome to 2020!