UGREEN 2.5" Hard Drive Enclosure USB C 3.1 Gen 2 to SATA III 6Gbps for SSD HDD 9.5 7mm External Hard Drive Disk Case with UASP Compatible with WD Seagate Toshiba Samsung Hitachi PS4 Xbox Router

I've been working on a more hands-on cord cutter project. I've been a Tivo customer for years for OTA DVR and various streaming services and use Plex as a media server for Movie content. As a long time IT professional I wanted to put together a system that I could have more integration, specifically personal movie content and OTA DVR. I purchased a Raspberry Pi and loaded it with Plex. Attached it to my Synology NAS which had my movie content and all was good. I then added a TV tuner and also stored OTA programs on the NAS. Performance and quality was not good and certainly not on par with the Tivo. After some analysis it came to the conclusion that the NAS storage just could not provide the performance I needed for recording hi def content OTA in mpeg2 format which is large and inefficient, but the format that you have to live with without a tuner with hardware transcoding. I had a 500 Gig WD SSD from a laptop that died. I decided to get an external USB doc and use that to record DVR content. After reviewing many different brands and reading hundreds of review I decided on the Ugreen. I couldn't be more pleased. Amazon delivered it next day!!! Even in the midst of this Covid-19 nightmare. I had the drive mounted in the dock, attached to the Pi, formatted and attached to the Plex server in about 20 mins. I had no issues with the supplied USB cable as other have reported. Recorded OTA content is now perfect and as good or better quality that I get with the Tivo. Sorry Tivo, but I'm about to cut $20 / month from your revenue. I should note that I am in no way disparaging the Synology NAS. I have a DS216se, their small 2 disk system and love it. The reason it could not handle the DVR workload is it is already storing real time video content from 5 hi def security cameras, running my VPN server as well as my personal cloud services. It is very capable, but everything has limits. I was pushing too far. The large new Synology can run Plex directly on the system itself. Mine is too small for that.

I used this enclosure to turn an old laptop SSD into an external drive and it worked instantly. Installation was tool-free, the case feels solid, and transfer speeds are really fast with USB-C. It’s compact, doesn’t get hot, and is perfect for backups or extra storage on the go.

These are so AWESOME!! simply open the case, slide your SSD into the form fit guide until it connects, then put the top back on! My motherboard has an external USB-C, so I connected it to this device and instantly up pops my drive!! SO much better than a USB-A device I was using before where you plug the drive in, and SO MUCH faster!! It feels like such a simple device, but it's so elegant and seamless!! No drivers to install, no software, just connect to your computer! BTW, I bought these in 2020 with intensions of using them, but I upgraded my computer and installed 6 SSDs...now I've further added 2 more SSDs to my computer, and I'm just using them 12-31-2024 with two 256GB drives as backup drives for priceless photos and documents... I cannot say enough about these!! When I upgrade future SSD drives and remove them from my computer, I'll definitely buy more of these to use for my SSDs of less capacity but for more critical backup purposes!! If you have extra SSDs laying around and a USB-C external connection on your computer/motherboard, GET ONE OF THESE!! **Again I bought these in 2020 and they came with a USB-A to USB-C cable...obviously you will slow down to USB-A if you use that cable, so unless they are now including USB-C to USB-C, you will be best to purchase a USB-C to USB-C cable for faster transfer rates!! I haven't tried the USB-A to USB-C cable included with the device, as I purchased a USB-C to USB-C cable from Amazon and when I plugged it into my computer's USB-C external port, it worked instantly!!***

It performed as expected, but for my set up the plastic case didn't allow enough cooling for the drive that is in use whenever my laptop is on. Eventually it got hot enough it slowed down. I changed my setup to include a powered fan for my laptop that will draw air past the drive holder. I returned the plastic one for an aluminum cased drive holder that cost a few dollars more, also from Ugreen that should cool better. I have several of their products and they have always performed satisfactorily for me.

Envoi très rapide et soigné. Toujours content des produits UGreen👍. Acheté pour remplacer un boîtier entrée de gamme Seagate (1To 5400trs) J'apprécie l'arrêt de la rotation après 15mn sans activité :) Je peux l'oublier, il fera pas le tour de la terre. Bonne électronique. C'est mon 3 ème, pour faire des disques baladeurs. J'ai aussi un excellent boîtier Ugreen de 3,5", (le seul à avoir pu discuter avec un disque dur planté :) qui drive un 6To 7500trs et ça va (4 ans, onduleur). Ces boîtiers s'ouvrent sans outils, on peut changer rapidement de disque. Zéro souci pour moi, je conseille. C'est pas bien les soucis :) Livré avec un câble USBA/usbC de 50cm.

I use it and it is Very good and speedy...

It helps me to use multiple hard disk types: SSD & HDD out side of my PC to recover some data highly recommended

amazing

works great with my 860 evo, easily secures the hdd and uses usb c cable.