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M.2 SSD Adapters & Enclosures

Name: M.2 SSD Adapters & Enclosures
Uploaded: 2023-09-10T13:00:24+00:00
Duration: 16 min 20 s

ExplainingComputers

Explaining M.2 PCIe adapter cards, and USB enclosures, that can be used to access an M.2 SSD when it cannot be plugged into a motherboard slot.

My follow-up video on "Free Drive Cloning Applications" is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gTJw8ehkVc

You can learn more about SSDs, and their interfaces, form-factors and technologies in my video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXLfErPEYiw

And I have a video all about PCIe slots here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrXwe21biJo

The CrystalDisk Mark test software I used is free to download from: https://crystalmark.info/en/download/

The products I purchased and tested in the video were as follows:

Glotrends M.2 PCIe NVMe 4.0/3.0 Adapter (for a x4, x8 or x16 PCIe slot) -- Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3OQiLof & Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3s84JGI This is the PCIe x4 model.

Glotrends M.2 PCIe NVMe 4.0/3.0 Adapter (for a x1, x4, x8 or x16 PCIe slot) -- Amazon US: https://amzn.to/44gBhM1 & UK: https://amzn.to/3OM9ugW This is the PCIe x1 model.

Orico M.2 USB enclosure. Amazon US:https://amzn.to/3KJ84Cq & Amazon UK:

I have also added these items to my Amazon US storefronts:

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

00:52 M.2, SATA & PCIe

07:19 PCIe Card Tests

11:20 USB Enclosure

15:17 Cloning Tools

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