SABRENT M.2 SSD to 2.5-Inch SATA III Aluminum Enclosure Adapter (EC-M2SA)

Great for repurposing an old M.2 SATA SSD as external storage. Feels solid, and the transfer speeds are as expected.

I bought this to go with a 240Gb Kingston MSATA drive. The package includes a small screwdriver and all the screws you need to assemble. Use the included tab to pull the enclosure apart, pop your MSATA module in, and secure with the two larger screws. Then pop the top back on, and use the four smaller screws to screw the case together. Once in my system it needed Disk Manager (computer manager, then select disk management on the left) to format it and assign it a drive letter. Benchmarking using Samsung Magician gives it a Sequential Read of 539 MB/s & Write of 523MB/s this is about the same as a 250Gb Samsung Evo 850 which scored 549 and 528 respectively. Random IOPS were down, with Read and Write at 67138 & 67871 vs the Samsung at 93994 and 85449. Bear in mind most of this will be the MSATA drive choice, as opposed to the enclosure, but thought it worthwhile comparing so you can see it runs at a good rate. For comparison, a 4Tb Western Digital traditional drive in the same benchmark, scored 168MB/s and 165MB/s and Random IOPS were 488 & 244 ... so a lot lot slower than the SSD. So for £10 you really can't ask much more, it's a good enclosure with the screws and tool needed to fit, and gives good performance.

This M2 SSD SATA housing is a good product that worked perfectly out of the box. What I particularly like is the build quality; the housing is anodised aluminium rather than plastic so it is lightweight but sturdy enough. Though it's clearly not intended to be roughly handled - but why would you? I use this with a standard SATA to ESATA connector (inc. USB power connector) and alternatively with a SATA to USB only connector; but of course the device can be attached to a PC in the same way as a standard SATA hard drive. I now prefer this standard sized SSD housing to the smaller M2 housings that aren't much larger than the chip-set. Whilst the smaller housings are very convenient for USB connection, there is obviously more air space around the chip-set in this housing and I would think that this must be beneficial to keeping the chip-set cooler. Certainly the smaller housing I have does warm up appreciably after a lot of data shifting. So what would get it 10 stars from me? Well, in many M2 housings there is a stand-off for the mounting screw that keeps the board level and parallel with the housing base. In this unit there is no stand-off so after tightening the screw (and one must) the back end of the chip-set is forced down to the housing base that bends the chip-set ever so slightly; and I don't like that as, in the long term, it could put unintended pressure on the board and connector. A 2mm thick slither of foam placed under the back-end of the board cured this potential problem. But it would surely be better if the manufacturer supplied a fibre washer for the screw. Pedantic I may be, but M2 SSDs aren't cheap and need to be handled with care; so why not add a washer to the case. Not much to ask!

These have become very useful to me, from repurposing old storage, to allowing hotswap of old M2 drives, as well as making them portable. Quality is decent, relatively easy to put together, the cable it comes with is nice. Remember these are SATA only, no NVMe support. I give them to clients after upgrading their laptops so they can still access their old files if the cloning of their install has issues. My one complaint is that it still uses USB 3 Micro-B, instead of USB C which is a considerably better connector. USB-C is smaller and more durable and a lot of modern devices have it now.

Well apart from the supplier once again not selling me a NEW Sabrent item (second time this has happened) Thought it was was mSata only but Sabrent website description states: mSATA to USB 3.0/2.5-Inch SATA III Enclosure Adapter EC-MSMU Backwards compatible with USB 2.0 and 1.1 with their transfer speeds Plug and play no drivers required Exclusively designed for M.2 NGFF SATA SSD B or B+M Key 1.SATA Interface - 2.USB 3.0 - 3.MSATA SSD Slot - 4.MSATA SSD Screw Holes Well not the one I purchased, product model is the same, bit confusing Plugged it in and recognised by windows Just have to wait till I get a mSata drive Just gonna keep it and add to the rest of my paraphernalia, sure it will come in handy one day! UPDATE The unit did not sit around long, ordered a 512GB mSata SSD to test it Ran comparison tests with a 2.5 Sata SSD from the same manufacture, thought I had the same model but noticed the mSata was 3D NAND TLC with the 2.5 Sata III was QLC so not exactly like for like The results were very similar over the various setups and permutations Photos are for the units 2.5 Sata III and USB 3.0 interfaces (the USB 3 test input was 10 GBit/s so results could not be higher) The unit performed very well and met the expected speeds of the in situ mSata drive The only gripe I have is with the small fixing screws that along one side butt up against the PCB and initially would not let the screws be flush with cover, but unit its self looks great It is useful to have the interface options, normally I would use a 2.5 Sata III in a USB enclosure or Sata to USB interface adaptor Just have to see if any of my computer tech has a mSata inside or some one wants a drive checking In the meantime I plan on using it as test drive, not let it sit on shelf for the money I have had to shell out Functionally its fine, I like it!

Wie auch für die neueren M.2 SATA SSDs bietet der Hersteller auch für die älteren mSATA SSDs einen guten Adapter. Ebenfalls gut verarbeitet, stabil, tut was es soll und man kann im Bedarfsfall (wenn man sie da hat) Wärmeleitpads zur Wärmeableitung ans Gehäuse auf der SSD platzieren. PS: ja die Gehäuse sind aus Metall und das finde ich sehr gut.

Works like a charm did what it was supposed to do. I saved me from buying a new SSD because had a M2 Sata lying around .

He usado con éxito este adaptador para sustituir el disco de un portátil, un disco mecánico de 1Tb (Samsung) por un disco SSD SATA Crucial modelo MX500 de 1Tb. El SSD Crucial es un modelo bastante habitual, que no destaca por ser especialmente rápido. He pasado el test CrystalDiskMark antes y después del cambio. Los resultados son muy elocuentes: el disco SSD Crucial, montado dentro de este adaptador, conectado por SATA en lugar del disco mecánico tiene un rendimiento entre 4 y 5 veces más rápido que el disco mecánico, y llegando a 550Mb/S, muy cerca de la velocidad máxima teórica del interface SATA III de 600Mb/S. Para re-comprobar, he montado el disco SSD con este adaptador y además dentro de una caja externa SATA-USB, y conectado al mismo ordenador por USB 3.0, me da una velocidad de transferencia de unas 4 veces superior a la del disco mecánico. Es decir, cercana a la velocidad que obtenemos en el disco usado conectado directamente al interfaz SATA, y en ambos casos dando una velocidad de al menos 4 veces la velocidad del disco mecánico SATA original. Para mí el resultado es claro: este adaptador es una manera muy sencilla (Y barata) de usar un disco SSD para modernizar un portátil con interface SATA y disco mecánico. No he hablado del montaje, porque es tremendamente sencillo y cualquier persona que haya trasteado con discos duros internos sabrá como montarlo. No obstante subo fotos donde se muestra la forma en que se monta, como queda y como se compara con el disco mecánico. También subo los pantallazos con los resultados de los tests.

I had a mSATA Samsung 850 EVO in a mini PC that needed a new home (grrrrr Intel NUCs!), so I was looking for a good enclosure to get the job done. In USB 3.0 mode, this works CLOSE to full speed. CrystalDiskMark clocked it at about 10% slower than normal in all accounts. However, when connected via a SATA connector on my motherboard, it performed almost identically to how it did in the old machine. I'm quite impressed, to say the least. Anyway, if you're on the fence, this is a good piece of tech. Just be aware that to get your max speeds you're going to need to either install it via a SATA connector, or use an actual USB 3.0 port (due to bandwidth issues).

FAST, CHEAP, RELIABLE, What more could you want? REVIEW: Sabrent mSATA to 2.5-Inch SATA III Aluminum Enclosure Adapter (EC-MSSA) SUMMARY: Arrived perfect condition, well packaged, easy to use without instructions, performance was on par with what I expected from my MSATA drive. One note is that the picture show the case screws going into the wrong set of holes. (the screws go on the inside set of holes, not the outside as shown in the picture). It even came with a screwdriver. UNBOXING: (see picture) INITIAL IMPRESSIONS: Perfectly met my expectations for the price. I wanted something cheap and quick and that is what I got. I saw a few horror stories in other reviews, but I’m glad I ignored them. Aluminum case to diffuse any heat (not that I found there was any). PERFORMANCE / EASE OF USE: INITIAL SETUP: My “old” laptop died and I wanted to reuse the 512GB MSATA card that I installed in it a few years ago. Once I had the card out of my laptop, I transferred it to this case. Screwed it down with included screws. Then I added the side screws to the case, and dropped the whole thing into an external USB enclosure I had left over from some drives I shucked for my NAS. Anyway, I plugged it all in, the drive was instantly recognized and I was able to quickly backup any leftover files from my old laptop. My MSATA card by the way is a Samsung EVO 840 MSATA 500GB PERFORMANCE: I was worried about heat, but there was none at all. Performance was close to SATA II speeds over USB 3.1 chassis that I had. I don’t expect any issues long term. Next, I will likely install the drive as a new boot drive in a spare laptop I have. SUMMARY: I would recommend this to anyone who needs a quick way to rescue / reuse and old MSATA card. Especially if they are going to put this into another device. I’m not sure it would hold up on its own as an external drive (without a full case around it).