How to outsmart expensive external drives? This SSD enclosure has dropped to a minimum price, and its connection is completely trivial.

Do you have an old M.2 drive at home from a laptop upgrade? At a time when memory prices are soaring due to the AI boom, it makes sense to utilize what you already own. AlzaPower M.2 SSD Enclosure will transform your internal drive into a fast external unit in a few minutes and without complicated installation.

Plug and play without tools

The enclosure supports all common M.2 drive sizes – 2230, 2242, 2260, and 2280 – and works with both SATA and NVMe interfaces. You insert the drive, secure it with a plastic plug, and connect it to your computer. No screws, no drivers. “It does what it’s supposed to,” one customer briefly summarizes.

Practical use is confirmed by reviews: “It helped copy an NVMe drive when replacing it in a laptop, achieving a transfer speed of approximately 460 MB/s.” Another user reports up to 500 MB/s with a Lexar drive. You won’t reach the theoretical maximum of 10 Gb/s in practice, but the real speeds are more than sufficient for everyday use.

Aluminum cools, but not enough

The aluminum construction looks good and helps dissipate heat. However, it’s not enough under prolonged load. “When copying large files, the enclosure overheats,” warns one reviewer. Another adds: “With prolonged use, temperature becomes the main bottleneck.” This is not an issue for one-time disk cloning or occasional backups, but it is a problem for permanent connection as a working drive.

One customer points out a cheaper chipset that “can sometimes cause freezing.” However, most reviews report trouble-free operation.

What’s missing from the package

Crucial information: the cable is not included. “The USB-C to USB-A/USB-C cable is missing; it should be automatically included,” a customer complains. If you don’t have a suitable cable at home, you’ll have to buy one.

A minor detail for owners of drives with chips on both sides: the plastic clips might interfere. This isn’t an issue for one-time “on-the-desk” use, but it is for permanent installation.

The original price was 699 CZK, and now with code ALZADNY20 it costs 559 CZK. For this price, you get a solid enclosure for occasional use – disk cloning, data recovery, or utilizing an old M.2 drive as external storage. Just remember to buy a cable and don’t count on continuous operation under heavy load.

What do you do with old drives after an upgrade? Do you use them, or do they end up in a drawer?