SABRENT M.2 SATA SSD to 2.5 Inch SATA III Aluminum Enclosure Adapter (EC-M2SA) [Not NVMe]

SABRENT M.2 SATA Enclosure: A Simple Solution for Forgotten Drives I had an old M.2 SATA SSD sitting in a drawer—you know, the kind that was too small to be your main drive but too good to throw away. This little Sabrent adapter was the perfect way to give it a second life. The installation couldn't be simpler; you just slot the drive into the board, snap the two aluminum halves together, and screw in the four tiny corner screws (the included screwdriver is a nice touch). In about two minutes, I had what looked like a standard 2.5-inch SATA SSD. I popped it into an old laptop as a secondary drive, and it's been working flawlessly. The speeds are exactly what you'd expect from a SATA III connection—no bottlenecks here. The aluminum casing feels sturdy and does a decent job dissipating heat during extended use. The crucial thing to know—and where I think some negative reviews come from—is that this only works with M.2 SATA drives (B+M key), not the more common NVMe drives (M key). I double-checked my drive's specs before buying, and it worked perfectly. If you're unsure, a quick Google of your drive's model number will tell you which type it is. It's a niche product, but if you have the right kind of spare drive, it's a fantastic and affordable way to avoid electronic waste and get some extra storage. Bottom Line: An excellent, no-fuss adapter that breathes new life into old M.2 SATA SSDs, just be absolutely certain your drive is the SATA type and not NVMe before you click buy.

Purchased to install an M.2 SSD that I got for Christmas into the 2.5" slot on an AWOW N150 Mini PC, this does the job perfectly. Limited instruction but if you've done it once before this is a no brainer, otherwise there are countless guides online. Simple to install (check the orientation, and then check it again). The chassis is sized correctly for both the 2.5 rails and the M.2 dimensions. I run HD Sentinel and it reports that this drive never gets above 43 degrees even though it's tucked into a cupboard. Speed is as you'd expect. All in all, great little purchase.

I had a spare m.2 SATA drive (emphasis on SATA which I'll get back to) and a failing 2.5" SATA drive in a PC. Buying a new 2.5" drive would have cost me around $25 at the time vs. spending just under $10 for this adapter. I ended up buying the adapter, placing the m.2 SATA SSD inside it, closing it up, and then cloned the original drive to this one. After that I installed this inside the PC. 5 years later and the SSD and PC are working perfectly fine. I look through the reviews and I see a common theme. Stupidity and ignorance. There should be absolutely no reason why this device should be your failure point. The main complaints about this is regarding NVMe drive not working. First of all, there is a difference between SATA, NVMe, and m.2. m.2 is the form factor for your drive. NVMe and SATA are types of interfaces used for connecting storage devices. You can have a m.2 drive that is SATA or NVMe (not both). Most m.2 drives are NVMe, but back in the early days of m.2, there were a lot of SATA m.2 drives. However, you can't use a basic adapter like this to take a NVMe drive and "convert" it to a SATA drive to use with a SATA 2.5" drive connector. To anyone who isn't clueless regarding that, and I don't see how this should keep happening with Sabrent clearly listing this as "not NVMe" in the product title nowadays, I can assure you this thing is rock solid form my experience. The main reason this has a 4.3 instead of a near 5.0 review score is because of the ignorant people who bought this for their NVMe drives and don't know the difference between interfaces.

THIS SSD ENCLOSURE SCORED WELL IN TEST BENCHMARKS. IT MEETS SATA 3 LEVEL SPEEDS BETWEEN 300-600 MB/S. I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE 570 MB/S ON A KINGSTON SSD. THE RATES WILL DEPEND ON THE SSD AND THE MOTHERBOARD NOT THE DRIVE ENCLOSURE IN THIS CASE. FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A TRANSCEND SSD WAS INSTALLED AND TESTED IN THE ENCLOSURE IT WAS ONLY ABLE TO ACHIEVE RATES OF 450 MB/S. OVERALL, I WOULD RECOMMEND THIS ENCLOSURE. THE FIT AND FINISH WAS ABOVE AVERAGE. THEY ONLY THING I FOUND STRANGE WAS THE ENCLOSURE DID NOT COME WITH A BRASS SSD STAND OFF....MOST ENCLOSURES COME WITH ONE. I FOUND A SMALL O-RING TO WORK WELL AS A FIX IT SNUGGED THE FIT AND REMOVED ANY VIBRATION.

Works as intended. Great way to add storage to an older computer. Takes 5 min to install.

I saw lots of reviews about this not working. But there is a picture in the images that show what keys/types work with these adapters. The one i purchased had the key for my sata ssd. Which my pcie 4 slot, runs sata ssds, but not my pcie 3 slot. So it left me 1tb of storage down. This device, works great. Getting full speed I think on crystal disk. Overall a great product. And a quite elegant solution for a problem I didnt know I was going to have. Thank you Sabrent :)

Maybe it works. I had no way to know if it would since my M.2 SSD had no markings and this listing shows nothing about what differences to look for. I can't fault them for saying it won't work with specific formats - which apparently includes mine, but this 'try it and find out' nonsense has wasted my time and money on a product not worth returning. $10 for e-waste is all this was . . ADD SOME FREAKING PHOTOS SABRENT! YOU MAKE GOOD PRODUCTS! MAKE IT EASIER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE SELLING!!!

The quality isnt terrible but the thought in design is. Every PC nerd knows that an m.2 slot should have standoff to level the SSD. There are no standoff.l...at least in the front. The back however has the standoff 😂 they're facing the wrong way. Perhaps they're using these to lift the PCB off the enclosure and honestly that makes sense but there are other way to lift the PCB off. Thise standoffs should be the other way around. I dont like that my ssd is flexing. (The plst photo shows the PCB upside down to show the standoffs) To fix it I ended up using a thermal pad. I just layed it down. Careful to not have it touch any traces on the PCB or touching any soldered components. Any flexing can cause speeds to drop. Electrons need a straight path to travel. Otherwise you loose electron. You loose speed. It may not even be noticeable but still, this design shouldn't have been okayed. Please add standoffs the correct way!!!

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.

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Good Solid Body and quality. work an intended but please make sure you have M.2 NVME older versions doesn't work

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Bem prático e funcionou perfeitamente, minha placa não aceita ngff mas com o adaptador funcionou, claro q não com a velocidade total por ser um adaptador mas é melhor do q não ter o m2