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The one enclosure here that takes M.2 SATA drives and no NVMe

DIGITUS M.2 SATA B-key enclosure, 2230 to 2280, USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C, 101 × 32 × 10 mm

The cheapest enclosure on this shelf and the only one that will not read an NVMe drive at all: a B-key M.2 SATA housing whose chipset is named and whose dimensions are printed to the millimetre.

DIGITUS compact M.2 SATA SSD enclosure with a USB Type-C socket

DIGITUS M.2 SATA B-key enclosure, 2230 to 2280, USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C, 101 × 32 × 10 mm

The cheapest enclosure on this shelf and the only one that will not read an NVMe drive at all: a B-key M.2 SATA housing whose chipset is named and whose dimensions are printed to the millimetre.

Supported drive protocols
M.2 SATA in the B-key format only — stated in the title and in the second bullet. No NVMe drive will work in it, and the key notch of an M.2 SATA drive and an NVMe drive look much the same, which is why the title says B-Key and why this line says it first
Supported drive lengths
2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280 — all four listed in the second bullet, with a capacity of up to 8 TB given in the third
Interface standard
USB 3.1 Gen2 — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which adds backward compatibility with USB 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1
Stated link rate
6 Gbps — the first bullet says the USB 3.1 Gen2 interface supports transfer rates of up to 6 Gbps. Six gigabits per second is the rate of the SATA III standard rather than of a USB 3.1 Gen2 port, and the listing prints the two figures against each other without reconciling them
Connector type
Type-C — stated in the title. The socket on the enclosure is what is described; the cable in the box is not published on the listing
Case material
Not published on the listing — no metal and no plastic is named. The fourth bullet gives the dimensions as 101 × 32 × 10 mm and calls the enclosure a suitable companion for travel, the office or university
Thermal arrangement
Not published on the listing — no thermal pad, no heatsink and no fin pattern is named. The third bullet credits the JMS576B chipset with reliable and efficient performance and says nothing about heat
Tool-free assembly
Tool-free — the second bullet says the M.2 module is inserted without tools, which it gives as the reason the installation is easier
Cables supplied
Not published on the listing — no lead is named in any bullet. The fourth says the power comes over USB with no separate mains adapter, which describes the supply rather than the cable
Amazon reference
B0DC6S54ZR (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4016032497554
  • The only enclosure here for M.2 SATA drives, which the other five will not read at all
  • Names its chipset, the JMS576B, which two of the six listings here never do
  • A 6 Gbps figure quoted against a USB 3.1 Gen2 interface, and the two are not the same thing

Best for: An M.2 SATA drive pulled out of an old laptop, which none of the other enclosures on this shelf will read.

≈ 8 €
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Specifications

Supported drive protocols
M.2 SATA in the B-key format only — stated in the title and in the second bullet. No NVMe drive will work in it, and the key notch of an M.2 SATA drive and an NVMe drive look much the same, which is why the title says B-Key and why this line says it first
Supported drive lengths
2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280 — all four listed in the second bullet, with a capacity of up to 8 TB given in the third
Interface standard
USB 3.1 Gen2 — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which adds backward compatibility with USB 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1
Stated link rate
6 Gbps — the first bullet says the USB 3.1 Gen2 interface supports transfer rates of up to 6 Gbps. Six gigabits per second is the rate of the SATA III standard rather than of a USB 3.1 Gen2 port, and the listing prints the two figures against each other without reconciling them
Connector type
Type-C — stated in the title. The socket on the enclosure is what is described; the cable in the box is not published on the listing
Case material
Not published on the listing — no metal and no plastic is named. The fourth bullet gives the dimensions as 101 × 32 × 10 mm and calls the enclosure a suitable companion for travel, the office or university
Thermal arrangement
Not published on the listing — no thermal pad, no heatsink and no fin pattern is named. The third bullet credits the JMS576B chipset with reliable and efficient performance and says nothing about heat
Tool-free assembly
Tool-free — the second bullet says the M.2 module is inserted without tools, which it gives as the reason the installation is easier
Cables supplied
Not published on the listing — no lead is named in any bullet. The fourth says the power comes over USB with no separate mains adapter, which describes the supply rather than the cable
Amazon reference
B0DC6S54ZR (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN
4016032497554

On the listing

An M.2 SSD enclosure with a USB 3.1 Gen2 Type-C interface, stated to support transfer rates of up to 6 Gbps and backward compatible with USB 3.0, 2.0 and 1.1; compatibility with SATA SSDs in the B-key format in sizes 2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280, with tool-free insertion of the module; support for solid-state drives up to 8 TB and a JMS576B chipset credited with reliable and efficient performance; dimensions of 101 × 32 × 10 mm with power taken over USB and no separate mains adapter; and plug-and-play compatibility with Windows, macOS, Linux, ChromeOS, Android and iOS from the iPhone 15 onwards.

B-key, SATA, and not NVMe

This is the only enclosure on this shelf that will not read an NVMe drive, and it is the first thing anybody needs to know about it.

M.2 is a shape. Two entirely different kinds of drive are made in that shape — SATA ones speaking the protocol a hard disk speaks, and NVMe ones speaking over PCIe — and from across a desk they are indistinguishable. The difference is a notch and a protocol.

The title says B-Key. The second bullet says SATA SSDs. Neither says NVMe, and an NVMe drive fitted here will not be seen.

That makes it the answer to a real problem rather than a lesser product. M.2 SATA drives came out of a great many laptops, and the other five enclosures in this hub will not read a single one of them.

Six gigabits, against a ten-gigabit interface

The first bullet says the USB 3.1 Gen2 interface supports transfer rates of up to 6 Gbps.

Those are two different links written as one. Six gigabits per second is the SATA III figure — the rate the drive itself speaks. USB 3.1 Gen2 is the class of the socket on the outside.

This page reports both because both are printed and does not correct either. What a buyer can take from it is the rule this whole hub is built on: the chain runs drive, bridge, cable, host port, and the slowest of them sets the result. A SATA drive is bounded by SATA no matter how quick the port is, and an old USB 3.0 socket bounds it further still.

The chipset, named

The third bullet names the JMS576B.

That is worth more than it looks. The bridge chip is the part that decides whether an enclosure works reliably with a given drive and a given operating system, and it is the component people search for when something misbehaves. Two of the six listings on this shelf never name theirs.

A hundred and one by thirty-two by ten

The fourth bullet publishes the dimensions and the fifth publishes the operating systems, which together describe the thing as an object rather than as a promise.

What is missing from that description is what it is made of. No aluminium, no plastic, nothing. And there is no thermal pad, no heatsink and no fin pattern anywhere on the page — which matters less for a SATA drive than it would for a fast NVMe one, and is still the line four of the six enclosures here fill in.

Before ordering

Read what is printed on the drive: if it says NVMe or PCIe, this is not the enclosure. Expect SATA rates rather than the class figure of the port. And note that no cable is named — the power comes over USB, and what lead arrives with it is not on the page.

Availability

Priced at roughly 8 € on the German Amazon store the day this page was checked.

It is stocked on the American and British Amazon stores as well, in that country’s own currency. The range above leaves those out: it counts euro stores and no others.

The French, Italian and Spanish Amazon price runs past 1.6× the cheapest store. A gap that size normally marks a reshipper and not a seller in the country, so those listings stay out of the range above.

Every figure in this section is what Keepa held on the day this page was last updated. Stock and prices move without warning.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 10 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

More nVMe enclosures

  • Xiaobi aluminium M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure with a tool-free latch and a USB-C socket

    xiaobi M.2 NVMe enclosure, USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps stated, UASP and TRIM, aluminium with a pad

    The only enclosure in this hub that prints the condition attached to its own headline figure: ten gigabits, and a note saying which cable is needed to see them.

    Supported drive protocols
    NVMe PCIe M-key and B+M key only — stated in the second bullet, which adds in a marked note that the enclosure is not compatible with SATA (NGFF) or mSATA SSDs and is not a card reader
    Supported drive lengths
    2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280 — all four named in the second bullet, up to 4 TB, with Samsung 970 EVO and PRO and Crucial P1 and P2 given as examples
    Interface standard
    USB 3.2 Gen 2 — stated in the title and in the first bullet, with backward compatibility to USB 3.1, 3.0 and 2.0
    Stated link rate
    10 Gbps, given as up to about 1000 MB/s in the first bullet, followed by a marked note that a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 data cable is required for 10 G speeds. It is the only listing on this shelf that attaches a written condition to its own rate figure
    Connector type
    Type-C — stated in the title as a USB-C interface, and named again in the note about the cable required
    Case material
    Aluminium — stated in the fourth bullet, which describes a high-grade aluminium housing dissipating heat in combination with the thermal pad
    Thermal arrangement
    A silicone thermal pad working with the aluminium case — stated in the fourth bullet, which calls the arrangement active cooling and gives sustained load as the case it is for
    Tool-free assembly
    Tool-free — the third bullet describes a latch mechanism into which the drive clicks, with a marked tip that both OPEN buttons must be pressed at the same time to open the case
    Cables supplied
    Not published on the listing — no lead is listed in any bullet. The first bullet states that a USB-C 3.2 Gen 2 data cable is required for the full rate without saying whether one is in the box
    Amazon reference
    B0FCRZ5Z5W (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0635393178632
    • States the cable its own 10 Gbps figure depends on, which no other listing here does
    • Says in a marked note that SATA and mSATA drives will not work, rather than leaving it implied
    • The cable is stated as a requirement and never listed as an inclusion

    Best for: An NVMe drive being carried between machines whose USB-C ports are known to be 3.2 Gen 2, with a suitable cable already to hand.

    ≈ $15 / £12 / 14 €
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  • UGREEN silver aluminium M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure with a USB-C socket and a status LED

    UGREEN M.2 NVMe enclosure, USB 3.2 Gen 2, 10 Gbps stated, aluminium with a thermal pad and an LED

    An aluminium NVMe housing with a thermal pad and a status light, sold against a list of named drives, whose own speed sentence prints megabits where the figure looks like megabytes.

    Supported drive protocols
    NVMe PCIe M-key and M+B key — stated in the second bullet, which names 970 EVO, 970 EVO Plus, 970 PRO, Crucial P1 and P2 and Corsair MP510 as compatible drives. M.2 SATA drives are not named as supported and are not named as excluded either
    Supported drive lengths
    Not published on the listing — no 2230, 2242, 2260 or 2280 designation appears in any bullet. The second gives a capacity ceiling of 4 TB and a list of drive models in place of a length range
    Interface standard
    USB 3.2 Gen 2 — stated in the title and in the first bullet as a USB C 3.2 Gen 2 interface
    Stated link rate
    10 Gbps — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which adds in the same sentence that the enclosure can reach read and write speeds of up to 950 Mbit/s. The unit printed is megabits per second; this page reports the figure as it appears and does not convert it
    Connector type
    Type-C — stated in the title and in the first bullet
    Case material
    Aluminium — stated in the fourth bullet, which credits the high-grade aluminium housing with excellent heat dissipation
    Thermal arrangement
    A built-in thermal pad working with the aluminium case — stated in the fourth bullet, which says the pad helps the drive shed heat and protects it more effectively
    Tool-free assembly
    Tool-free — the fifth bullet says installation takes seconds and needs no tools, thanks to a built-in locking catch, and adds an LED indicator giving an overview of the operating status
    Cables supplied
    Not published on the listing — no lead is named in any bullet, and no requirement is stated for one either
    Amazon reference
    B09T97Z7DM (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    6957303895410
    • Names six specific drive models it has been matched to, which no other enclosure here does
    • A status LED on the case, named only here and on one other listing in this hub
    • No drive lengths published at all, on a format defined by four of them

    Best for: One of the six named drives being turned into a portable one, on a machine whose USB-C port is already known to be a fast one.

    ≈ $18 / £16 / 16 €
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  • ACASIS aluminium open M.2 docking station with a drive slot on the top

    FREEGENE ACASIS AC-M04, open M.2 dock for NVMe and SATA, 10 Gbps stated, aluminium

    The only M.2 housing in this hub that reads both protocols and the only one that is not a sealed box: an open dock a drive drops into, which is how it stays cool and how it stops being portable.

    Supported drive protocols
    M.2 PCIe NVMe in M-key and B+M key, and M.2 SATA — stated in the title and in the fifth bullet, which names it as an NVMe adapter and an M.2 SATA adapter in the same line. It is the only listing on this shelf that accepts both
    Supported drive lengths
    2230, 2242, 2260 and 2280 — all four named in the fifth bullet, which gives a ceiling of 8 TB
    Interface standard
    USB 3.2 with a Type-C connection — stated in the first bullet
    Stated link rate
    Up to 10 Gbps — stated in the title and in the first bullet, which gives backing up a high-definition film in seconds as the case for it. No condition on the cable or the host port is published
    Connector type
    Type-C — stated in the first bullet as a USB 3.2 Type-C connection
    Case material
    Aluminium — stated in the second bullet, which credits it with excellent heat dissipation and says it outperforms plastic alternatives for reliability and cooling
    Thermal arrangement
    An open horizontal layout — stated in the third bullet, which describes a toaster-like design whose open form improves air circulation and promotes heat dissipation, working with the aluminium construction. No thermal pad and no heatsink is named
    Tool-free assembly
    Tool-free and driver-free — stated in the third and fourth bullets, which describe a drive being pushed in and pulled out of the slot without tools
    Cables supplied
    Not published on the listing — no lead is named in any of the six bullets
    Amazon reference
    B084ZKLQR8 (same reference on 3 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0705338038977
    • Reads both M.2 protocols, so a drawer of mixed drives needs one device rather than two
    • The open format lets a drive be swapped in seconds without opening anything
    • An open dock is not a portable enclosure, and the drive sits exposed in it

    Best for: A desk where M.2 drives are read, imaged and swapped often, rather than a drive that has to be carried anywhere.

    ≈ $26 / 28 €
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Others worth having spare

  • KabelDirekt black 10 m Cat 7 patch cable with RJ45 plugs and kink protection

    KabelDirekt 10 m Cat 7 cord, SF/FTP triple screened, 36-month warranty

    The only cord on this shelf described as triple screened, with the shielding code spelled out and a three-year warranty behind it — and four of the eight lines on this page left for the buyer to ask about.

    Category
    Cat 7 — stated in the title and in three bullets, with a data rate of up to 10 Gigabit per second and 10GBASE-T named. The maker offers it for cable modems, DSL modems and fibre connections
    Conductor material
    Not published on the listing — no metal is named anywhere in the title or the five bullets. What appears instead is a category, a shielding code and a warranty term
    Conductor construction
    Not published on the listing — the third bullet names the cable as twisted pair of category 7 and stops there. Neither solid nor stranded appears
    Shielding code
    SF/FTP, triple screened — stated in the third bullet, which credits the arrangement with immunity to interference and noise. It is the only cord on this shelf described as carrying three screening layers
    Length
    10 m — stated in the title
    Sheath material
    Not published on the listing — the cord is given a colour, black, and no jacket material
    Boot type
    Kink protection — stated in the third bullet as a reliable kink guard on the Ethernet cable. The type is not named, and no latch guard or snagless design is described
    Connector plating
    Not published on the listing — the plugs appear as RJ45 in the title and are never described further
    Amazon reference
    B0843WLW6S (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    4260414846465
    • The only triple-screened construction on this shelf, and the code is printed rather than implied
    • A warranty term is published as a number of months, which four cords here never do
    • No conductor metal and no construction, which are the two lines that separate cords at this price

    Best for: A run through a space with real interference, bought by someone who values the screening arrangement and the warranty over the missing material lines.

    ≈ £17 / 16 €
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  • Soibke black 10 m Cat 7 patch cable with red shielded RJ45 plugs

    Soibke 10 m Cat 7 cord, copper-clad aluminium named, SFTP, 600 MHz stated

    The one listing on this shelf that prints copper-clad aluminium in its own bullet rather than burying it, with a 600 MHz figure, four foil-screened pairs and a jacket the maker states survived eight thousand bend cycles.

    Category
    Cat 7 — stated in the title and the first bullet, with support for bandwidths up to 600 MHz and a transfer figure raised to 10 Gbps
    Conductor material
    Copper-clad aluminium — stated in the second bullet, written out in full alongside its abbreviation. It is the only listing on this shelf to name this material, and the buying tip for this hub says it is normally found only in small print
    Conductor construction
    Not published on the listing — the third bullet calls it a round-wire cable suitable for passing through a wall, which describes the profile of the cord and not the construction of a conductor
    Shielding code
    SFTP — stated in the second bullet as four shielded aluminium-foil twisted pairs, with EMI and RFI named as what the screen is for. No letter code separates the pair screens from an overall one
    Length
    10 m — stated in the title and in the first two bullets
    Sheath material
    PVC — stated in the third bullet as a protective PVC sleeve, described as UV resistant and suitable for indoor use
    Boot type
    Not published on the listing — the fourth bullet names shielded RJ45 plugs at both ends and the third names the red plug colour as an aid to identification. No boot, sleeve or latch guard is described
    Connector plating
    Not published on the listing — the plugs are described as shielded and coloured, and no plating appears on the contacts anywhere in the five bullets
    Amazon reference
    B0CBJFMSC2 (same reference on 5 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0723496974531
    • Names copper-clad aluminium in a bullet of its own instead of leaving it to be guessed
    • Publishes an operating frequency, and gives the pair count and the screen material with it
    • Copper-clad aluminium is a different material with different behaviour from copper, and the price sits with the copper cords here

    Best for: A budget run where the material is known and accepted, rather than discovered afterwards.

    ≈ £14 / 17 €
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  • Veetop flat white Cat 7 patch cable of 10 m with gold-plated RJ45 plugs

    Veetop 10 m flat Cat 7 cord, 750 MHz stated, gold-plated plugs

    The cheapest cord on this shelf and the only one quoting 750 MHz, sold on a flat profile meant to disappear under a carpet — with no word anywhere about the metal in the pairs or whether it is solid or stranded.

    Category
    Cat 7 — stated in the title and in four of the five bullets, with an operating frequency of 750 MHz and a transmission figure of 10 Gbps given alongside it. Downward and upward compatibility with Cat 5 and Cat 6 is claimed by the maker
    Conductor material
    Not published on the listing — the word gold appears twice, both times about the plug contacts, and no bullet says what metal the eight conductors are made of
    Conductor construction
    Not published on the listing — nothing separates a solid core from a stranded one. The bullets describe the cable as extremely flexible and extremely thin in section, which is a shape rather than a construction
    Shielding code
    STP — stated in the second bullet as the reason for low susceptibility to interference and noise. The letter code that would say what is screened around the bundle and what around each pair is not printed
    Length
    10 m — stated in the title twice over. The fifth bullet lists ten lengths the range is sold in, from 1 m to 50 m
    Sheath material
    PVC — stated in the third bullet as a flexible PVC jacket that protects the cord against kinking
    Boot type
    Not published on the listing — the kink protection described in the third bullet is credited to the jacket, and no separate boot or snagless latch cover is named
    Connector plating
    Gold-plated — stated in the title and again in the second bullet, where the maker gives corrosion of the contact surfaces as the reason for it. No plating thickness is given
    Amazon reference
    B00XVQJNRQ (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
    EAN
    0799491265912
    • Publishes an operating frequency, which three of the seven cords on this shelf never do
    • Names its sheath material outright, and names the flat profile as the reason for it
    • No conductor metal anywhere, which is the line the buying tip for this shelf says to look for

    Best for: A long run that has to lie flat under a rug or along a skirting board, where the profile matters more than the specification sheet.

    ≈ 8 €
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