SABRENT M.2 SATA (NGFF) to 2.5in SATA Adapter Enclosure, Not NVMe (EC-M2SA)

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.

This is a specific use case product, and worked as expected. My laptop died, so wanted to take out the SSD and install on my PC. My purpose was to use it as a secondary drive in the PC, but for some weird reason my PC detected it as primary and booted into it after configuring all the devices. Now, my PC is running as my laptop. I heard it's not a recommended attempt as google warned it could crash the PC. Anyways, it's working good so far. And, by the way, this adapter enclosure comes with the tiniest screw in the world. I just wish if they made it a bit longer. I don't know if that's a standard size for these type of things.

Worked like a charm. Just be careful when screwing the hard drive because if you screw it way too much you could end up damaging the hard drive or maybe it won't be read.

Well, I actually mis-understood the context and assume that I would be able to take my M.2 Sata SSD 2280 and plug it into this enclosure and I would have the equivalent of a 2.5 inch SATA drive. However it appears that the M.2 device needs to be NVME and not sata to work with this enclosure. Although it wasn't what I needed at the time, I still kept it since I have other M.2 NVME devices that I can use it with. The device is well constructed and works as intended.

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.

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.

Can I leave 0 stars?! Because that's all this deserves. Perfectly good sata M.2 installed.. Every time I attempt to use it in this converter it tries to connect for a few seconds then drops permanently until the drive is removed then reinstalled. Computer can see my drive while in a Sabrent Caddy, but not in this trash. I should have believed all the other comments. This just wasted 3 days of troubleshooting for nothing. Don't waste your time with this nonsense.

did NOT work.

Work as intended

材質が金属で質感が良い、 ちゃんと読み書きもでき買ってよかったです。

Super adaptateur pour les SSD nvme. A préférer aux modèles sans marque et à bas prix.

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

Ho acquistato questo case Sabrent per riciclare un SSD M.2 SATA e utilizzarlo come un normale drive da 2.5 pollici (sia interno per PC/notebook, sia inserito in una docking station). I punti di forza: Qualità costruttiva: Il case è robusto, in alluminio/metallo, il che aiuta anche a dissipare il calore dell'SSD all'interno. Montaggio semplice: All'interno c'è tutto il necessario. Il posizionamento dell'SSD M.2 è rapido e intuitivo, e i fori per le viti combaciano perfettamente con gli standard dei classici alloggiamenti da 2.5". Prestazioni: Satura completamente la banda del SATA III senza colli di bottiglia. Ovviamente, ricordo che supporta solo SSD M.2 di tipo SATA (NGFF) e NON i modelli NVMe PCIe, come chiaramente indicato nella descrizione del prodotto. In conclusione, fa esattamente quello che promette con la solita affidabilità del marchio Sabrent. Spedizione e imballaggio perfetti. Consigliatissimo!