I think I'm done with old SATA SSDs. This includes the 2.5" units meant to replace 2.5" spinning HDD. All SATA SSDs are so slow compared to modern NVMe. And that's an understatement!My new NVMe based direct-attach backup SSD operates over a USB-C port and USB 4.0 protocol on my Mac Mini M1.
I maintain direct-attached backups as well as NAS backups for our all of our computers including the music server.
The chunky aluminum enclosure is a heat sink for the NVMe SSD and it looks cool.
SATA Disk Speed LEFT | NVMe Disk Speed RIGHT || The NVMe SSD is nearly 5x the speed of SATA
The Mac Mini internal NVMe Disk is similarly fast
Aluminum NVMe SSD enclosure and my old SATA favorite in Blue. Bye bye Blue!Why? My backups complete almost 5x faster on NVMe storage.
![]()
Edits: 01/09/25 01/09/25 01/09/25 01/09/25
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Topic - New SSDs ligtning FAST.... - AbeCollins 14:07:50 01/09/25 (21)
- This Seems Unbelievable - Jotaro 22:11:40 01/10/25 (6)
- Newegg... - Tromatic 11:28:59 01/13/25 (0)
- Hot merchandise ? - AbeCollins 22:14:57 01/10/25 (4)
- Or, maybe the Chinese Gov't or a hacker gets total access to your PC... nt. - mlsstl 12:35:51 01/13/25 (1)
- RE: Or, maybe the Chinese Gov't or a hacker gets total access to your PC... nt. - Zombie 09:54:49 02/04/25 (0)
- Ships via Amazon - Jotaro 23:20:53 01/10/25 (1)
- RE: Ships via Amazon - AbeCollins 08:32:21 01/11/25 (0)
- RE: New SSDs ligtning FAST.... - kh6idf 15:15:14 01/09/25 (8)
- RE: New SSDs ligtning FAST.... - AbeCollins 16:39:40 01/09/25 (7)
- How fast is fast enough? - Rod M 19:07:08 01/13/25 (2)
- Depends upon which *fast* - E-Stat 07:14:34 01/15/25 (0)
- There was a time when disk speed was noticeable - AbeCollins 13:18:49 01/14/25 (0)
- RE: New SSDs ligtning FAST.... - kh6idf 15:37:10 01/10/25 (3)
- RE: New SSDs ligtning FAST.... - AbeCollins 22:23:02 01/10/25 (2)
- RE: New SSDs ligtning FAST.... - kh6idf 14:14:19 01/11/25 (1)
- RE: New SSDs ligtning FAST.... - Rod M 19:33:07 01/13/25 (0)
- My approach is the opposite of yours - E-Stat 14:48:30 01/09/25 (4)
- Not the opposite at all.... - AbeCollins 16:22:41 01/09/25 (3)
- In my system - E-Stat 17:21:24 01/09/25 (2)
- RE: In my system - AbeCollins 21:59:53 01/09/25 (1)
- Exactly! - E-Stat 05:42:17 01/10/25 (0)