Samsung 970 EVO Plus vs WD SN750 SSD | Which NVMe SSD for Your Enclosure?

There are plenty of NVMe SSD storage options when it comes to building a PC or upgrading your hardware for gaming, video editing, or running programs, but when you’ve decided on a DIY Thunderbolt or USB-C enclosure, does the SSD speed really matter? What is the best NVMe M.2 SSD for the money? I compare the 1TB Samsung 970 EVO plus with the 1TB Western Digital SN750 NVMe SSD.
In addition to this comparison I talk about some of the differences between PCIe Gen 4 and PCIe Gen 3 SSDs and how choosing the right one for your enclosure would likely give you the same results even with advertised higher Read and Write speeds, and save you money by choosing the SSD that best fits what your DIY enclosure is capable of.
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Intro/Context: 0:00
PCIe Gen 4 SSDs: 01:06
PCIe Gen 3 SSDs: 02:00
Testing Preview: 02:42
Synthetic Benchmarks Intel & M1 Mac: 03:39
Large File Transfer Speed Test Mac: 04:50
Large File Transfer Speed Test PC: 06:10
Large File Transfer Speed Test M1 iPad: 08:01
4K Timeline Export: 09:13
Summary: 09:44
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[@madychan3164]

Thought I’d share my results with everyone with Acasis USB 4 paired with WD SN750 1TB and 2TB. MacBook Air with M1 Chip, 8GPU Cores. Amorphous Disk: 1TB: Unencrypted: Read: 3116 MB/s Write: 1020 MB/s & 4KQD1: Read: 43.13 MB/s Write: 31 MB/s Encrypted: Read: 2780 MB/s Write: 2124 MB/s 4KQD1: Read: 40 MB/s Write: 27 MB/s 2TB: Unencrypted: Read: 3101 MB/s Write: 885 MB/s & 4KQD1: Read: 41 MB/s Write: 29 MB/s Encrypted: Read: 2589 MB/s Write: 1110 MB/s 4KQD1: Read: 37 MB/s Write: 26 MB/s Blackmagic: 1TB: Unencrypted: Write: 2060 MB/s Read: 2316 MB/s Encrypted: Write: 2400 MB/s Read: 2708 MB/s 2TB: Unencrypted: Write: 995 MB/s Read: 2691 MB/s Encrypted: Write: 1094 MB/s Read: 2267 MB/s I’m disappointed with 2TB performance which I recently purchased about a month back. Maybe its the denser 512Gb die or its skipping the SLC cache? I don’t know.

[@KevinRossRN]

Appreciate you sharing this. Any other tests you’ve tried? Large file transfers or running any programs from it?

[@madychan3164]

@@KevinRossRN Transferred multiple ISO files (total 25GB) from the internal SSD to 1TB SN750 at about 2GB/s and later ran the drive as a boot drive. Seems to have worked just fine. Both volumes were encrypted. The 1TB SN750 is a drive manufactured in 2019 with an older firmware which I received through RMA. Guess it has been sitting on the shelf since.

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah I’ve been hearing from the community that some of these SSDs either have older firmware, which usually needs a Windows device to update it, unfortunately, and I’ve also heard that there may be a component that was used in the newer chips that are also causing a slow down, but I don’t have a solid confirmation on that.

[@madychan3164]

​@@KevinRossRN Initially I mounted the drive in an old MacBook internally and installed bootcamp. Western Digital's SSD tool box didn't seem to show any new firmware available and rather stated that the firmware was up to date (102000WD). Maybe its different firmware for different hardware variants? I don't know, it's just speculation from here. Although that SN550 hardware SWAP news does seem to indicate that

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah that’s what I’m afraid of. I think that’s what’s happening with all of these shortages. Whether it’s cost cutting or they just don’t have access to the higher end NAND because other brands are outbidding them, I really wish I knew.

[@KevinRossRN]

I've got another update on the 980 Pro vs the WD SN850 that might also help: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oX-4goJ_qZeip7M

[@joet9451]

Love all your videos..I always go back to your stuff after watching others blather on with no real content. You are the man! Btw, what case is your iPad in, I love the way you have it set up.

[@KevinRossRN]

Joe! Really appreciate you my friend. I’m actually using the Magic Keyboard case. Expensive? Yes indeed. But I use it every single day, and for that reason it has been a worthwhile investment. But no doubt it’s a good chunk of change. 😉💰

[@KevinRossRN]

Alright you beautiful humans. I often get asked about what the fastest SSD is when it comes to your DIY enclosures, and so I thought I’d answer your questions with some context and a comparison. The short of it is, it really depends, but the fastest advertised read and write speeds don’t always translate to these enclosures.

[@JustDT851]

Alien confirmed

[@wormdogrocks]

Great review I have the 970 evo plus in my system right now, think im about to pick up the SN750 for extra space and not only that they have a bundle with it which comes with battlefield 2042 which is a damn good deal! great review man!

[@KevinRossRN]

Thanks! And yes, I believe I did see something about that bundle. That would be awesome. Hope it works out for you. 👊🤙

[@soapa4279]

Damn great video, informative, not too long or short, eloquent speech, and presentation with actual meaningful content. It’s like the complete opposite of Austin Evans

[@KevinRossRN]

Well I appreciate you taking the time to hang out and comment. Really glad to have you here and it’s also my pleasure to help.

[@goodfractalspoker7179]

Peace bro can you please tell me what you do for your lighting it looks amazing! And great review 💪🏽

[@KevinRossRN]

Many thanks my friend. I do have the lamps linked up in the description, but I have done a couple of videos on my setup. I’ll have to find one of those vids and link it here.

[@goodfractalspoker7179]

@@KevinRossRN thanks man will check it out!

[@madychan3164]

Hey Kevin, your videos has been extremely helpful. I have SN750 and I have been using with my M1 MacBook Air for a while now. Now as a Mac user, I know there is no dedicated application to update the firmware on SN750. I am curious wether keeping the firmware up-to-date could improve performance of the drive with the MacBook. I would very much like to hear your thoughts on this. Thank you!

[@KevinRossRN]

Glad to have you here. As far as firmware, you’re correct in that many SSD manufacturers have no, or a limited upgrade path on MacOS without a pretty extensive workaround. I believe crucial and OWC still have upgrade paths. You can check your firmware in system report on the Mac and I confirmed the firmware was up to date on both SSDs as I know that with Samsung others have said the firmware revision had been an issue. It also comes down to how often firmware is really updated, which isn’t often (typically). There’s an app called Sensei that I’ve been testing and it offers Trim options as well as assessing disk health and optimizing performance. I regularly move items off of my SSDs and clean things up in there, reformat and assess disk health from time to time, but I use these particular SSDs daily on multiple projects and so far, I haven’t noticed any slow downs. But yes, I agree it’s a pain to have to try and update this with a work around or having access to a PC.

[@madychan3164]

@@KevinRossRN True. I guess, it is what it is. Now, I am not sure if you are aware of this. I have discovered that a mere encryption could have a considerable affect on the read and write speeds of an NVMe which could be both good and bad depending on how you see it. I ran amorphous disk mark on an encrypted APFS volume and noticed a 45% bump in SEQ1MQD8 write speed and 20% decrease in SEQ1MQD1 read.

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah, there’s so much nuance to these SSDs, enclosures and the communication protocol. Appreciate you sharing those results. Maybe eventually we’ll find a “perfect” combo of enclosure and SSD that somehow takes advantage of that throughput without any tweaks 🤷‍♂️

[@frantotti9754]

I have just bought 1TB Samsung 970 EVO Plus. thanks a lot

[@KevinRossRN]

Nice. I’m still using it. 🤙

[@Br0adCastYourS3lf]

Hi Kevin. Hope you're doing great. Thanks for comparing these. Very informative. Last May I read two articles on OWC's Rocket Yard Blog. They were titled "Get Up to 67% Faster External Drive Performance With Your M1 Mac!" and the follow up article titled "More Ways to Get Faster External Drive Speed With Your M1 Mac". Did you also read these? If so, what do you think of their findings?EDIT: What's that logo on your cap?

[@KevinRossRN]

Hi Robert, thanks so much! I did see these articles and did do a video that was similar to these findings. I had tested direct connect SSDs to the Mac mini and MBA, and then ran tests with a USB-C display as well as adding in a thunderbolt dock where I was able to run simultaneous tasks to increase the throughput. One of those tests I was getting pretty close to the internal SSD speeds. Not sure if you saw it, but these M1s are a tricky bunch with that communication protocol.

[@Br0adCastYourS3lf]

@@KevinRossRN I've seen those videos. But can't remember any of your videos having the combo of a Thunderbolt 3 external drive connected directly to the first Thunderbolt port of an M1 Mac, and simultaneously a Thunderbolt 3 display connected directly to the second Thunderbolt port of an M1 Mac (as per the article). I'll have to go through your videos. Thanks for pointing this out.

[@KevinRossRN]

It’s the one with the thumbnail with me holding the dock and displaying the text “Fixed?”

[@Br0adCastYourS3lf]

@@KevinRossRN Thanks. I've found it. I'm going in. Keep me covered. EDIT: I can see my comments on that video. I think that I need a checkup.

[@Chadryanclark]

What do you think Fledging with sn750 or with Acacis with a Mac mini and 11 in iPad Pro? Not sure it’s worth the extra money to get sn850 either…

[@KevinRossRN]

For the money I’d say SN750, but I know there are often deals. It’s just that the 850 won’t really be fully utilized in this setup. I like that Acasis enclosure because it’s USB4 so it can fall back to 3.1 Gen 2 if it has to for a USB-C device, whereas the Fledging is TB3 only, however I still use both. I haven’t had issues with either enclosure.

[@AlexGTech]

9:20 👨‍⚖️ sold! Both sound like a great buy Kevin! Will be keeping this in mind for my future SSD investments 😉

[@KevinRossRN]

You can’t have too many SSDs. 🤪 Well, maybe you can have too many. Great to see you my friend, always. 🤙

[@SkillManOnline]

Great video, great editing as well! Coming back to one of your older videos for the ipad you think they will improve the transfer speeds on the ipad again? As you tested before. Thanks 🙏🏼

[@KevinRossRN]

I just got the latest iPadOS 15 (developer’s beta 4) and I have seen ever so slight increases in that transfer speed on beta 3. However beta 4 has “broken” the communication between my SSDs and the iPad 🤦‍♂️ Life of a beta tester 🤷‍♂️ I’ll keep you posted though.

[@SkillManOnline]

@@KevinRossRN ohh haha well appreciate all the testing, I would go over to beta but this my main device right now don’t want to risk it

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah don’t risk it. There are a couple of things that are “broken.” 😬

[@SkillManOnline]

@@KevinRossRN ohh boy haha, maybe you can make a fast update video on your experience with iPadOS 15 so far :))

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah running a beta on the iPad and on the Mac is a wild ride. I can see the difference improvements coming to life, but that’s also at the expense of losing a few other things that are mostly app related where the developer has to provide an update.

[@aavadista]

Thanks for nice informing! I have a question... Is Samsung 970 EVO Plus works -now- as an external SSD on Mini MAC M1? (model 2020). Thanks a lot :)

[@KevinRossRN]

It does. However, I have a review coming out in the next couple of days on the 980PRO…and it’s “better” as far as benchmarks and thermal management for high intensive tasks.

[@aavadista]

@@KevinRossRN Ok! Thank you, Im waiting to learn about 980PRO. Congratulation once more for your nice work!!

[@KevinRossRN]

Thanks! And as far as the 970…it’s a great SSD, most definitely. There’s just a noticeable upgrade that I’m noticing with the M1 Macs…see you soon on this one. Working on it now.

[@tourajmohammadi1359]

Hi again Kevin, one quick question. dose Shell Thunder enclosure support thunderbolt 2 as well? I mean if I use thunderbolt 3 to 2 adaptor.

[@KevinRossRN]

Not to my knowledge friend. I believe someone else in the community tried it. That’s me of the reasons I also use the Acasis enclosure because it’s USB4 and is backward compatible to get those USB 3.1 Gen 2 speeds.

[@tourajmohammadi1359]

@@KevinRossRN good to know, Thanks

[@KevinRossRN]

You bet 👍

[@GrandCamo]

You think either of them are one of the best nvme SSDs at an affordable price? I saw a huge discount (70 dollars) on the Samsung 980 (non-pro), but heard really bad reviews at it's performances. I want to use this ssd strictly for video editing (use fusion a lot) and as C drive too, if that's smart to do. I am leaning more towards the WD, so should I go for this one, or even go for the samsung 980 pro?

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah I can’t speak about the non-pro first hand, but did see those questionable reviews. However I did have someone report that the 980 Pro worked really well in their USB4 enclosure. He actually just sent me an update on the 980 Pro yesterday. He’s very pleased.

[@GrandCamo]

@@KevinRossRN yea, even though its 130 euros (120 dollars), i am gonna go for the 980 pro. I have seen some doddgy stuff around SSDs, so I dont want to get annoyed with a wrong purshace because it's cheaper. Allthough its half the price, if I would go for the SN750 it would only be 30 euros more than the 980 pro in the end. (1 TB)

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah, it’s one on my radar to test directly, but as I said there’s a guy in the comments section of another video that was kept me up to date on all his testing and he tried the SN750 as well, but ended up getting better write speeds on the 980 Pro with the M1 Mac. I’ll be interested to hear what you think of it.

[@PaceyPimp]

You should test on a thunderbolt 3 with MVNE Gen 4.

[@KevinRossRN]

I have. It’s the same. I have a video on that one.

[@circuitsandcigars1278]

I found the thunderbolt cable matters. The OWC one that came with my drive from them gave me speeds much higher than another thunderbolt 3 cable that came with another one external drive car I bought

[@circuitsandcigars1278]

I tested the OWC cable on the external drive I built and consistently got 15% faster speeds than the cable that came with it that stated it the TB3

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah, sometimes these manufacturers might be sending inferior cables, and I’ve certainly rotated through my share of passive and active cables. There’s always those footnotes in advertised speeds that usually state things like 5-15% or 100MB/s difference give or take 🤷‍♂️

[@TheGippy30]

can you use, m.2 ssds that have heatsinks built on, is there enough room to put them into the enclosure

[@KevinRossRN]

So you can add thermal tape on top and this would fit snug up against the top of the enclosure, so this is certainly dependent on the size of that heat sink, if you’re referring to the built in one, but honestly you’d most likely be working with the enclosure lid off with that heat sink.

[@TheGippy30]

@@KevinRossRN I was thinking of an sn750 or 850 with a built on heat sink

[@KevinRossRN]

Gotcha. I’d have to measure that out on those SSDs, but I’m honestly thinking it would be a no on this one. I know others have shown other enclosures with the sn750 with heat sink, but I think you’d run the risk of pushing down on the board in this particular enclosure.

[@TheGippy30]

@@KevinRossRN great thanks, can you recommend an enclosure that can be used with a built on heat sink

[@senyum0]

I still using my sandisk extreme pro. But now i know when to ask about nvme ssd tips. Thanks.. 👍

[@KevinRossRN]

Ha! Well you’ve got a great SSD my friend.

[@senyum0]

@@KevinRossRN thanks. Just tried lumafusion few days ago and edited my drone shot.. still figuring out lumafusion.. but it aint bad. Have a hand at garage band too. Kinda fun. If only i know how to upload it..🤣

[@KevinRossRN]

Hey, it’s just practice. Rinse and repeat. So did you export the video file? Or are you talking about the GarageBand file to be able to upload?

[@senyum0]

@@KevinRossRN no..no.. did figure that one out... now trying to upload to youtbe. Cause when i opened my youtube on ipad i only see live and record.. 🤣🤣🤣

[@KevinRossRN]

Oh goodness. Have you tried installing KZbin studio?

[@colindoyle9876]

Retimer video?

[@WizzRacing]

I know they used different controllers from the 250 and 500 series..Then they use in the 1TB drives..As I run 2x WD750N 500 in RAID-0....Their still going 2 years later..

[@KevinRossRN]

That’s awesome to hear that you’ve still got them in your workflow. The two I have seem to be pretty solid and I keep them in a steady rotation.

[@tourajmohammadi1359]

Hi Kevin, What do you think about Sabrent 2TB Rocket NVMe 4.0 Gen4 PCIe M.2 Internal SSD Extreme Performance Solid State Drive (SB-ROCKET-NVMe4-2TB).

[@KevinRossRN]

I was looking at this one not that long ago. As far as for a RAID setup I believe these perform pretty well based on my research I had done. I can’t remember if there was an issue with the cache on these, but I believe it was with an older iteration. Depending on what you put it in, just be mindful of the Gen4 aspects as not every enclosure would be able to give you that full throughput, but if the price is right then it could help you down the line with any upgrades.

[@tourajmohammadi1359]

@@KevinRossRN I was thinking about it to use with Shell Thunder: Premium M.2 NVMe PCIe Portable SSD Enclosure (40Gbps) with Integrated Reactive Cooling. I already ordered WD_BLACK 2TB SN750 NVMe .

[@KevinRossRN]

You’d likely get the same or very similar performance with that Sabrent and that Shell will support Gen3. Anything else is just having it around in case you decide to get another enclosure or install it in another machine. I did get a Gen 4 because it was the same price and it ended up in a PC build. I have the SN750s and really like them.

[@tourajmohammadi1359]

@@KevinRossRN i will stick to my order SN750 with Shell Thunder. Thanks to you.

[@KevinRossRN]

Sending my best that all works well together 🤙

[@polinae11202010]

Hello kevin greetings.. ive been using the acassis enclosure paired with sn750 2tb.. the read and write speed is about 2500mb consistent on a macbook pro 16 2019.. i have different experience on my evo plus.. read is about 2600mb but thw write speed is over 1200mb..face palm!.. thanks for the recommendation on the enclosure by the way

[@KevinRossRN]

I really appreciate you sharing these numbers here. It’s really helpful to be able to collect data on what others are experiencing.

[@polinae11202010]

@@KevinRossRN its always nice to help the community..samsung 1tb evo read write speed is 2140mb / 1800mb.. samsung evo plus 1tb 2600mb/1200mb.. Western digital sn750 1tb 2600mb read / 1100mb write tested on my macbook pro 16.. i did return the sn750.. so on intel on my experience on the 2tb sn750 version is the best so far.. its almost on par with the built in ssd on my mac..

[@KevinRossRN]

Yes! It really does help my friend. I really appreciate it. There are always variables between enclosures, the SSD, and even some variations in components with certain SSDs, especially with the shortages. I’ve heard from others that they have two of the same SSD, however one of them seems to perform better than the other, but also noted the different manufacturing dates that may have slightly different components.

[@polinae11202010]

@@KevinRossRN that could be the reason maybe i have a slower sn750 version.. i did message acassis to address this observation and honestly they too have contrasting result vs mine.. now we have 3 accasis all used for photo and video editing..

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah, it’s unfortunate. Linus (LTT) actually did a video on this about a month ago or so. I thought about doing a follow up, but the take home message is that many SSD brands are having to swap components mid cycle and the benchmarks are showing that difference. I’d still stand behind Samsung that they’re a lot like Apple and want to maintain a certain level of control over what goes in or on their hardware.

[@Joe__Tech]

Acasis is claiming, that those certain SSDs, you are testing here, are NOT recommended with their enclosure. I am having it here, with 970 pro 1TB and getting 200MB/s writing and 2GB/s reading rates with TB3. That is hefty too. Im planned building in my 970 evo plus 2TB as an external disk, but now I am totally confused. USB 3.1 gen 2 speeds are a bit better…

[@KevinRossRN]

I recently updated this with the 980PRO which works well in the Acasis, but here’s the thing. Since this video came out, I believe Acasis either had to use different components since mine was manufactured, but WD also had some manufacturing issues last year and these changes may have caused issues with the communication protocol, and the WD SN750s I have were manufactured before these issues, BUT I also can’t confirm this firsthand because I don’t have a new SN750. However, my most recent video from the other day was edited on the 970 EVO Plus without any issues. Anyway, in my updated video on this subject you’ll see a pinned comment there with another user that also did a bunch of tests that may help.

[@kore996]

Just bought a Samsung 970 Evo plus 2TB to upgrade my internal M.2 on my PC. I will be removing a Samsung Evo 500 GB M.2 and wanted your thoughts on an enclosure for it. I will mainly be using it for photo and video transfers along with some editing between my older 2017 (I think it’s the 2017….it’s the 2nd gen iPad Pro which I will have to use a camera connect dongle) and my PC. New to your channel and appreciate the time it takes for these videos. Any input would be appreciated.

[@KevinRossRN]

So just wanted to check and see if your PC has USB-C…I assume, but just thought I’d check. Seeing as Thunderbolt or USB4 speeds aren’t going to occur here, then it comes down to saving a little money and getting a 3.1 Gen2 enclosure. This wave link has been popular among the community: amzn.to/3CFxDy8 Orico and Sabrent as well.

[@kore996]

@@KevinRossRN yes my pc has 1 USB-C port. ok great thanks for the help.

[@KevinRossRN]

Sure thing. Best of luck. And if your iPad has USB-C you may not need that dongle. Some drives can be bus powered with the iPad.

[@kore996]

@@KevinRossRN unfortunately I’m the year before USB-C came out on the iPad but can’t bring myself to get a newer one because it still works amazingly well and fast enough for what I need. I’m going to try and start editing my family videos soon so we’ll see how quickly my opinion changes 😂.

[@KevinRossRN]

Gotcha. Well a lot of those enclosures should work with type-A and then just plugging that into the adapter for the iPad. I’ve done that several times.

[@rehanmushtaq6084]

did you test it on intel based macs?

[@KevinRossRN]

I have tested these on Intel based Macs. However in the video they’re primarily n silicon.

[@rehanmushtaq6084]

@@KevinRossRN Thanks but I think most people are still using Intel Macs so you should have considered their results too into the video.

[@KevinRossRN]

I’ve done other videos showcasing the Intel Macs. What’s your primary use case?

[@sherwintongco6879]

Hello quick question about Samsung 870 EvoPlus does it work Android Phones? Im just gonna used as a Portable SSD for my Galaxy s10e I'll be buying Asus TUF GAMING A1

[@KevinRossRN]

Are you just offloading files or using it for storage? I’ve used several external SSDs over the years with my Android devices. The 870 EVO Plus should be just fine for your phone. That setup however may draw a little extra power.

[@sherwintongco6879]

@@KevinRossRN what is offloading? But I'm using it for storing to free up some space on my phone. Thanks for Responding 500gb would be enough right?

[@KevinRossRN]

@sherwintongco6879 offloading would be transferring those files you mentioned. 500GBs for phone storage is quite a bit. I’m not sure what the price difference is for you, but if it’s not that much more for 1TB I don’t think you’d regret it.

[@sherwintongco6879]

@@KevinRossRN thank you for the reply im planning to buy 'Samsung 980' is that compatible? Samsung Evo Plus 500gb draw a bit of power 5.8 thanks for heads up.

[@KevinRossRN]

@sherwintongco6879 The 980 is my favorite. You should be fine.

[@ramzikamsul93]

Hi,can you help me sir,i just bought encloser orico nmve gen 2 , can i know,should i buy ssd with read/write 3000mbs or is it enough just buy ssd read/write 1000mbs? It is have difference speed between this two sdd when we put in that enclosure?because i watch video many people use ssd read/write 3000mbs for this enclosure,but the result speed test read/write is below than 1000mbs, hope someone can help answer my question.thanks…

[@KevinRossRN]

So from what it sounds like friend is that you’ve got a 3.1 Gen 2, correct? If that’s the case, then you would be better served with a SSD that’s reading/writing at around 1,000MB/s because that’s what your throughput is going to get you. If you were to get an SSD that’s higher on R/W, but at the same price, then it might be fine, especially if you upgrade the enclosure some day to thunderbolt 3 or USB4.

[@ramzikamsul93]

@@KevinRossRN thanks for answer my question, kzbin.info/www/bejne/moXFqWWsnt6lqLM you can watch this speed test,so if i use 3000mbs readwrite,i cannot exceed the the speed enclosure?? So better i buy 1000mbs r/w ssd right??

[@KevinRossRN]

Correct. So I’m that test on the motherboard, you’re going to get that 3,000MB/s, but the enclosure will be 10Gbps, so you’re looking at an average of around 950-960MB/s in that particular enclosure.

[@markhuf]

I am happy to report no iPads were hurt in this video 😊🙏✅👋

[@KevinRossRN]

Indeed. All hardware is safe and sound 😉

[@daggeringking100]

so which one is better

[@KevinRossRN]

I still use the 970 EVO Plus in the enclosure. I ended up putting the SN750 in a PC build.

[@duaner9392]

I thought my HP OMEN was complete junk desktop. I replaced my 1TB HDD with the Samsung 970 evo plus NVME SSD and was welcomed to a new world.

[@KevinRossRN]

It’s amazing, isn’t it? It’s like a brand new machine.

[@AnoNymInvestor]

SN750 1 TB runs cool. Excellent speed. Kaby Lake i5-7200U Lenovo IdeaPad Win 10 Pro. Much cheaper than Samsung.

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah, I’ve got several of these SN750 SSDs and love them.

[@markhuf]

@kevin Ross I believe just under 20 seconds into your video; here you go again “I’ll throw in an iPad Pro”. I am afraid to watch the rest of the video… Please don’t throw iPad’s 😬🙏✅👋 Ok, me daredevil ▶️🎥

[@KevinRossRN]

Ha! Well, I know that expression can get a little dangerous in the tech world. Frustrations can run high 😁

[@dianag6460]

Hi Kevin, watched all your videos about T3 /USB 4 enclosures, SSD suggestions, all of that.... following every single piece of advice or step you have given regarding the best enclosure/SSD etc. Well, just received the Acasis and WD Black 750, and no matter what I do, no matter what cable I use ( the one that comes with the enclosure, or even a genuine apple one) I can't get W/R speed more than 700, no matter what!!! Not sure what is wrong and how some people get the extreme speed, but not me, not my air m1 with BigSur 11.5.1.... I am annoyed and a little angry with myself should cut down the KZbin videos a little bit :))

[@KevinRossRN]

Which benchmark are you testing on and have you also tried some large file/folder transfers? Also, when you formatted did you happens to try APFS encrypted vs non-encrypted? Also, in system report on the about my Mac…left side you’ll see NVMe express. Click on that and then go over to find the WD drive and then look and see what revision/firmware it shows. What’s the value there?

[@dianag6460]

@@KevinRossRN Hi, I am testing on Blackmagic. Haven't done a very large file transfer so far... The revision shows: 111110WD, I am on 1TB - WDS100T3X0C-00SJG0. The APFS is non-encrypted, didn't really think that it will have some impact on the speed. I Will do encrypt first thing tomorrow morning and report back here :)) Thank you so much for replying... your videos are great... genuine, honest and I have to say (and it is very rare with me ), I believe every word you say :) Thanks again

[@dianag6460]

Couldn't resist and did the APFS encrypted. Same speed, noting changed, write got a little slower, but just a little.

[@KevinRossRN]

Oh boy, the pressure is on now 😬 Speaking the truth is easy, but there are also so many nuances in tech that just really change the narrative sometimes. A couple of things that I know based on my own use and quite a bit of research: 1. From my findings it seems that the SN750 plays pretty well with the chip on this board in the Acasis enclosure, and on quite a few others. 2. You’re rocking the same firmware that as am, so that’s a check. 3. Blackmagic for me is a hit or miss benchmark, but we’re splitting hairs as it should be somewhat representative and comparable to others. 4. A problem with the enclosure? Maybe, but it’s hard to say without testing another SSD. 5. Here’s a possible scenario that you could be experiencing. Possible… So as I said in this video Samsung is better when it comes to what hardware they use in their products. WD is good as well, however I went down a rabbit hole where a handful of folks may have gotten a SN750 with some slightly different components. Now I’m my research I’ve also seen where some of these components have been known to slow down the performance on these SSDs. I’d have to dig up my findings, but this is a possibility since manufacturers are having all sorts of issues with manufacturing and supply. Let’s hope this isn’t the case though with the SN750 because although you won’t appreciate the full advertised speed because it’s external and on the M1 I can certainly depend on a write speed well above 700 in these enclosures. Any chance you have another device/computer for testing? A long shot, but figured I’d ask.

[@KevinRossRN]

I did see this, but just put all of my reply above ☝️ Bummer because someone here just said today they got an improvement with encryption 🤔 This is frustrating for me too.

[@rezir905]

What about temperatures

[@KevinRossRN]

Are you inquiring about temps with general use or large file/folder transfers?

[@rezir905]

@@KevinRossRN I'm interested in temperatures in normal use as well as gaming. Is it possible to put it in a laptop and use it without a radiator.

[@KevinRossRN]

So to confirm, you don’t want to use it in an enclosure, but rather you want to install it directly into a computer?

[@rezir905]

@@KevinRossRN i want to install it in my laptop

[@KevinRossRN]

Typically you’d be fine if you’re loading the game, and depending on what you’re playing, but in a laptop heatsinks may be necessary if the CPU and graphics card are able to have things load faster. Those are the real bottlenecks. I’d go 970EVO plus if you can, but have you done your own testing of how fast your current SSD is reading and writing?

[@darumaprb8500]

I never see this and Is shipper than a ssd hdd and better ,I think...

[@tourajmohammadi1359]

Hi, I need your help seriously I am stuck by myself and I can not make buying decision. I am a photographer and I do photo and videos but not in a big capacity I can tell you this, my entire unorganized ( witch I am planing to organize) data are 4TB. i am planing to upgrade my camera to Sony Alpha 1 witch is good for photo and video. I do travel and I have a SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO Portable SSD to store my data. my current workflow is as this date transfer from my SanDisk 1TB Extreme PRO Portable SSD to my iMAC 5K with 1TB storage( I will upgrade to M1 Mac )and do editing. Due to my Data volume I transfer yearly Data to my G-DRIVE with Thunderbolt 4TB and backing it up with the Carbon copy cloner to LaCie 6TB Thunderbolt. My iMAC also will backup by Time Machine automatically. I plan to buy a storage system to transfer my data from my SanDisk Extreme PRO Portable SSD to and start work on my data off the iMAC. also I am looking for backup RAID system. Maybe you can advice me better workflow system and I will appreciate it.

[@KevinRossRN]

So I have several external SSDs I keep rotating through with the current projects. And once I’m “done” with those working files I put them on my Synology NAS, which I’ve had for years. It’s set in a RAID and I can also access it on my network and still edit from the NAS if I need to.

[@tourajmohammadi1359]

@@KevinRossRN I have 5G router mobile internet connection and I expended with wi-fi mesh network. Is it okay for NAS system?

[@KevinRossRN]

Yeah, you can either hardwire it to your device if you need to, but I have a mesh network and access it over WiFi all the time. It basically just stays connected within the Finder.

[@tourajmohammadi1359]

@@KevinRossRN thanks a lot 🙏

[@KevinRossRN]

You bet. Good luck on your research my friend.

[@SyNtH1fEyEd]

Ummm so which one is better performance value? lol

[@KevinRossRN]

They’re both great, but what I will say is that I still use the 970 EVO Plus whereas I did end up putting the SN750 into a PC build.

[@helmanfrow]

Reading those side-by side graphs makes my head hurt. Please just stack your results.

[@KevinRossRN]

You got it 🫵 Next time 🤘

[@goodfractalspoker7179]

Enclosures are interesting because they are unnecessary if Apple would allow more repairability within their products.

[@KevinRossRN]

Seems to be a common request. You’re in good company. Appreciate your time.

[@g0rgeos]

970 Evo plus , for os 1tb WD black 2tb just for storage 😂😂😂😂

[@KevinRossRN]

Still rocking the 970 EVO Plus…a beast.