Superfast, Cool & Silent NVMe storage. ZikeDrive

[@kirkkohnen5050]

One of the best cat videos that I've seen today!

[@acubley]

I realized I wasn't really watching the video at all, just the kits. 😺

[@MrSeanroberts1969]

To be fair it was more interesting than the review. More cats less mac !

[@sabishiihito]

You have to change the Drive Policies in Device Manager to enable write caching to improve write speeds when using external USB drives in Windows. It tends to configure them for "quick removal" by default.

[@srvuk]

After watching this all the way through twice (after the unfortunate cute cat distraction) and coming away with some feeling of it being a tad all over the place, my inner Tom Cruise then came to the fore with a simple thought. You had me at 5.21. Whilst still a chunk of change, for those that will benefit from the speeds, likely a worthwhile investment.

[@leepspvideo]

@@srvuk I figured speed tests and specs were most important. I then had loads of failed attempts at booting operating systems from usb 4. Wasn’t really expecting to not be able to boot Windows, turns out that usb 4 really doesn’t have much support yet for booting an os. I figured some people would like me to leave it in. I also did this UTM running Windows and Linux from an external drive. M1 MacBook Air. Zikedrive USB4 NVMe enclosure kzbin.infoW5kXzcc5ku8?feature=share

[@devygamer99]

Havent commented for a time, Early congrats on 100K!!, Btw do you have a snapdragon android device that is powerful if yes can you tell me the model.

[@leepspvideo]

@@devygamer99 none, my Galaxy S20 has an Exynos 990 in the UK

[@devygamer99]

@@leepspvideo if you had snapdragon android phone you could have tried out winlator, which is windows emulator on android, galaxy s24 ultra with snapdragon 8 gen 3 ran gta v at good resolution and standard settings at a range of 60 fps i think it feels like console but natively on android

[@alevans51]

So what's the big deal? USB4 with a 40Gbps speed is a known performance spec that has been in place for some years now. Zike is just a brand.

[@ovarb12]

They sent him the case. I love all these oddball configurations. WFT! attch this to a windows laptop and a windows pc. Why on earth would you boot from an ext usb enclosure. Just asking for issues.

[@chinesepopsongs00]

The big deal is that many cases that use the title actually not reach the spec. So even if this is sponsored it shows what speed this thing actually reaches.

[@Rushil69420]

Have you tried any USB4 NVME drives? Almost none get close to the promised 40Gbps. This drive is measurably one of the fastest in its class.

[@Rushil69420]

After a few months of use the USB-C port on my Zike drive has actually become quite finicky. Side-to-side movement of the cable causes an interruption to the connection. I should probably reach out to Zike about it but it doesn't give me any problems as long as I don't touch the device while using it. It is definitely the fastest hot plug solution for USB4 NVME that I've tried yet though.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

USB may get faster with each generation but the connectors get crappier. USB-C breaks very easily, due to being designed for stupid people who cannot work out how to plug a USB-A cable in the right way round.

[@Rushil69420]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 the connector might be trash but the housing can make all the difference. The ports in my Apple devices have lasted absurdly long (and many times more insertions) by comparison.

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

@@Rushil69420 Yes, but you've handed over your privacy to Apple - and you have my deepest sympathies for not understanding the ramifications of doing so.

[@paradigmfellow]

I see a kitty!

[@hiepbenh88]

lol, i'm using 5$ one ( it's just a main chip without case ) type c usb 3.0. combo with 5$ used 128gb nvme ssd , work like champ.

[@erikkarsies4851]

The last usb M2 casing I've bought turned out not be compatible with Batocera. The same M2 in an older casing worked fine. So be carefull what you buy if you want to run Batocera.

[@leepspvideo]

@@erikkarsies4851 if it was a USB 4 drive it looks like they aren’t as supported for booting an os. Did you try plugging it into usb 3 socket?

[@terrydaktyllus1320]

It has nothing to do with Batocera - it may be a Linux driver issue or could even be an electrical issue with the cable or the circuitry inside the casing. This is where having some knowledge of fault finding and problem isolation can help you locate the cause - but please do a bit more than just blame the first thing you can think of. The whole concept of modern operating systems (including crappy ones like Windows) is that the device is handled by the OS kernel, not the application.

[@erikkarsies4851]

@@leepspvideo No it's a USB 3.2 casing. Get this... it does work flawlessly with Raspberry Pi4

[@erikkarsies4851]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 No I've tested out the other options. I'm now using it with another SSD for a Pi4 and now using 'the old one' with the same SSD and it works fine in Batocera on a USB4 port. Linux is great , but different distro's in the whole ecosystem are a mess and the attitude you are showing is so typical if you need support for a specific distro. (Btw don't you notice how leepsvideo is often struggling with them also?)

[@erikkarsies4851]

@@terrydaktyllus1320 Seeing the same unresolved problems from other users I beg to differ. Btw for me it's not a problem because when I figured out it was incompatibillity with the controller and Batocera I just switched with the Pi4

[@lee99bay]

❤

[@MysticWhiteDragon.]

Not sure, but since it's using USB 4 which incorporates Thunderbolt 3, if possible, could you try it as an eGPU using a nVME Oculink adapter? I have a GPD Win 4 (2022) without OcuLink which supports eGPUs and was wondering if it might work.

[@leepspvideo]

Interesting, my oculink eGPU got shipped today. 👍🏻

[@fabricio4794]

Lets Linuxfy all desktops...yeah...

[@ovarb12]

Funny I've got a few different orico enclosures. The cable is the key i have 5 different usb cables that i tried. The cables that comes with the enclosure was holding back the speed swapped cable and got a huge speed increase. Oh before some keyboard commando starting crying they are all usb 3.0 cables. Do a video on usb cables that is something almost All ppl never think about. Just buy 5 usb 3.0 kr 3.2 cables and twst the same drive/enclosure setup. I would kill to see that.

[@leepspvideo]

@@ovarb12 sounds like you could use one of these Instant USB cable tester kzbin.info/www/bejne/gajLXqJsr76frqc

[@SparkedTech]

Wow. I'm first. I'd like to thank the academy.... 🤣

[@RamonInNZ]

Orico drives are slow, never top performers even in USB 3.2! The Zike is reasonable, why the need for USB4 really, should not be used for anything except data archiving, transfer, or system drives for SBC such as Raspberry Pi. Expecting any USB drive to perform long term without problems for OS is unrealistic.

[@leepspvideo]

@@RamonInNZ video editing. Nvme drives are super reliable

[@ovarb12]

Why are you using a mac wi5h usb 4? Hey the world and us it techs called use a f*cking laptop with usb 3. I really like your channel and I've followed it for a long time, you're better than a mac laptop. NOT COOL!

[@leepspvideo]

@@ovarb12 I use loads of different systems old and new. Here are my Mac playlists old and new. Linux, Mac OS & Windows M1 MacBook Air 2020 kzbin.info/aero/PLMJAjiTgBtFkX_h-FQ6_yI5ebnfXCTooF Mid 2010 MacBook a1342 kzbin.info/aero/PLMJAjiTgBtFmZ-YD9fAfzWCGM-aFnMr0q