I Need To Use NVMe SSD For This Server Please Help

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yeah am trying to just check the disk health of the used one am buying from ebay
and i dont want to install in my windows 10 PC, so looking for some external device that i can attach the NVMe drive to and test the SMART app to check the disk health

you get what am trying to do? so anyone know such device? am sure the people selling on ebay probably use something like that to test many drives they selling used
 
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considering the fact that you bought a PCIe NVMe drive, that means you'll need to get an external PCIe port. hopefully you have a thunderbolt port because that's how the vast majority of the external PCIe docks connect to the host PC.
 
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SnJ9MX said:
considering the fact that you bought a PCIe NVMe drive, that means you'll need to get an external PCIe port. hopefully you have a thunderbolt port because that's how the vast majority of the external PCIe docks connect to the host PC.
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so a PCIe 4 to thunderbolt? i what about usb-c because i can test that on my mac laptop else windows PC is all usb2 & 3
any link to a product for these? as i will like to test used hard drive to see usage history and health

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usb-c is a form factor, similar as rj45 (which is usually ethernet but sometimes rs232). your usb-c port may or may not be thunderbolt. if it is not thunderbolt, you cannot use a PCIe dock with it. usb2/3 also will not work.
 
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SnJ9MX said:
cannot use a PCIe dock with it. usb2/3 also will not work
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Just for pulling cdi info it will work fine. For speed testing it will top out at 1GB due to usb 10gbps limit.

For practical use of an NVME drive to get the performance TB would be needed though that also tops out at 3.2GB/s which is less than Gen 3 which is 3.5.
 
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Tech Junky said:
Just for pulling cdi info it will work fine. For speed testing it will top out at 1GB due to usb 10gbps limit.

For practical use of an NVME drive to get the performance TB would be needed though that also tops out at 3.2GB/s which is less than Gen 3 which is 3.5.
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yeah i believe the port on the mac is thunderbolt underneath but usb-c interface

so can you guys help with what device i can buy to connect the NVMe drive to and test on my mac laptop?
 
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uberguru said:
so can you guys help with what device i can buy to connect the NVMe drive to and test on my mac laptop?
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What do you want to test? Just gather info or performance? You can gather the info with a cheap USB enclosure. If you want to performance test then a TB enclosure would be needed and those are about $100.
 
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What do you want to test? Just gather info or performance? You can gather the info with a cheap USB enclosure. If you want to performance test then a TB enclosure would be needed and those are about $100.
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link to the cheap USB enclosure?
 
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