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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The quality isnt terrible but the thought in design is. Every PC nerd knows that an m.2 slot should have standoff to level the SSD. There are no standoff.l...at least in the front. The back however has the standoff 😂 they're facing the wrong way. Perhaps they're using these to lift the PCB off the enclosure and honestly that makes sense but there are other way to lift the PCB off. Thise standoffs should be the other way around. I dont like that my ssd is flexing. (The plst photo shows the PCB upside down to show the standoffs) To fix it I ended up using a thermal pad. I just layed it down. Careful to not have it touch any traces on the PCB or touching any soldered components. Any flexing can cause speeds to drop. Electrons need a straight path to travel. Otherwise you loose electron. You loose speed. It may not even be noticeable but still, this design shouldn't have been okayed. Please add standoffs the correct way!!!

Work as intended

Por el precio que tiene, no creo que haya ninguna opción mejor. El artículo viene embalado en un blister de cartón con los tornillos y destornillador necesarios para el montaje. La calidad me ha sorprendido muy grátamente, ya que no me esperaba que los acabados fuesen tan buenos. La caja permite montar todos los tamaños de SSD en formato M.2 (OJO con el tipo de M.2 ya que ésta caja sólo soporta tarjetas SSD B+M (SATA)). Viene con dos tornillos para la sujección del SSD y una pestaña de plástico que permite separar la parte trasera de la tapa muy fácilmente. Tiene tamaño estándar de 7mm, por lo que encaja a la perfección con el sistema de sujección de mi portátil. Otro punto a favor, teniendo un poco de maña, es que puedes utilizar la parte de aluminio de disipador, en mi caso baja unos 4º la temperatura media. Excelente producto y compra más que recomendada.

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