Turning a Samsung Evo 870 from internal to external - same performance?

[Haveri]

Hello everyone,

I currently have a Samsung EVO 870 2TB, internal. This is regular SSD, not nvme. I would like to turn it into an external drive and as far as I know that's possible with a special cable.

My question is, since I really depend on its speed and performance, will it be slower? What I thought is to use USB type C, is it a good idea? If it's somewhat slower then I'd better just get a new one instead.

Thanks a lot in advance!

[Needfuldoer]

A regular SATA to USB enclosure should do the job.

 

Theoretically it's going to be slower because it will be connected to USB, but it's still going to be faster than cheap flash drives.

[Deeya]

It will be mostly dependent on the enclosure you purchase.

[MonkeyBomb]

Sata III has a speed of 6.0Gbps and USB 3.1 is 10Gbps, as long as you find an external closure with usb 3.1 it should be the same.  If you get a USB 3 (4.8Gbps) external enclosure it'll be a tad slower than when you had the drive installed internally.

[Haveri]

4 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

A regular SATA to USB enclosure should do the job.

 

Theoretically it's going to be slower because it will be connected to USB, but it's still going to be faster than cheap flash drives.

Thanks that's interesting, and if I connect it through thunderbolt will it be at the same speed? I don't even have a thunderbold connection but maybe it's an opportunity to buy a motherboard that supports it.
Thanks in advance 

[Haveri]

Oh alright so I just need a closure with USB 3.1 then? I will try that thanks a lot

[octavian78]

7 minutes ago, Haveri said:

Hello everyone,

I currently have a Samsung EVO 870 2TB, internal. This is regular SSD, not nvme. I would like to turn it into an external drive and as far as I know that's possible with a special cable.

My question is, since I really depend on its speed and performance, will it be slower? What I thought is to use USB type C, is it a good idea? If it's somewhat slower then I'd better just get a new one instead.

Thanks a lot in advance!

Hello,

 

I have an 870 EVO 1TB that I'm using as an external SSD. I'm using an Adata EX500 with USB 3.1 and I get about 330-350 mb/s write. So, a bit of a performance hit, but nothing too crazy for me.

[Haveri]

4 minutes ago, Cypher64 said:

Sata III has a speed of 6.0Gbps and USB 3.1 is 10Gbps, as long as you find an external closure with usb 3.1 it should be the same.  If you get a USB 3 (4.8Gbps) it'll be a tad slower than when you had the drive installed internally.

My mother board has two ports of "USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity"
And one of "USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity"
Which should I get then?
Or it doesn't matter?

Thanks a lot

[Needfuldoer]

7 minutes ago, Haveri said:

My mother board has two ports of "USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity"
And one of "USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity"
Which should I get then?
Or it doesn't matter?

Thanks a lot

At that point it's just splitting hairs.

 

Don't worry about theoretically bottlenecking the drive, it's going to be plenty fast regardless. (Just don't get a USB 2.0 enclosure.)

[MonkeyBomb]

3 minutes ago, Haveri said:

My mother board has two ports of "USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity"
And one of "USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity"
Which should I get then?
Or it doesn't matter?

Thanks a lot

 

Look for an external enclosure that is greater than the Sata3 speed (6Gbps) and you should be fine. Whether it's use 3.1 or 3.2 is totally your preference

[Haveri]

Ok guys thanks a lot!

[Senzelian]

46 minutes ago, Haveri said:

My mother board has two ports of "USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity"
And one of "USB 3.2 Gen 2 (3.1 Gen 2) Type-C ports quantity"
Which should I get then?
Or it doesn't matter?

Thanks a lot

 

USB naming is fun. The USB forum changed the name of USB 3.0 and 3.1 multiple times in the past. Here is the current correct naming, including the old naming and their speeds:

 

Speed - Current Name (Old name)

 

05Gb/s - USB 3.2 Gen 1 (USB 3.0, 3.1 Gen 1)

10Gb/s - USB 3.2 Gen 2 (USB 3.1 Gen2)

20Gb/s - USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 

40Gb/s - USB 4.0