EDC is a hot circle in recent years, and the full name is every day carry, that is, the accompanying items that are carried out every day.
As a working person who believes in practicality, most of my portable EDCs are work-related items, including laptops, iPads, and so on. Just recently, a new digital goodie was added to my EDC go-with goodies – a USB4 SSD enclosure.
For friends who often need to copy data and transfer files, mobile storage devices are indispensable in the good things that go with them. Compared with portable hard drives, SSD enclosures have many advantages, such as support for capacity expansion, faster speed, better heat dissipation, and so on. And my newly purchased USB4 SSD enclosure has the fastest transfer rate of 40Gbps at present.
The hard disk enclosure comes from the domestic 3C manufacturer Greenlink, and the product focuses on 40Gbps transmission rate and fan heat dissipation design. Previously, most of the domestic SSD enclosure products were based on 10Gbps rate, and 10Gbps was also USB 32. The peak rate of the interface. However, with the widespread popularity of the USB4 interface in the laptop market, many storage products have quickly followed suit and iterated to the latest USB4 version.
This USB4 hard disk enclosure of Greenlink uses the USB4 main control chip of Taiwanese manufacturer Xiangshuo Technology - ASM2464PD, which supports USB4, Thunderbolt 4 3 and low-version USB protocol, which means that whether it is a high-end Win laptop, or Apple's Mac computer, Android mobile phone or Apple mobile phone, this hard disk enclosure has good compatibility.
Unlike other enclosure products on the market, this enclosure is equally compatible with multiple SSD sizes. Inside the enclosure there are limit slots for four sizes of SSDs, which are positioned by screws.
In addition, the turbofan inside the enclosure is also a highlight. The function of the fan is not to blow directly into the core heat source, but to draw in external air to achieve rapid cooling by cooperating with the air ducts in the front and rear of the hard disk enclosure. In addition, the hard disk enclosure itself is made of aluminum alloy, and the excellent thermal conductivity of the aluminum body can also help the hard disk enclosure achieve rapid cooling.
In day-to-day use, this hard drive enclosure also shows excellent productivity . The ** material shot with a camera or mobile phone can be copied directly to the hard disk enclosure through the data cable, and after being connected to the computer, the hard disk enclosure can be directly used as an editing disk. The actual test is smooth enough whether it is dragging or **4K material, and the experience is almost no different from the original hard disk case of the laptop. Of course, this is also related to the speed of the SSD enclosure itself, which is best paired with PCIe 40 SSD, to bring out the full power of this hard drive enclosure.
In addition to being used with a computer, the experience of connecting the hard drive enclosure directly to the mobile phone is also quite excellent. Use iPhone 15 Pro to connect through the USB4 cable provided with the hard disk enclosure, and the Files app directly displays the hard disk enclosure drive letter, which can be stored and copied. However, the iPhone 15 Pro uses a USB 3 interface2 specifications (10Gbps rate), but it can also achieve transfer speeds of up to 1250MB s, which is quite impressive.
In terms of volume, the hard disk case is slightly smaller than the mobile phone as a whole, and it will not cause too much weight when put into the bag.
As a daily companion goodie, the experience of this USB4 hard disk enclosure is quite excellent, its performance and appearance are the best workmanship, and it has excellent compatibility with mainstream mobile devices, PCs, etc. For those who have just needed external storage devices on weekdays, it is worth including this hard drive enclosure in the list of good things to carry with EDC.