M.2 SSD Adapters & Enclosures

Explaining M.2 PCIe adapter cards, and USB enclosures, that can be used to access an M.2 SSD when it cannot be plugged into a motherboard slot. My follow-up video on "Free Drive Cloning Applications" is here:    • Free Drive Cloning Applications   You can learn more about SSDs, and their interfaces, form-factors and technologies in my video here:    • Explaining SSDs: Form Factors, Interfaces ...   And I have a video all about PCIe slots here:    • Explaining PCIe Slots   The CrystalDisk Mark test software I used is free to download from: https://crystalmark.info/en/download/ The products I purchased and tested in the video were as follows: Glotrends M.2 PCIe NVMe 4.0/3.0 Adapter (for a x4, x8 or x16 PCIe slot) -- Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3OQiLof & Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3s84JGI This is the PCIe x4 model. Glotrends M.2 PCIe NVMe 4.0/3.0 Adapter (for a x1, x4, x8 or x16 PCIe slot) -- Amazon US: https://amzn.to/44gBhM1 & UK: https://amzn.to/3OM9ugW This is the PCIe x1 model. Orico M.2 USB enclosure. Amazon US:https://amzn.to/3KJ84Cq & Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3sdTxsf I have also added these items to my Amazon US storefronts: Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/shop/explainin... Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/explain... Please note that as an Amazon Associate I earn a commission from any qualifying purchases that you may make. For additional ExplainingComputers videos and other content, you can learn about becoming a channel member here:    / @explainingcomputers   More videos on computing and related topics can be found at:    / @explainingcomputers   You may also like my ExplainingTheFuture channel at:    / @explainingthefuture   Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 00:52 M.2, SATA & PCIe 07:19 PCIe Card Tests 11:20 USB Enclosure 15:17 Cloning Tools #SSD #M2 #PCIe #NVMe #Adapter #Enclosure #explainingcomputers