The new SilverStone MS12-40G is a compact and lightweight M.2 SSD enclosure featuring a 40 Gbps USB4 or Thunderbolt 4 interface with fan-based active cooling, letting you give an unused M.2 NVMe SSD a new lease of life as a formidable portable SSD.

The OWC Express 1M2 is a portable enclosure for M.2 NVMe SSDs that supports 40 Gbps on USB4 or Thunderbolt systems. It is among the rare few enclosures in its category that doesn't need active cooling, with its body doubling up as heatsink. It's also sold with preinstalled SSDs, but we're testing the one you pair with your own drive.

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