SilverStone reveals its MS12 External M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure

SilverStone has just revealed its MS12 External M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure, offering users 20Gbps storage speeds using the USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 interface when used with a fast enough M.2 NVMe SSD. Yes, the USB Implementors Forum though USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 was a good brand name…

For context, 20Gbps translates to transfer speeds of 2.5GB per second. This makes SilverStone’s MS12 SSD enclosure one of the fastest storage devices on the market outside of Thunderbolt-based devices. This SSD enclosure uses the ASMedia ASM2364 controller, offering PC users staggeringly high levels of storage performance and cool/quiet operation thanks to Solverstone’s use of thermal pads and cooling optimised aluminium enclosure. 

Silverstone has designed their MS12 enclosure with all mainstream M.2 NVMe SSD form factors, supporting M.2 22×42, 22×60 and 22×80 SSD sizes. This enclosure does not support SATA M.2 or PCIe AHCI M.2 SSDs, only M.2 NVMe SSDs are supported, which makes sense given the high performance targets of this enclosure. 

  
SilverStone has not revealed the pricing of their MS12 SSD enclosure or when this SSD will be released to retailers. Silverstone’s webpage for their MS12 SSD enclosure also supports the BOT and UAS protocols, the TRIM command set, NVMe Error Reporting and Recovery and S.M.A.R.T drive monitoring. 

Below are the full specifications of Silverstone’s MS12 SSD enclosure. 

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