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Due to the current high price of NAND, buying an enclosure and populating it with an NVMe SSD is a more enticing proposition than ever before, and it has always appealed to PC builders. Note that even a PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD will give you good performance in up to 20Gbps enclosures, though you'll need at least a PCIe 4.0 model to get the most out of an 40/80Gbps enclosure.

The D1 SSD is dirt cheap for a weatherized IP67-rated aluminum enclosure that runs super cool: $40. Of course, you’re on your own for the NVMe SSD. Anything PCIe 3.0 or later will work as any NVMe SSD will easily outstrip 10Gbps USB’s bandwidth. That said, I used PCI 4.0 and 5.0 types to test, and that allowed the following to occur.

The D1 SSD looks cool, runs cool, is weatherproof, and is super-affordable for such quality construction. I’m guessing you won’t be able to futz the NVMe thing after Terramaster updates the firmware, nor should you run the risk of trashing other drives on your system. That said, it was hella’ cool seeing a 10Gbps USB SSD read at 40Gbps. If you do try to mimic my results, which may stem partly from my talent for borking otherwise stable products (it’s a blessing, it’s a curse), I suggest that you never pull the drive off the system. Especially when powered on. I bear zero responsibility for any

The D1 SSD Plus is a striking-looking, all-aluminum enclosure featuring the 40GBps USB4 protocol, with a single M.2 NVMe slot inside with thermal compound strips included. It measures approximately 4.4-inches long, by 2.25-inches wide, by 1.25-inches thick/high. Weight is just shy of 9 ounces, which feels pretty hefty at the size. A two-piece clamshell, the halves of the silver enclosure are held together by two tabs and a single captive screw — a rather tiny screw, which makes it a good thing that it’s captive. On the other hand, the D1’s method for holding the M.2 NVMe SSD in the enclosure i