Question *STABLE* NVMe - USB Adapter?

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cyberjedi

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I'm looking to buy a *RELIABLE* NVME-USB external adapter, that doesn't disconnect randomly, can keep up the close to 1GB/s speed.
So far all adapter's reviews contain frighteningly high % of reports of malfunction, random disconnects, sub-par speeds, falling to even under USB 2.0 speeds, etc.
There are 3 main chipsets in the market: JMicron JMS583, Asmedia ASM2362, and Realtek RTL9210 (no product has surfaced with the latter yet, so no REAL reviews, experiences yet UPDATE: it is on the market already).
Also ASUS has a new product, ROG Strix Arion, but there isn't enough feedback about it yet, and I mean real life feedback not just being able to run a few benchmarks, but real stress test to see if the device (adapter) can keep it up, without disconnecting or slowing down hard.
I would really appreciate any feedback from those who have GOOD experiences during stress-tests, like tons of random 4k writes with a stable speed, cloning 100's of GB-s at a stable high speed close to 1GB/s.
I know SSD's very well, so please stick to the point and don't start to educate me on how their speed falls after some writes, etc. I'm aware and this is NOT the point.
You can help if you can point me to a STABLE and RELIABLE NVMe-USB-C adapter that WORKS as expected.
Thank you in advance!
 
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hash1873

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doesnt really matter apart from a few bugs with specific drives
they all have a bug or two just go for the best speed to price point

20 Gbps ASM2364 is a solid choice and my goto for best speed per $
Is there a list of problematic SSD controllers/SSDs? I'm planning to buy one specifically for an enclosure.
 

Shonky

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Is there a list of problematic SSD controllers/SSDs? I'm planning to buy one specifically for an enclosure.

They are very few and far between

the only ones i can think of from the top of my head

WD SN740 had io errors on pc reboot causing a slow boot on RTL9210 the drive worked fine i think its fixed on newer firmware
Toshiba BG4 has Corruption issues on JMS583 its fine on RTL9210 and ASM2364 (BG5 and BG6 is fine on JMS583)

Oh another one Samsung PM9B1 had an io error issue on pc reboot causing a slow boot on i think JMS583 drive worked fine
i think it was alleviated with a firmware update on the PM9B1

its always dramless drives causing the issue doing things out of spec
 
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kiparen

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XG3,XG4,XG6 are fine in all enclosures its the dramless models that get problems in certain Enclosures
For example WD SN740 gets IO resets on pc reboot on one chipset cant remember if it was ASM2364 or RTL9210B
i think it was aleviated with a firmware update on the SN740's at some point cant remember
Samsung PM9B1 gets an io error on reboot also on one of them cant remember which
BG4 you know about with JMS583
It turns out this isn't true. Reading SMART data is impossible in either Windows or Linux when using the XG6 with JMS583. However, h2testw finds no errors. Without the case, there are no problems. JMS583 firmware 2.1.4.
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smartctl:

=== START OF SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02)
Critical Warning: 0x00
Temperature: -
Available Spare: 0%
Available Spare Threshold: 10%
Percentage Used: 1%
Data Units Read: 0
Data Units Written: 0
Host Read Commands: 0
Host Write Commands: 0
Controller Busy Time: 0
Power Cycles: 0
Power On Hours: 0
Unsafe Shutdowns: 0
Media and Data Integrity Errors: 0
Error Information Log Entries: 0
Warning Comp. Temperature Time: 0
Critical Comp. Temperature Time: 0

Error Information (NVMe Log 0x01, 16 of 256 entries)
No Errors Logged
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CrystalDiskInfo:
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