How to build a Thunderbolt SSD for your Mac - WAVLINK enclosure & Samsung NVMe SSD

In this video I'm showing you how to build your own external Thunderbolt 3 drive that uses an M.2 NVME SSD for the storage. The Thunderbolt 3 NVME SSD enclosure that I'm using is the WAVLINK Thunderbolt 3 to NVMe PCI-E M-key SSD and the M.2 NVME SSD I'm using is the Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB.

For this example I'm building this Thunderbolt SSD for my M1 Max MacBook Pro. However, you can use this Thunderbolt SSD with anything that is compatible, such as any Apple Mac computer with Thunderbolt 3 or Thunderbolt 4 interfacing or any Windows PC with the same.

While I was a bit disappointed with the write speeds using the Samsung SSD, the read speeds were very good. I have since used a WD Blue 1TB M.2 NVME SSD with this enclosure and it gives around 1800MB/s write and around 2200MB/s read. This WD is a fair bit cheaper than the Samsung and for basic storage may be the better option, I've included links to that as well below.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro and explanation
02:42 All the parts
07:23 Inside the enclosure
08:37 Fitting the SSD into the enclosure
13:41 Connecting the TB3 cable to the enclosure
15:28 Formatting the SSD in the Mac
18:23 Disk Speed test with BMD app
22:33 Real world write test
24:33 Real world read test
26:10 End credits

Amazon links:
WAVLINK Thunderbolt 3 SSD enclosure: https://geni.us/WavlinkTB3Enclosure
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB: https://geni.us/Samsung970EVOPlus1TB
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB: https://geni.us/Samsung970EVOPlus2TB
WD Blue 1TB: https://geni.us/WB1TBBlue
Other TB3 SSD Enclosures: https://geni.us/TB3NVMeEnclosures
Other NVMe SSDs: https://geni.us/NVMeSSD

Apple Computers:
M1 Max MacBook Pro USA https://geni.us/M1MaxMacBookProUSA
M1 Pro MacBook Pro USA https://geni.us/M1ProMacBookProUSA
M1 Max MacBook Pro Amazon UK https://geni.us/M1MaxMacBookPro
Mac Mini M1 (2020) https://geni.us/MacMiniM1
MacBook Pro M1 (2020) https://geni.us/MacBookProM1-2020
MacBook Air M1 (2020) https://geni.us/MacBookAirM1-2020
iMac M1 (2021) https://geni.us/iMacM1-2021

iPhones and peripherals.
iPhone 13 Pro Max https://geni.us/iPhone13ProMax
iPhone 13 Pro https://geni.us/iPhone13Pro
iPhone 13 https://geni.us/iPhone13
iPhone 13 Mini https://geni.us/iPhone13Mini

iPads and Apple peripherals.
iPad Pro M1 (2021) 11 inch https://geni.us/M1iPadPro2021-11-Inch
iPad Pro M1 (2021) 12.9 inch https://geni.us/M1iPadPro2021
iPad Mini 6 (2021) https://geni.us/iPadMini2021
iPad Air 4 (2020) https://geni.us/iPadAir4-2020
iPad 9 (2021) https://geni.us/iPad9
Magic Keyboard 11 inch https://geni.us/MagicKeyboard11inch
Magic Keyboard 5th Gen 12.9 inch https://geni.us/MagicKeyboard5thGen
Pencil 2 https://geni.us/PencilGen2
USB C to headphone adapter https://geni.us/Apple-USBC-Headphone
Lightning to headphone adapter https://geni.us/LightningToHeadphone

3rd party iPad peripherals.
ESR tempered glass screen protectors for all current iPads.
iPad Pro 2018/2020/2021 & Air 4 https://geni.us/iPadProScreenProtector
iPad Mini 6 (2021) https://geni.us/ESRiPadMini6Protector
iPad 9 (2021) & 8th 7th Gen https://geni.us/ESRiPad9Protector
CableCreation USB C to HDMI cable https://geni.us/CableCreationUSBCHDMI
CableCreation USB C to DisplayPort cable https://geni.us/CableCreationUSBCDP
DockTeck USB C hub (works with iPad Pro M1) https://geni.us/DockteckUSBC-HUB

Apple TV & other Apple products.
Apple TV 4K (2021) https://geni.us/AppleTV-2021
Air Pods Max https://geni.us/AirPods-Max

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