External drive recommendation

[mpainesyd (Michael Paine)]

Yes - see this discussion:

Looking for an enclosure for an M.2 SSD

I have a M.2 PCIe Gen 3.0 x4 NVMe SSD (Western Digital PC SN720 SDAPNTW-512G-1006). My immediate need is to put it in an enclosure and initialize it, and then I will be installing it in a computer. It’s a long story why I can’t just put it in the computer as is. But in the future I may want to use the enclosure for this or another M.2 SSD. Looking at the available ports, I think the minimum requirement is USB C 3.1 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). I’m not looking to spend the extra $ for Thunderbolt 3 (40 Gbp…

Here are some photos of the steps to preparing an NVMe M.2 SSD
The parts (SSD at top)

Insert SSD in the connector

Scew down the top cover

Attach a USB-c (or Thunderbolt) cable