Flashy and Gaudy: An SSD Enclosure with a Tiny Screen — Unboxing the Shuole NVMe Digital Display SSD Enclosure

Preface

Hello everyone, I'm Xiyuan.

I previously bought a 4TB SSD to recover data, and to make it more convenient to use, I also bought an M.2 SSD enclosure

This enclosure had actually been sitting in my shopping cart for a long time

But I never placed the order because I didn't need it

This time I happened to need an enclosure, so it was the first thing I thought of

Compared to ordinary enclosures, its special feature is that it has a little screen added😂

These days, every kind of device loves adding a little screen—keyboards, chargers, power banks, controllers. Manufacturers have cooked up new gimmicks in the innovation arms race

I bought it in September for 80 yuan. Now Double 11 is almost here, I checked, and it's already dropped to 68. I got totally ripped off😂

But storage prices have already skyrocketed, so the enclosure going on sale doesn't even help😑

Packaging

In the same frame as the Lexar SSD

From another angle

A look at it on its own

The packaging is actually pretty crude

Unboxing

This plastic inside reminds me of the no-name headphones I bought last time😂

Accessories

This enclosure is a bit more of a hassle—it needs screws, so they included a screwdriver among the accessories

There's also a data cable and thermal pads

This cable is a 2-in-1 Type-C and Type-A, which is a plus

The Enclosure Itself

In person it actually looks a lot tackier than in the photos

Not as refined

But the metal shell feels pretty decent

The Back

This enclosure needs to be secured with screws

Makes taking it apart a bit more of a hassle

The included screwdriver is very rough and cuts your hands

Inside

After opening it up, the inside looks like this

Installing the SSD

It uses plastic plugs in here, which are fairly stiff

After installing, it looks like this

Cooling

Oh right, this enclosure also comes with some thermal pads

You can stick them on the SSD as needed to improve cooling

Final Form

After assembly, it looks like this

The Little Screen

After plugging it in, the little screen looks like this

The information displayed on it is actually less useful than I imagined

I wouldn't even call it a mixed bag—I'd just say it's completely useless😂

Maybe being able to see whether the USB is 3.2 or 3.0 is somewhat useful?

Anyway, it's neither flashy nor practical

But the price isn't that high, so this little screen is better than nothing, I guess (but wasn't the little screen supposed to be the selling point in the first place??😅)

Speed Test

I used this Shuole enclosure and the JD enclosure I bought last time to test the speeds of the Lexar 4TB SSD and the ZhiTai 2TB SSD

You can compare them

Both were tested on the USB-C port of the Jige 14x

Below is the Lexar 4TB SSD

Below is the ZhiTai 2TB SSD

The test results are a bit strange. Write speeds are about the same, but the JD enclosure's read speed is a lot faster than this Shuole one

That's a bit weird. Could there be something wrong with this Shuole model's controller board?

I don't get it

PS: Oh, and this JD enclosure cost 50 yuan when I bought it (November 2024), and now it's gone up to 55 yuan

Wrap-up

emmm, how should I put it

I wouldn't really recommend this enclosure

Of course it isn't terrible either. With the Double 11 discount now, it's only 10 yuan more expensive than the JD one