M.2 SSDs are amazingly quick and environment friendly. But in the event you haven’t constructed a desktop or upgraded a laptop computer not too long ago, you won’t know that they’re additionally freakin’ tiny. The 2280 customary, the most important amongst them, is simply 80mm lengthy (a hair over three inches). It makes the chunky onerous drives of yesteryear appear like bricks as compared. One Chinese vendor has determined to make use of the tiny measurement of contemporary drives to have a little bit enjoyable, constructing an enclosure that appears like — and in reality, works as — a toy automotive.

The glossy purple construct of the automotive hides a Realtek storage controller, with an ordinary M.2 SSD storage slot with PCIe 3.0 speeds on one facet and a USB-C port on the opposite. That slotted steel physique isn’t only for present, both: Since it seems to be a small chunk of aluminum, it ought to work to passively dissipate the warmth of the drive when it’s plugged in. Just attempt to withstand the urge to roll it alongside on these plastic wheels when you’re really utilizing it. It was first noticed by Fanless Tech.

It’s really easy to build an external SSD — you are able to do it in only a few minutes, pairing an enclosure with one of the best M.2 SSDs and a little bit little bit of formatting in your OS of selection. But the top result’s, effectively, a little bit plastic field, not a complete lot completely different from the USB flash drives we’ve all been utilizing for the final couple of many years. This enclosure provides a little bit enjoyable and aptitude to an in any other case boring product.

Unfortunately, its comparatively low velocity (bottlenecking a PCIe 4.0 or 5.0 drive fairly a bit) isn’t the one downer. According to Tom’s Hardware, it’s solely promoting in some Chinese online stores in the meanwhile, and for a fairly hefty native equal of about $55 USD. Hopefully we’ll see somebody import this design, or give you some equally whimsical enclosure concepts, within the close to future.