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More and more USB sticks and microSD cards are being made with dubious components — data recovery firm uncovers no-name, low-quality NAND inside many devices (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I bought an m.2 drive enclosure. It's bulky, but so damn fast. Plus it recycles old drives I've had lying around. Love it.

  • bulky compared to standard flash drive, still quite portable
[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Link?

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 3 points 9 months ago

Not OP but get Orico, they make good stuff.

Whatever enclosure you get, verify that it doesn't have a jmicron chipset, they're garbage.