The OWC Envoy Express may be small, but it's a big deal. For the first time in Thunderbolt history, you can purchase a Thunderbolt-certified enclosure with bus power and install your own drive inside. Finally, a DIY kit that allows you to break free from pre-configured selection limits to create a pocket-sized storage solution that meets your specific needs. And you can rebuild it anytime your requirements change. Equally revolutionary is the included sliding mount. With this surface-safe, removable drive holder, you can slide the Envoy Express onto the back of your laptop's screen to simplify mobile use.
More options. More user-friendliness. Create your Envoy Express with a drive for a fast boot drive. Reuse an existing drive that was replaced during an upgrade to gain additional storage and backup capacity. Or use the Envoy Express to access files on a drive removed from a non-functioning computer. Whatever the reason you want to build your own Thunderbolt bus-powered enclosure, the Envoy Express gives you the opportunity to do so.
Whether you want to back up your growing photo and music libraries, share files, play more PS4/Xbox games, or even capture and edit up to 8K videos, the Envoy Express can be used for a variety of needs. And it is designed to support super-fast, sustained data transfer rates of up to 1553 MB/s—often faster than your computer's internal drive performance.
Form factor | M.2 |
Number of HDD slots | 1 |
Interface | M.2 Key M |
USB ports | Thunderbolt 3 |
Exact USB ports | Thunderbolt 3 (1x) |
Item number | 14528706 |
Manufacturer | OWC |
Category | Hard drive enclosures |
Manufacturer no. | OWCTB3ENVXP00 |
Release date | 29.12.2020 |
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Colour | Black |
Exact colour description | Black |
Material group | Metal |
Material | Aluminium |
External case type | HDD housing |
Form factor | M.2 |
Number of HDD slots | 1 |
Protocol | NVMe |
Max. data transfer rate | 40000 Mbit/s |
Hard drive height | 12.7 mm |
Interface | M.2 Key M |
USB ports | Thunderbolt 3 |
Exact USB ports | Thunderbolt 3 (1x) |
Power supply | USB power delivery |
Country of origin | China |
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Scope of delivery | Instruction manual |
Length | 10 cm |
Width | 4.40 cm |
Height | 1.20 cm |
Weight | 88 g |
Length | 16 cm |
Width | 11 cm |
Height | 4 cm |
Weight | 180 g |
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Source: Digitec GalaxusYou can put together your own external solution by purchasing an empty enclosure and an SSD separately. The Thunderbolt protocol is ideal for the Mac, but unfortunately there are very few Thunderbolt SSDs and even fewer Thunderbolt empty enclosures. One of these few solutions is the Envoy Express from OWC, which can be fitted with almost all SSDs, such as a Crucial T500 for 90 euros...