With the increasing popularity of NVMe drives, more and more consumers are likely to have old NVMe drives that are still functional, but maybe not the hot new thing, just lying around. These are great for various purposes, such as high-performance scratch space or even making a spare external to use as a backup. For those use cases and others, the Orico M2L2 and ORICO M2V01-C4 work well with most budgets.

There are more use cases though if you had a large collection of older drives, you could purchase multiple of these and combine them with the ORICO Multi-Port Hub to mine Proof of space currencies, like Chia, at a larger scale, or you can create a high-performance external homelab RAID array. We figure most of these will be deployed individually, but there are some creative possibilities that could come up with these enclosures.

The Orico M2L2 and M2V01-C4 go for around $20 and $180 respectively at Amazon.
Orico M2L2 Specifications
| Models | M2L2-N03C3 M2L2-V03C3 M2L2-NV03C3 |
| Protocol | SATA 3.0, NVMe, Dual-protocol |
| Transmission Rate | MAX 6Gbps, MAX 10Gbps, MAX 10Gbps |
| Material | Aluminum Alloy+ABS |
| Color | Gray |
| Dimensions | 108mm(L) 35.5mm(W) 11.2mm(H) |
| Support Capacity | MAX 2TB |
| Installation | Tool-free design |
| Supported Systems | Windows / Mac OS / Linux / Android |
Orico M2V01-C4 Specifications
| Models | M2V01-C4 |
| Material | Aluminum Alloy |
| Color | Gray |
| Output Interface | USB4.0 Type-C |
| Chip | JMicron JMS583 |
| Transmission Rate | 40Gbps |
| Dimensions | 121.6mm(L) 50mm(W) 17.6mm(H) |
| Support Capacity | 2TB |
| Installation | Screw |
| Supported Systems | Windows / Mac OS / Linux |
















