External SSD for Mac Studio

Cromulent · 26 Oct 2023 at 19:02

I have a couple of rather poor USB external drives. One does 750 write and 550 read and the other one is below 400 for both read and write. I'm looking for a 2TB external drive that is faster than both of those. My budget is around £200 but I am flexible as I need the faster storage. It'll get plugged into a Mac Studio Thunderbolt 4 port.

Cromulent · 26 Oct 2023 at 19:28

Ah, awesome! Thank you. I'll explore that a bit more.

Cromulent · 26 Oct 2023 at 19:47

Hmm. The standard 990 Pro is £145 and the heatsink version is £192. I'm thinking it isn't worth the extra as it'll be running outside the case or am I wrong?

Cromulent · 26 Oct 2023 at 20:46

Feek said:
The heatsink version won’t fit in the enclosure

I see. Thank you.

Cromulent · 27 Oct 2023 at 16:49

HACO said:
The headsink options are never worth it even if using inside the case. You can get a better heatsink yourself for <£10, but they're not really needed anyway for typical home usage.

Thank you for the clarification.