I have a 2017 iMac base model with 40 GB RAM and 1 TB Fusion Drive. I want to install Mojave on an external 1.0 TB Thunderbolt 3 M.2 NVMe (PCIe 3.0) SSD drive interface. The drive Claims speed of 1800 MB/s access times. I did not want to spend more than $1,400 for Mac Computer so went with Fusion drive which I knew was not desirable but read that these M.2 NVMe drives with Thunderbolt 3 would perform similar to internal SSD. I don't plan on chaining any Thunderbolt 3 drives with the SSD. Any issues anyone can see with doing this? Will I see similar performance from this drive with an internal Apple stock SSD?
The drive is on sale for $298 as of this week so I want to jump on this quickly if this is a good idea.
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TB3ENVPRC10/
I want to format the 1 TB Fusion Drive as a data drive and boot off the external 1 TB 3 SSD.
The drive is on sale for $298 as of this week so I want to jump on this quickly if this is a good idea.
https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TB3ENVPRC10/
I want to format the 1 TB Fusion Drive as a data drive and boot off the external 1 TB 3 SSD.