Hi y'all!
After 14 years I upgraded from a MBP 13 inch i5 to a Mac mini m4 + Thunderbolt Display 27 inch (512 GB - 16GB)
It's been an amazing upgrade!
External storage is my next step, but it's been bogging me.
Mounting it on the aluminum back of my Thunderbolt Display will help a bit already with heat management ✌️
1. This mini will be used for:
- Hobby level Photo editing
- Editing old 1080 video footage for myself
- The usual web browsing, play a game maybe. Not to crazy.
2. My quest is external storage.
I have 6 - 7TB of old storage (audio, video (1080 HD) and pictures)
I can boil it down to 3 TB I think by sorting it down.
I will go for 4TB.
Option 1: Samsung T7/T7 shield
Option 2: NVMe + enclosure
To make it redundant I would buy either HDD or SSD for Time Machine, not sure yet.
Reported issues:
T7
- reported to have wax coming out when it's overheating to often.
T7 shield seems better at this?
- Lower speeds 1000 Mbs
- Disconnection (due to overheating?)
NVMe:
- Overheating due to bad passive enclosure. OWC 1M2 & Qwizzlab seem reliable.
- (to) Higher iddle temperatures
- disconnects
- Mac mini sleep mode doesn't work with some enclosures
- Hit and miss with enclosures
3. Choice:
My plan is either buy a T7/T7 shield or go for a 990 Pro + OWC 1M2/Qwizzlab enclosure.
Speed is not the most important, reliability is. (overheating + disconnection, no thanks...)
NVMe has higher speeds so more future proof.
Both options seem to be reliable, IF they operate fine.
There also have been reports of problems (see above)
The disk will not be pushed hard in general, more read then write.
All my apps and video projects will be done on the mini itself and then transferred to the disk once complete.
My entire photo library will be on the disc though, and using photo program to run it from Mac mini.
What is your experience with the T7 and/or NVMe enclosure regarding this setup?
I have a T7 and 990 Pro + (OWC 1M2 + Qwizzlab) laying around here already due to Black Friday deal on amazon.
All I have to do is pick the right option.
Thanks!
Greetings from the Netherlands
After 14 years I upgraded from a MBP 13 inch i5 to a Mac mini m4 + Thunderbolt Display 27 inch (512 GB - 16GB)
It's been an amazing upgrade!
External storage is my next step, but it's been bogging me.
Mounting it on the aluminum back of my Thunderbolt Display will help a bit already with heat management ✌️
1. This mini will be used for:
- Hobby level Photo editing
- Editing old 1080 video footage for myself
- The usual web browsing, play a game maybe. Not to crazy.
2. My quest is external storage.
I have 6 - 7TB of old storage (audio, video (1080 HD) and pictures)
I can boil it down to 3 TB I think by sorting it down.
I will go for 4TB.
Option 1: Samsung T7/T7 shield
Option 2: NVMe + enclosure
To make it redundant I would buy either HDD or SSD for Time Machine, not sure yet.
Reported issues:
T7
- reported to have wax coming out when it's overheating to often.
T7 shield seems better at this?
- Lower speeds 1000 Mbs
- Disconnection (due to overheating?)
NVMe:
- Overheating due to bad passive enclosure. OWC 1M2 & Qwizzlab seem reliable.
- (to) Higher iddle temperatures
- disconnects
- Mac mini sleep mode doesn't work with some enclosures
- Hit and miss with enclosures
3. Choice:
My plan is either buy a T7/T7 shield or go for a 990 Pro + OWC 1M2/Qwizzlab enclosure.
Speed is not the most important, reliability is. (overheating + disconnection, no thanks...)
NVMe has higher speeds so more future proof.
Both options seem to be reliable, IF they operate fine.
There also have been reports of problems (see above)
The disk will not be pushed hard in general, more read then write.
All my apps and video projects will be done on the mini itself and then transferred to the disk once complete.
My entire photo library will be on the disc though, and using photo program to run it from Mac mini.
What is your experience with the T7 and/or NVMe enclosure regarding this setup?
I have a T7 and 990 Pro + (OWC 1M2 + Qwizzlab) laying around here already due to Black Friday deal on amazon.
All I have to do is pick the right option.
Thanks!
Greetings from the Netherlands