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What external storage solutions are you going to use with the Mac Studio
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The Terramaster page says:
If feasible, it would be good for people to know what the Terramaster's transfer rate is for a Mac that has Thunderbolt 3 but not USB4 support. (I can't remember which Macs fall in that category, but I know there are some.)
OWC clearly documents that on their page as:
If feasible, it would be good for people to know what the Terramaster's transfer rate is for a Mac that has Thunderbolt 3 but not USB4 support. (I can't remember which Macs fall in that category, but I know there are some.)
OWC clearly documents that on their page as:
| Thunderbolt 3 port on Intel Mac or PC | USB (10Gb/s) | 990MB/s |
The iMac Pro falls into this category and, on one enclosure that I tried, reverts back to USB 3.1 with sub 1K speeds.
Great performance from the D1 - like the 1M2. I've ordered a WD SN850X 8TB SSD to put into this one and will see how warm it feels in use. The 1M2 gets quite hot to the touch when used for Final Cut projects - interested to see how this one performs.
I also notice how the thermal pad makes good contact with the SSD as I closed the unit - you have to apply some pressure to sandwich them together and the screw seals that final gap. The chipset has its own thermal pad on the opposite side too....
I also notice how the thermal pad makes good contact with the SSD as I closed the unit - you have to apply some pressure to sandwich them together and the screw seals that final gap. The chipset has its own thermal pad on the opposite side too....
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Picked to a WD SN850X for the D1 SSD
Seems to be plenty of space under the drive as well - between the drive and the main board......
Quick speed test to make sure all is good......
And it can go alongside the others in my collection!
I have way too may drives now. I don't know why I keep getting them!
Will have to start selling some as I don't even have a use for them all!!......
I trust the OWC 1M2 drives completely, so will be using the D1 with Final Cut to see how it performs with the WD drive for a while before deciding!
Seems to be plenty of space under the drive as well - between the drive and the main board......
Quick speed test to make sure all is good......
And it can go alongside the others in my collection!
I have way too may drives now. I don't know why I keep getting them!
Will have to start selling some as I don't even have a use for them all!!......
I trust the OWC 1M2 drives completely, so will be using the D1 with Final Cut to see how it performs with the WD drive for a while before deciding!
On a side note, anyone else OCD like me and like to add images to every drive so it's easy to see which is which?? lol
People with a lot of drives usually create a YouTube channel for reviewing them. If they get enough subscribers, the companies send you the drives to test.
Most drive manufacturers (decent makes) have a download section with their icons…..
Most drive manufacturers (decent makes) have a download section with their icons…..
Never found these - I just find an image of the drive online, remove the background, and save it as PNG. lol
All my external drives are LaCie, they have a full library of every drive icon in their download section, which is nice.
So I got the Acasis 80Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure Compatible with Thunderbolt 5 M.2 NVMe
it is on sale on usa ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/167181396490 $195.30 -29 with this coupon ACAS25HOMEVID
so for me around 166 plus 11 tax or 177 net price. I added a Samsung 990 EVO plus 4tb nvme.2
I clone the internal and it is now my 4tb boot drive. Just as fast as the internal. I like the acasis so much I got another
and I will add another 4tb evo as a cloned backup. the 4tb Samsung is under 200 on sale so for about 177+200=377
you get a 4tb drive as fast as the internal drive of the max studio m4
it is on sale on usa ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/167181396490 $195.30 -29 with this coupon ACAS25HOMEVID
so for me around 166 plus 11 tax or 177 net price. I added a Samsung 990 EVO plus 4tb nvme.2
I clone the internal and it is now my 4tb boot drive. Just as fast as the internal. I like the acasis so much I got another
and I will add another 4tb evo as a cloned backup. the 4tb Samsung is under 200 on sale so for about 177+200=377
you get a 4tb drive as fast as the internal drive of the max studio m4
Looks like a different design over the 'standard' one?
I don't see it on the Acasis website...
Otherwise its the same chipset etc, so no different....
Acasis 80Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure Compatible with Thunderbolt 5
Adopts Intel® Certified Chip JHL9480 Compatible with Thunderbolt 5/4, USB 4 Read & write speed over 6000MB/s Supports Up to 8TB M.2 NVMe SSD Plug and Play, Driver-free, Built-in Cooling Fan
www.acasis.com
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well it is from their official ebay store. The first one is so good. I ordered a second one. Having 4tb boot drives in my Mac mini 4 and my Mac studio 4 at a cost of about $400 each vs $1200 for the internal upgrade is really good.
I had the other design that I linked to above.
I wouldn't mind the design you picked up though - may see if I can find it in the UK anywhere.
Is there a specific model number on the box?