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2TB Samsung T7 Shield USB 3.2 Gen 2 External Solid State Drive (Black, MU-PE2T0S/AM) on sale for
$99.99.
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NVMe+tb4 = expensive, runs hot, modular meaning can replace sticks as you wish or can buy sticks maybe cheaper than non-modular solutions(though nvme are not a bargain unlike sata ssds), when hot or over long download/upload drops the speed less and that speed is less than t7 shield, runs much faster for quick bursts, full speed though only useable on a laptop equipped with tb4 preferrable not M1/M2(they cut speeds). Might be good solution if you have free nvme laying around from laptop upgrade - total cost then would be cheaper than t7.
They have all pros and cons and depends on your usage. Bought this as a happy medium - cheaper, runs cool and 1000mbs is more than enough + i am on mac so 4-7000 speeds are not useable here anyways.
I'm referring to the G40.
G40 is good but why pay ferrari price to be stuck in the traffic.
If you stick with g40, i would make sure that your mac actually utilizes the speeds listed on the box(3000?). If your mac is limiting this speed then you can not use g40 up to full potential.
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I'm referring to the G40.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/arst...d-say/amp/
But anyway, this drive will be a for a tertiary backup, so speed is more important in my case. What I'm not sure is if even with thunderbolt, the drive will offer any meaningful advantage in backup type operations where you are dealing with large number of small files.
I wish there was some real world comparision of how long it takes these drives to create a 100GB time machine backup vs simply showing the blackmagic test results which is really useful for huge file transfers only.
G40 is good but why pay ferrari price to be stuck in the traffic.
If you stick with g40, i would make sure that your mac actually utilizes the speeds listed on the box(3000?). If your mac is limiting this speed then you can not use g40 up to full potential.
Its a MBP 14" M2, so should hopefully not be the speed bottleneck
Am I correct regarding the above? Thank you.
The Apple thunderbolt adapter doesn't translate USB 3 speak to thunderbolt it's only for other thunderbolt devices.
So the only solutionsI can think of to get full potential of this drive is to get a thunderbolt hub with 10gbps USB 3 gen 2. I don't think any TB2 hubs have this. You'll prolly need to get a TB3 hub with the adapter.
Or find a TB2 external PCIe box and put a USB 3 gen 2 card in there (and hope the mac drivers exist)
The Apple thunderbolt adapter doesn't translate USB 3 speak to thunderbolt it's only for other thunderbolt devices.
So the only solutionsI can think of to get full potential of this drive is to get a thunderbolt hub with 10gbps USB 3 gen 2. I don't think any TB2 hubs have this. You'll prolly need to get a TB3 hub with the adapter.
Or find a TB2 external PCIe box and put a USB 3 gen 2 card in there (and hope the mac drivers exist)
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