@Simon, I think I’m pulling back on the idea of Thunderbolt 5 and the highest performance. What do you think about the combination of
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I looked at other cases, but a lot of the no-name brands recommended in the past are “currently unavailable” on Amazon, which doesn’t give one the warm fuzzies. Although the OWC Express 1M2 is a bit big (I do like the form factor of the little Samsung T5 that I use for Time Machine), I figure the heat sink design might be best for longevity.
The Samsung 990 EVO Plus is a bit cheaper than the 990 PRO, but it doesn’t sound like I’d hit the ways in which it’s slower.