How To Pick The Best Thunderbolt 4 Storage SSD Enclosure For M4 Macs - How Do You Decide and Test?

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In this video we discuss how to pick the best Thunderbolt 4 SSD enclosure for your M4 Mac like the brand new M4 Mac minis. We discuss the correct tests to determine if your Thunderbolt 4 enclosure and M.2 SSD is performing well on your Mac and if you are getting the best performance that you can. Is 3,000 MB/s fast enough and will Thunderbolt 5 even make a difference. So if you bought something like a new M4 Mac mini, M4 MacBook or M4 iMac and want the fastest Thunderbolt 4 storage, watch this video to see how you should test this and how to build the best external storage for your Mac. Chapters in Video: 0:00 - Intro - Pick Best Thunderbolt 4 Enclosure 0:33 - Topics Covered in Video 1:41 - Picking Correct SSD and Speed 2:15 - First Thunderbolt 4 Test Overview 2:50 - Test 1 - Acasis Enclosure and WD SN770 SSD 3:53 - Test 2 - Acasis Enclosure and Orico SSD 4:52 - Test 3 - Acasis Enclosure and Leven SSD 6:36 - Speeds To Shoot For with External Storage 7:36 - Containing Heat on External Enclosures 11:25 - Things Are Not What They Seem 12:48 - Best Way To Test External SSDs on Mac 18:39 - What Did We Learn Here 19:53 - Conclusion To Video Acasis 40 Gbps SSD Enclosure with Fan - https://amzn.to/3B4iRWr Qwiizlab Fanless 40Gbps USB4 Enclosure - https://amzn.to/3TSTI71 Satechi M.2 UsB4 Enclosure - https://amzn.to/3zKAyth ZikeDrive USB4 40Gbps SSD Enclosure - https://ziketech.com/products/zikedrive-usb4-40gbps-nvme-m-2-ssd-enclosure-z666 Minisopuru 40Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure - https://amzn.to/3ZTah6y GRAUGEAR USB 4.0 M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure - https://amzn.to/3Y5QY8T ACASIS 40Gbps M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure - https://amzn.to/3ZQ3NWb Gigamundo AJM40C 40Gbps NVMe Enclosure - https://amzn.to/4eL5Ajt OWC SSD Enclsoure - https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/US4EXP1M2/ WD SN770 1 TB SSD - https://amzn.to/4gbSEEa WD SN770 2 TB SSD - https://amzn.to/3D1KLTz ORICO 1TB NVMe SSD PCIe O7000 - https://amzn.to/4fQGVLr Leven 2 TB SSD - https://amzn.to/3BgMBiU Samsung 990 Pro SSD 2 TB - https://amzn.to/49oHEkA WD SN850X 1 TB SSD - https://amzn.to/41eyLYS Samsung 990 Evo Plus 1 TB - https://amzn.to/4f2z3oL Crucial P3 Plus 2 TB SSD - https://amzn.to/4f570Fe Lexar NM790 4 TB SSD - https://amzn.to/4giqOpM M4 Mac mini 16 GB and 256 GB SSD - https://amzn.to/3ZmWSDd M4 Mac mini 16 GB and 512 GB SSD - https://amzn.to/3AU5BDF M4 Mac mini 24 GB and 512 GB SSD - https://amzn.to/4fIhgVg M4 Pro Mac mini with 24 GB and 512 GB SSD - https://amzn.to/3ZoeezQ Browse All M4 Macs - https://amzn.to/499bCsx Thank you for watching. Please note that if you use a link above to purchase a product it's possible that the channel could receive a commission. That commission will help us make more content like this about Thunderbolt 4 SSD enclosures and how to test them. Please note that we do this testing for informative purposes only and you should do your own research before buying any product.