The Best External SSD for Content Creators

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[Tsudkyk]

I was a “content creator” in the early days of YouTube. I gave it up to pursue my career but now i want to create content to help others who are pursuing a similar path. Times have changed, tech has changed- now I’m doing my best to advance with technology. I appreciate the information you provide, you are definitely helping me figure out the technical side of my creative pursuits. Thanks!

[sisterd]

As a minimalist content creator, this is exactly the solution I’m looking for.
Thanks for sharing!

[benjamintheisen]

Recently, I've seen manufacturers creating a single housing/shuttle unit that hold four NVMe drives. It's the same size as a 3.5" SSD. Very light. Runs hot. Handles RAID configs. That option can be useful for creators with large projects who need professional-grade data redundancy and quick retrieval.

[itsalexoh]

This came at such a good time as I’m doing a complete revamp of my media storage! I’ve been working mostly off the Samsung SSDs, G-Drives, and Lacie HDDs, but it’s amazing to see the options we have for external storage these days. Great video and really appreciate the BM speed tests you did!

[otm]

I'm currently using the following external setup on my MBP 16" M1 Pro & Mac Studio M1 Max to edit FCPx vids. I'm getting read/write speeds of 2400 thru 2800+ MB/s (2.4 Gb/s thru 2.8Gb/s). This is among the fastest I've seen for an external M.2 setup!

M.2 stick: SAMSUNG 980 PRO SSD 1TB PCIe 4.0 NVMe Gen 4 (MZ-V8P1T0B) - $139
Enclosure: TEKQ Cube Thunderbolt 3 SSD Enclosure, Thunderbolt 4, USB 4 - $127

Overall, I'm pretty darn happy with this setup even though the enclosure does get hot (they all do!). Also, I know the SSD is overkill since the enclosure will NEVER see the 7000 MB/s rating of the gen 4 980pro, but for the reasonable/discounted price of the pro I decided to get the highest tier option.

[TijuanaJackson]

I’m very skeptical of YouTube creator recommendations. But this dude has earned my trust.

[tomsviewphotographyadventu]

I can honestly say I had no idea you could do something like this. Awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[PlanetCinematics]

My SSD Dreams were answered hahah I've been looking for something out of the norm, and this is definitely a refreshing way to go about making media storage fun! Thanks Ryan!

[LeonChart]

Bought the Acasis a year ago... Ended up not using it cause it's heavy and big. Instead I use a Kingston xs2000 which is small and ultralite and I have no problem even when it's hanging from my Macbook pro's usb-c port. However, I miss the speed of the TB4 Acasis case, so, I'm in search for the best way to attach the case on the screen... Nice video!

[barryvenditti]

Your video is one of the best and clearest that I have seen in a long time. I am not a computer geek but an amateur photographer who completely understood your presentation. Thank you.

[barbeatsss]

bro, your backing track choices are sick

[IamDJFTR]

As a DJ who works every single weekend at minimum, and is also constantly updating and restructuring his library, having a fast & reliable hard drive is super duper important. I've tested this idea of a custom drive years ago during prominent 2.5 inch SATA SSD's, and my custom worked very well for basic file management. Excited to give this another go for my music libraries.

[janethsanchez]

This is very useful and so timely, thanks a lot Ryan! I just ran out of space in my computer 2 days ago and i was going crazy trying to figure out what to do for my media storage and you broke it down so clearly! Im getting that Sabrant and Acasis combo right now.

[HaseebJamilKhan]

Your delivery and video quality is off the roof! 😮

[StrillLife]

Brilliant! I thought about doing this but I wasn't sure if it was worth it or not.

[gregorycollins]

Thanks. I like that you tested the same nvme SSD in both a USB 3.x enclosure and a thunderbolt enclosure.

I need a drive that will work for computers that have both types of connections, so the more expensive enclosure is worth it for me.

Thanks again.

[TeflonTipz]

As someone who just got home from a remote gig doing editing on the fly and quickly for a music festival I really wish the algo would’ve recommended this video before my gig lol! Man this was so insightful and full of the exact information I need to level up my editing rig! Thank you so much!

[emergencymangi]

I haven't been in the game for nearly ten years. Seeing this video brought me up to speed with what I need to know to make an informed decision. Thank you. I liked and subbed

[JayKerr]

Great tip. I can't believe the transfer speeds. Amazing.

[RigoLuchi]

Finally a video that is really worth watching on youtube! thank you Ryan!!