Cheapest 4TB SSD for your M1 Max MacBook Pro - Could be better than a 1TB to 4TB Apple Mac upgrade

How to build and external SSD drive, cheapest 4TB SSD for your M1 Max MacBook Pro. Could be a better option than a 1TB to 4TB Apple Mac upgrade if you don't need the speed of NVMe.

This is the cheapest way to get 4TB of SSD storage for your M1 Max MacBook Pro externally on USB C. It also works with the M1 Pro MacBook Pro and most other Mac computers, Windows PCs, Linux PCs and anything that's USB C that will access an external storage drive.

To keep the costs down this is a self build external 4TB SSD that's very easy to build and put together. It's just a SATA to USB C enclosure that accepts a 2.5" SATA SSD drive and a SATA SSD. The drive enclosure is tool-less and is made by Antec and the SSD being used is a 4TB Samsung 870 QVO.

While not being the fastest SATA SSD for writing, the read speeds are about the same as most SATA SSD drives. Making this the cheapest and most cost effective solution for adding 4TB of external SSD storage for your Mac.

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00:00 Intro and explanation
03:30 Building the drive
07:34 Formatting the drive
11:09 Blackmagic disk speed test
14:15 Real-world disk speed test
16:36 Speed test summary

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I’m David Harry, thank you very much for watching this video, take care and goodbye now.

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[PortugalCarp]

Something like that would be ideal for "Time Machine" I would guess.

[pixelslappa]

That blue top got me wishing you was a proper scouser Liverpool nah good luck for 2022 Mr Harry👍

[RCModSquad]

That’s a really nice setup. 👍

I just picked up an 8TB HDD. It was only $125 with a discount code. Thanks for the info on the Disk Utility.

I just picked up a M1 Mac Mini and it’s my first Mac. I did know that I wanted ExFat because I’ll most likely be also using this on a windows PC. I have OBS on the Mac and a windows mini PC and it will be mostly for video storage.

Thanks again.

[TonesAdventuresHD]

Its a good solution if you can't afford expanding your internal, especially since the speeds are not that much faster. Good tips!

[pixelslappa]

Lol 2 and a half inch my wife fainted😂

[markifi]

i bought a half terabyte kingston nvme ssd (not the fastest of them all but still very-very fast for me) for 35 euros. crazy times.

[JohnsysChannel]

i accidentally wiped my 2tb Audio sample drive on saturday. FML, gonna take an age to get it all back. It was a full 2tb drive as well.

It's the one of the worst SSD that you can buy because it's QLC memory chips. Your write speed is ~180MB/s. Samsung SSD EVO line use TLC memory chips and give you two times more writ speed ~400-500MB/s about the same price.

[retroonhisbikes]

Alright David, i enjoyed this video.
Could you suggest a good storage drive for apple ipad, and i tutorial on how to transfer files to and from the ipad. I have tonnes of videos and photos i need to save. Thanks