Recommended external hard drives for permanent connection to mac mini

Sorry for the hijack, but it is related.

Any idea why my WD_BLACK SN770 2TB NVMe M.2 SSD, M.2 2280 NVMe SSD in the Acasis enclosure mentioned above, is now showing 40% of the speeds when I bought it just over a year ago. The connection is the same and it is nowhere near full.
 
Here is the 2T kingston Fury Renegade NVME M2 gen 4 drive in a NVME caddy
No where near the 7000mbs that you stated, that ends the confusion on my part.
Hmmmmmmmm well the drive's arrived and i've had to connect via usba to c as I cant seem to find a cable that will do thunderbolt to usb c :(

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You should still get somewhere around 600mbs via USB3.

There is a work around that I have seen but it involves an Apple TB2/USBc adapter, the usb goes into your external drive. Then you need a male to male TB2 cable to go into the adapter and then into your Mac. TB1 and 2 are the same port but TB2 is faster.

I am not sure it’s worth the faff to get a modest speed gain on your external drive though.
 
Not what you expected, but does it meet your needs? Fast speeds can be impressive but how often do you need them.
every time i download a torrent
 
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