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But how much slower is that likely to be than the SATA option?
If you connect it to a USB3.2 port, the transfer rate is potentially faster than SATA III, although in practice both are more likely to be throttled at the ends rather than in the middle.
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Does your machine not have M.2 NVME slot(s)? SATA is old and slow, and not that much cheaper per jigglybite these days...
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All the prime deals are up now, looks like crucial are the biggest savings.
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For a little bit more money I could get an external 2TB which might be useful with the laptop as well.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-T7-Portable-SSD-MU-PC2T0T/dp/B087DFFJRD/
But how much slower is that likely to be than the SATA option? It's not like I'm doing heaving editing or anything but I don't want it to be total shite.