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<blockquote data-quote="MikeFromMesa" data-source="post: 1797186" data-attributes="member: 305741"><p>So then, do I understand correctly?</p><p></p><p>My Mac Mini has 2 TB2 ports. So if I buy a TB2 enclosure capable of accepting PCIe cards, get and install some PCIe cards and hook the enclosure up to one of the TB2 ports, then I will have a working external ssd significantly faster than my current external usb 3 ssd?</p><p></p><p>I have tested my internal ssd (using BlackMagic) and the figures I got were about 720 MBs write and 730 MBs read. That compares to about 250 and 400 on my external ssd which I currently use to store digital photos and some apps that I run only occasionally. Would such an external drive be fast enough to use as a boot drive? I understand that depends upon my subjective view of "fast enough" but how would it compare to my current internal ssd? And how fast are PCIe cards?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MikeFromMesa, post: 1797186, member: 305741"] So then, do I understand correctly? My Mac Mini has 2 TB2 ports. So if I buy a TB2 enclosure capable of accepting PCIe cards, get and install some PCIe cards and hook the enclosure up to one of the TB2 ports, then I will have a working external ssd significantly faster than my current external usb 3 ssd? I have tested my internal ssd (using BlackMagic) and the figures I got were about 720 MBs write and 730 MBs read. That compares to about 250 and 400 on my external ssd which I currently use to store digital photos and some apps that I run only occasionally. Would such an external drive be fast enough to use as a boot drive? I understand that depends upon my subjective view of "fast enough" but how would it compare to my current internal ssd? And how fast are PCIe cards? [/QUOTE]
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