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Question Fast Storage

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Hi all,

I have a Z170-HD3P mother board, Intel Core i5-6600K CPU with a Thunderbolt3 Alpine Ridge 2.0 add-in card. Would one of these OWC enclosures get close to the advertised 1550MB/s and 2800MB/s speeds on my system with minimal bottleneck issues?

OWC ThunderBay 4 mini

https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/thunderbay-4-mini/thunderbolt-3

OWC
Express 4M2
4-Slot M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure

https://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/TB3EX4M2SL


Thank you for any help,

Rich
Do you already have the M.2 slot filled?
The thunderbolt card has an x4 PCIe interface. It should be capable of speeds similar to an M.2 NVMe device.