T500

I ended up getting a 2TB Crucial T500 for mine. This was back before RAM and storage skyrocketed in cost. Anyway, it's fantastic, runs cool, single sided so you can use a heat sink if you want and still have clearance. Pretty fast, and has a low power draw at idle.

Crucial T500 or any other drive with lower power consumption. Many like the WD Black SN7100m but at the time of purchase was way overpriced (almost double the crucial) and one particular review (techpowerup) showed that the low power mode at idle looked like it wasn't being activated on that drive.

The power draw on the 990 pro is pretty good for its performance, too. The Crucial T500, another dram gen4 drive, performs very well but needs more wattage. I second the vote for the 990 Pro. You can take it with you to the next laptop, and then you'll get the gen4 performance. https://www.tomshardw

I guess, the Crucial T500 is the better choice for your MacBook Pro M4 setup with the Satechi enclosure. Both drives offer near-identical PCIe 4.0 speeds suitable for Thunderbolt 4/USB4: the 990 Pro hits up to 7,450 MB/s read and 6,900 MB/s write, while the T500 reaches 7,400 MB/s read and 7,000 MB/