I just saw that other thread on your new PC. Congrats.

The best thing to do is ignore the desire for an m2 housing. With that empty slot, you don't need it. If you need more storage, slap one of those Crucial P3s in there—over 3.5x faster than any external and you have an internal fan.

All of your USB ports are USB 3.0. Type A or Type C doesn't matter at all—they're just ports, not protocols. Anything you hook up to them runs at USB 3 or slower which is fine. This assumes a USB 3 type A or USB-C cable that supports USB 3. Read the fine print — any cable rated 480mb is really USB 2.

That Anker hub is good. As I posted earlier, I have the same one on my desk.


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