Speed for Timeline Scrubbing

Editing off an external drive means random reads, not one long transfer.

Thermal Design Under Load

An hour of grading holds a drive at full tilt, where cheap shells throttle.

Large Capacity Headroom

Raw footage and caches fill space fast, and a full drive stops a project.

High-Bandwidth Connection

A high-resolution timeline needs bandwidth that older ports cannot supply.

Multi-Bay or RAID Option

Working files and a mirror in one box save a reshoot if a drive dies.