I bought a hard drive enclosure to hook up an SSD to the USB-C (10 Gb/s) input on my iMac. The enclosure was advertised as 10 Gb/s, but when I plugged it in, System Report says it's only transmitting 5 Gb/s. I know the cable is capable of 10 Gb/s.

It's annoying, but the question is: is there any real world advantage in sending it back and insisting on getting the faster throughput? I use the drive to store .mp4 video files that will be transmitted at 72 Mb/s via Plex to my television.

Is the 5 Gb/s enclosure up to the task, or should I insist upon a quicker enclosure?

Thanks.


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