I'm looking to get a 2tb external SSD and have been browsing off the shelf options like the Samsung T7, SanDisk Extreme, or Crucial X9 Pro, but I have also been thinking about going the route of getting an external enclosure like the Sabrent EC-SNVE paired with a NVME drive.
With my education discount I can get some good deals on Samsung drives like the 2tb 980 pro or 990 evo for $117. I know these drives are both overkill for the enclosure (which has a 10Gbps transfer limit), but would one make more sense than the other for use as an external drive? The 980 pro has DRAM but the 990 evo has lower power consumption. Will either of those things make any real world difference for my use case? Are there other drives I should consider? Should I just get the off the shelf solution for roughly the same price rather than the enclosure plus drive?
Thanks for any input.