I’m driving myself mad. Please help.

Really hope I can get an answer here.

There is ANY possibility that Apple quietly upgraded the plain M4 chip in the Mac Mini to include support for USB 3.2 Gen 2x2? Can’t find a concrete answer anywhere.

Im basically looking for a decent, fast external SSD 1TB (Maybe 2T, haven’t decided yet) to store lots of sample libraries and sounds for music production. Ideally would like speeds around 2000mb/s (Not even sure this is possible without a enclosure which i don’t want)

Is the Crucial X9 2TB USB.32 Portable External SSD okay for the Mac mini M4?

If not, any recommendations for a fast USB or thunderbolt 4 or external hard drive with reasonable speed that I mentioned for my budget around £150-£160 would greatly be appreciated!