IT help needed please- Urgent.

[ThatFragranceGuy]

While you knowledgeable folks are here... I have just got a new laptop. My old PC had a couple of 3.5inch drives in. I do already have an old caddy that I could put them in but speeds are really slow. Are there any more modern solutions, like that one linked for those bigger drives with USB-C? Something I could put on a network would be ideal but if they are too old, or that's too expensive I'm open to other suggestions. I want a drive to store photos on and that is a 3TB and a 1TB drive that will be doing nothing if I don't use them.

I have a 2019 Nvidia Shield pro which I could use to access the drives I believe? My laptop will obviously only on when in use so not accessible by phones or other laptops etc.

I have an HP micro server as my media PC, running windows 10, in my TV cabinet its about 14 inch squared and has 5 SATA HD drive bays, I plug an nvidia shield pro into the same network and stream it all to my TV in 4k HDR with atmos, but it could be used for pure storage if thats all you wanted it for. you can usually pick them up for £100 used and just put as much storage on it as you like.