OWC 1.0TB Mercury Electra 6G SSD 7mm, 2.5" USB 3.0 Express Enclosure Kit (Silver) DIY Drive Upgrade Install Kit for Mac or PC
Product Description
OWC 1.0TB Mercury Electra 6G SSD 7mm, 2.5" USB 3.0 Express Enclosure Kit (Silver) DIY Drive Upgrade Install Kit For Mac or PC
Get more storage when you upgrade/replace the existing 2.5" drive in your Mac.
Includes a 2.5" drive, enclosure, and toolkit to upgrade/replace the internal drive in your Mac.
Upgrade/Replace your internal drive
The Drive and Tools you need to Upgrade/Replace the existing 2.5" Drive in your laptop, Mac mini, Xbox, PS3, etc + make the drive being replaced an External for data transfer, backup, and/or additional portable storage.
Everything you need in one package, immediately ready to assemble and:
- Backup and store your data with style and confidence.
- Take your data with you - small enough to keep in a pocket!
- Easily add additional laptop storage with no AC adapter required.
Power Users / Travelers: Relocate your "home folder" to your Express and have your files with you at home, at work or on the road without the need to synchronize your machines.
Laptop Owners: Clone your current internal SATA hard drive in your laptop to the new drive. Then install the new, larger drive in your laptop and keep the smaller drive in your Express for additional storage space.
iTunes Aficionados: Keep a copy of your iTunes library on your external drive to play on multiple machines.
Gamers: Add additional storage to your XBox 360 or PS3 game console to store music, media, and other downloads. PS3 even includes a backup utility to protect your internal drive's data.
For Everyone: Have the piece of mind of a complete backup plan. Create a bootable clone of your hard drive at regular intervals so if your computer goes down, your productivity doesn't go down with it. Boot to another computer and keep on working!
The Right Tools for the Job
Before attempting to perform this installation, please watch the following instructional video in its entirety to determine your ability to perform this complex procedure. OWC assumes no responsibility for damage that may occur during the install. Technical support for this DIY product consists only of this video.
Everything you need in one package, immediately ready to assemble and:
- OWC Express 2.5" USB 3.0 Drive Enclosure
- OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD 1.0TB
- OWC 5-Piece Mini Toolkit
- High quality double-shielded USB 3.0 B to USB 3.0 A/USB 2.0 A connector cable
- Express Installation Guide
- Carrying sleeve
OWC Express Specifications:
Chipset: Asmedia USB 3.0 chipset
Interfaces Supported: USB 3.0, 2.0 or 1.1 Backwards compatible
Port Configuration: USB 3.0 SuperSpeed - (1) micro-B port
Max Data Transfer Rate: USB 3.0 - 500MB/s
Port/Interface Bootability: USB 3.0: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements. USB 2.0: Supported on Macs and PC's meeting minimum requirements.
Cooling: Super quiet fanless ventilation
Power Supply: Bus Power via USB on all models with USB 2.0 or 3.0 port
Drive Requirements: Any 2.5" Serial-ATA Drive up to 9.5mm height. Important Note: Hard Drive supported for use of this bus-powered enclosure via USB 2.0 or 3.0 port connections, use of Solid State Drive (SSD) only supported with USB 3.0 port connection.
System Requirements:
- Macintosh: Macintosh running OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, OS X 10.2.x or later including 'Mavericks' 10.9.x, and an available USB port. Time Machine Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later.
- PC: Windows 8, 7, Vista, XP, 2000, NT, 98, and an available USB port.
- Linux: Linux compatible via supported the USB interface.
- 3.07 in (W) x 5.12 in (D) x 0.55 in (H)
- 2.0 ounces (56g)
Before attempting to perform this installation, please watch the OWC instructional video in its entirety to determine your ability to perform this complex procedure. OWC assumes no responsibility for damage that may occur during the install.
Everything you need in one package, immediately ready to assemble and:
- OWC Express 2.5" SATA Drive Enclosure
- OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD
- OWC 5-Piece Mini Toolkit
- Nylon Spudger
- Phillips #00
- Straight Blade 1.8mm
- Torx T8
- Torx T6
- High quality double-shielded USB 3.0 B to USB 3.0 A/USB 2.0 A connector cable
- Quick Start Guide
- Carrying sleeve
1.0TB Mercury Electra 6G SSD Specifications
Controller
- 4-Ch
- 3D SLC NAND Flash
- Cache: 3D SLC NAND
- Storage: 3D TLC NAND
- Standard 7mm 2.5"
- SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s & 1.5Gb/s supported, SATA 3.0 Compliant
- 1000GB useable capacity
SMART Attributes
- Standard
- up to 32 commands
- Yes
- Unformatted
1.0TB Mercury Electra 6G SSD Performance:
Sequential Reads (Compressible Data)
- up to 532MB/s
- up to 467MB/s
- up to 516MB/s
- up to 408MB/s
- up to 84,000 IOPS
- up to 81,000 IOPS
Compatible with:
MacBook Pro
- 15-inch 2012 (Model ID: MacBookPro9,1)
- 13-inch 2012 (Model ID: MacBookPro9,2)
- 17-inch 2011 (Model ID: MacBookPro8,3)
- 15-inch 2011 (Model ID: MacBookPro8,2)
- 13-inch 2011 (Model ID: MacBookPro8,1)
- 17-inch Early 2011 (Model ID: MacBookPro8,3)
- 15-inch Early 2011 (Model ID: MacBookPro8,2)
- 13-inch Early 2011 (Model ID: MacBookPro8,1)
- 17-inch Mid 2010 (Model ID: MacBookPro6,1)
- 15-inch Mid 2010 (Model ID: MacBookPro6,2)
- 13-inch Mid 2010 (Model ID: MacBookPro7,1)
- 17-inch Late 2008 (Model ID: MacBookPro4,1)
- 17-inch Early 2008 (Model ID: MacBookPro4,1)
- 15-inch Early 2008 (Model ID: MacBookPro4,1)
- 17-inch Mid/Late 2007 (Model ID: MacBookPro3,1)
- 15-inch Mid/Late 2007 (Model ID: MacBookPro3,1)
- 17-inch Core 2 Duo (Model ID: MacBookPro2,1)
- 15-inch Core 2 Duo (Model ID: MacBookPro2,2)
- 15-inch Glossy (Model ID: MacBookPro1,1)
- 17-inch (Model ID: MacBookPro1,2)
- 15-inch (Model ID: MacBookPro1,1)
- Late 2008(Model ID: MacBook4,1)
- Early 2008(Model ID: MacBook4,1)
- Late 2007(Model ID: MacBook3,1)
- Mid 2007(Model ID: MacBook2,1)
- Late 2006(Model ID: MacBook2,1)
- May, 2006(Model ID: MacBook1,1)
- Late 2012 (Model ID: Macmini6,1 & Macmini6,2)
- Late 2012 Server (Model ID: Macmini6,2)
- Mid 2011 (Model ID: Macmini5,1 & Macmini5,2)
- Mid 2011 Server (Model ID: Macmini5,3)
- Mid 2010 (Model ID: Macmini4,1)
- Mid 2010 Server (Model ID: Macmini4,1)
- Mid 2007 (Model ID: Macmini2,1)
- Early 2006 (Model ID: Macmini1,1)
- 8-core April, 2007 (Model ID: MacPro2,1)
- Early 2008 (Model ID: MacPro3,1)
- Quad-Core 2009 (Model ID: MacPro4,1)
- 8-Core Early 2009 (Model ID: MacPro4,1)
- Quad-Core Mid 2010 (Model ID: MacPro5,1)
- 6-Core Mid 2010 (Model ID: MacPro5,1)
- 8-Core Mid 2010 (Model ID: MacPro5,1)
- 12-Core Mid 2010-2012 (Model ID: MacPro5,1)
- 27-inch Late 2013 Model ID: iMac14,2
- 21.5-inch Late 2013 Model ID: iMac14,1; iMac14,3
- 21.5-inch Early 2013 Model ID: iMac13,3
- 27-inch Late 2012 Model ID: iMac13,2
- 21.5-inch Late 2012 Model ID: iMac13,1
- 27-inch Mid 2011 Model ID: iMac12,2
- 21.5-inch Mid 2011 Model ID: iMac12,1
- 27-inch Mid 2010 Model ID: iMac11,3
- 21.5-inch Mid 2010 Model ID: iMac11,2
- 27-inch Mid 2010 Model ID: iMac11,3
- 21.5-inch Mid 2010 Model ID: iMac11,2
iMacs w/ Model ID:
- iMac9,1
- iMac10,1
- iMac11,1
- MacBook5,1
- MacBook5,2
- MacBook6,1
- MacBook7,1
- MacBookPro5,1
- MacBookPro5,2
- MacBookPro5,3
- MacBookPro5,4
- MacBookPro5,5
- Macmini3,1
- Macmini4,1
While a 6G SSD does function, it will only do so at SATA Revision 1.0 (1.5Gb/s, 150MB/s) speeds rather that the SATA Revision 2.0 (3.0Gb/s 300MB/s) speed the computer can deliver. The Mercury Electra 3G SSD is the OWC recommended upgrade option for the Macs listed in the special note above.