OWC Releases Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD

[losthorizonmba]

OWC's PCIe SSD "is the first one that supports booting into OS X. No drivers are needed in OS X or Windows either--the drive is plug and play."

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5760/owc- ... r-pcie-ssd

http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/PCIe ... lsior/RAID

Blazing fast according to review by http://macperformanceguide.com/index.html

 

[eelhead]

 

[Solidww]

That thing is crazy fast!

 

[Vendetta]

Aside from speed, what advantages does this offer over a 2.5" SATAIII?

 

[losthorizonmba]

Blazing speeds is primary advantage.

http://macperformanceguide.com/Reviews- ... ATA6G.html

 

[flaminio]

Aside from speed, what advantages does this offer over a 2.5" SATAIII?

I'll be testing one of these shortly.

You can save your 6 Gb SATA ports and drive bays. This is big for Mac Pro users who are still stuck on 3 Gb SATA. Also, the blades are upgradable down the road. And it's bootable. Looks slick.

 

[dpetree]

I have been thinking about getting two of these...One for my Mac Pro at work, and one for my Hackintosh at home..

Has anyone put one of these in their hack?

I have been holding off as to wait for the new Mac Pro's but i think i will just go ahead and get at least 1 now. The new Accelsior 2 looks sweet and fast.


Any feedback on them yet?

 

[dustincole]

How come these aren't listed under the recommended items in the Buyer's Guides? It seems the logical choice for highest speed?

 

[MacGrummel]

It's no real good idea! The OWC Mercury Accelsior_E2 PCI Express SSD does not support Trim, because it has a SandForce SF-2281-Contoller. I have build a Fusion Drive from a 120GB-Mercury (= 2x60) and a 2TB ST-Hard-Drive half a year ago. But it is going slower every week. And the latest firmware update needs an original EFI-Start, what is not supported by Chameleon or Chimera Bootloaders..