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480GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 2.5-inch SATA 3 SSD by OWC


480GB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 2.5-inch SATA 3 SSD Image

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Key Features

  • 480GB SATA 3 OWC Mercury Pro Solid State Disk
  • 2.5-inch SSD
  • SATA 6Gb/sec interface
  • Read speed up to 559MB/sec
  • Write speed up to 527MB/sec
  • 3 years manufacturers warranty
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Details
When only the fastest and most reliable Solid State Drive on the market today will suffice for your data storage and backup, look no further than the OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD.

- Get maximum mobile performance and battery life from your notebook.
- Turn your Mac Pro or PC desktop into an EXTREME performance single drive.

The Mercury EXTREME SSD line features industry leading SandForce® DuraClass™ Technologies:

  • DuraWrite™ extends the endurance of your Solid State Drive (SSD).
  • Intelligent Block Management & Wear Leveling automatically distributes data evenly across the entire SSD.
  • Intelligent Read Disturb Management spreads the active read/write across the flash components eliminating data corruption caused by constant use.
  • Intelligent \"Recycling\" for advanced free space management gradually re-writes data across the SSD over time to ensure data never gets corrupted.
  • RAISE™ (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) protects the data on your drive similar to having a RAID setup.
  • Best-in-Class ECC Protection for longest data retention and drive life.

This internal 2.5\" SATA SSD uses the latest SandForce 2282 Processor and DuraClass™ technology to deliver the highest transfer speed, endurance, and performance available today.

With sustained reads up to 559MB/s and writes up to 527MB/s, up to 100X greater data protection than enterprise class Hard Disk Drives, and RAISE technology for RAID like data protection and reliability, the OWC Mercury EXTREME SSD line delivers unbeatable performance that\'s designed and built in the U.S. from domestic and imported parts and backed by a three year warranty.

High Performance Internal Storage
Replace your conventional hard drive with a reliable solid state drive. Unlike traditional hard disk drives, OWC solid-state drives have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers faster system responsiveness.

High Reliability & Protection
OWC SSDs allocate some of the drive capacity for RAISE, to provide real time data redundancy,
ECC Error Correction, and reserve cell space.

Example: A 240GB OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro SSD is actually a 256GB drive with 7% of the drive\'s capacity allocated for data management. This management maintains the drive\'s high-performance and high reliability levels. Unlike many SSDs on the market today, the Mercury Pro family uses advanced DuraWrite™ wear-leveling and block management technologies to keep Read/Write performance at peak, while others see performance fall.
Specifications
CAPACITY 480GB
INTERFACE TYPE SATA 6Gb/sec interface (SATA 3)
FORM FACTOR 2.5-inch
DEVICE TYPE Internal Solid State Disk
DATA TRANSFER RATES Read speed up to 559MB/sec
Write speed up to 527MB/sec
Random 4KB: Up to 60,000 IOPS
FLASH STORAGE DETAILS MLC based NAND Flash chips
OPERATING TEMPERATURE 0°C to +70°C
Non-operating -55°C to +150°C
MTBF 2,000,000 hours
SPECIAL FEATURES SATA 6Gb/s, 3Gb/s & 1.5Gb/s supported, SATA 3.0 Compliant
240GB useable capacity
Total Flash Memory Components - 512GB
32GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Suitable for both PC and Mac systems with 2.5-inch SATA interface
DIMENSIONS 100.12mm x 70.06mm x 9.45mm
WEIGHT 80g
PACKAGING Retail packaging
WARRANTY 5 years manufacturers warranty
User Reviews
  • 1 review
Anonymous
Fastest HDD I've ever had
May 16th 2012 Verified user
Definitely faster than the SATA 2 SSD I had before, but don't expect miracles!

I've "built" this into a Lenovo X220. The bay is technically too small for this HDD size. However, if one doesn't mind cutting wider the bay entrance, this drive fits.

EDIT - This SSD has by now failed me twice. Both times complete failure, no way to access the data any longer. MemoryC and OWC support were both responsive and helpful, but I cannot recommend this disk any longer and will switch to something else.
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