Name: OWC Mercury Helios Thunderbolt PCIe Expansion Chassis + 240GB Accelsior SSD High-Performance PCIe
Brand: OWC
SKU: OWCHELIOS1A240

240GB OWC Mercury Helios

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Tap Into Power of PCIe and Thunderbolt

PCIe card expansion offers: up to 10Gb/s SSD data transfer, uncompressed HD video capture, 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity, and more.
Daisy-chain up to six Thunderbolt devices and one Mini Display port at end of chain.
Plug and Play...no drivers needed.*
Ventilated quiet cooling with a variable speed fan.
Automatically powers on/off with your computer.
Hot-pluggable...connect and disconnect while unit is on.**
Bus-powers one Thunderbolt device that supports bus-powering.***
Rugged yet lightweight aluminum housing can go anywhere your work takes you.
Mercury Accelsior is the only Mac bootable, Mac supported PCIe SSD available.
60 Day OWC Limited Warranty

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Overview
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The OWC Mercury Helios PCIe Expansion Chassis gives users of Thunderbolt port equipped computers like the Mac mini, iMac, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro the ability to tap into the speed and storage capacity of the Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD.

The Mercury Helios + Mercury Accelsior Performance Data Solution bundle features the highly acclaimed Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD to really boost your workflow. Stop waiting for I/O-intensive apps like Photoshop, Final Cut Pro, or Avid Pro Tools to render, capture or process. With up to 100K IOP/s, business critical applications are given an instant boost while Accelsior's extreme performance speed dramatically reduces game level-loading, object streaming, and save times for more play time and less waiting.

Should you choose to change your workflow, Helios is the perfect solution for PCIe cards made for video capture/editing, media transcoding, audio processing, and data storage. Finally, users of portable and all-in-one computers can enjoy the functionality and productivity gains of PCIe cards wherever their work takes them.

Boosts Productivity, Maximum Flexibility

Mercury Helios is fast and flexible with throughput up to 10Gb/s, and is the perfect solution to massively boost workflow productivity. It's also bootable with AHCI compliant cards and can daisy-chain up to six devices. Types of PCIe cards Helios can also use include: Fibre Channel 10Gb Ethernet RAID controller Video capture Digital audio Solid State Drive SAS controllers such as the OWC Jupiter and FireWire, USB 3.0, eSATA host adapter cards. Click here for compatibility list.

eet Your Growing Needs with the Future-Ready Mercury Accelsior SSD

And with the future introduction of higher capacity Mercury Accelsior SSD blades, you'll be able to meet expanding storage needs while extending the useful life of your investment in Mercury Helios.

* Thunderbolt-aware drivers may be needed for PCIe card.
** If any devices are connected to the PCIe card, make sure to properly remove them before disconnecting Helios.
*** Thunderbolt bus-powered device has to be the last device on the chain.

Includes

(1) OWC Mercury Helios External Enclosure
(1) External Auto-Switching 100/240v 50/60Hz Power Adapter
(1) Requires Thunderbolt™ Cable. NOT included - available separately.
(1) Color User Manual
60 Day OWC Limited Warranty

Specs

Capacity

240GB

Drive Mechanism

(1) 240GB OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe Solid-state Drive
*OWC reserves the right to replace or upgrade to equivalent or better components.