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960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive. Tier 1 NAND Flash storage with 7% Over Provisioned Redundancy. Mac and PC compatible. Built in the USA. 3 Year OWC Warranty. (OWCSSDEX3G960)
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OWC
960GB
Mercury Electra™ MAX 3G SSD
2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm Solid State Drive
The Workhorse of Choice for Photography and A/V Pros
When you need the highest levels of capacity and speed, the Electra MAX 960GB SSD is the pro user's choice. Built for demanding everyday real-world uses, this big, fast SSD delivers the performance you can count on.
The Mercury 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.
No Risk, No Hassle 30-Day Money Back Guarantee.
This internal 2.5" SATA SSD uses the latest SandForce 2181 Processor and DuraClass™ technology to deliver the highest transfer speed, endurance, and performance available today.
With sustained reads up to 254MB/s and writes up to 250MB/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 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G 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.
With sustained reads up to 254MB/s and writes up to 250MB/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 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G 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.
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Highlights
- One of the fastest Internal SATA 2.5″
SSDs available...and Built in the USA! - Ultra-efficient Block Management
& Wear Leveling for unparalleled reliability & performance. - 3 year OWC warranty
OWC's SSD vs HDD Shootout!
OWC's A Closer Look
High Performance Internal Storage
Replace your conventional hard drive with a reliable solid state drive. Unlike traditional hard disk drives, OWC SSDs have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers near instantaneous system response.
Note: This drive is designed for use in Mac and PC systems and is not supported or recommended for use in external, bus-powered enclosures. This drive is supported for use in external enclosures that utilize a power source Independent from the interface bus.
This OWC SSD Model is compatible with nearly any Mac or PC model with a Serial ATA connection (SATA, SATA 2.0, or SATA 3.0) including:
- All Mac Pro models
- All PowerMac G5 models
- All MacBook Pro models
- All Mac mini 2006-Current (All Intel Models)
- iMac 2006-current (All Intel Models)
- iMac G5
- All MacBook models
- Xserve 2009
960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD Specifications:
Specifications
Controller
2x SandForce 2181 Series Processor with 7% Over Provisioning
NAND
Tier 1 Asynchronous MLC NAND Flash Memory
RAID Controller
Silicon Image SteelVine Sil5923CNU
Form Factor
Standard 9.5mm 2.5"
Interface
SATA 3Gb/s
Capacity1
960GB useable capacity
Total Flash Memory Components - 1024GB
64GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction
Total Flash Memory Components - 1024GB
64GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction
Formatted Capacity2
894GiB
RAID Support
Qualified for single drive and multiple drive production workstation RAID 0/1/10/0+1 and SPAN usage.
Backup Drive is highly recommended for RAID 0 implementations.
(Learn more about RAID)
Backup Drive is highly recommended for RAID 0 implementations.
(Learn more about RAID)
SMART Attributes
Standard5
Native Command Queuing
up to 32 commands
Manufacturer Model Number
OWCSSDEX3G960
RoHS Compliant
Yes
Format
Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)
Physical
Height (max)
9.45mm (0.372″)
Width (max)
70.06mm (2.758″)
Length (max)
100.12mm (3.941″)
Weight
104 grams
0.231 lbs +/- 3.7 oz
0.231 lbs +/- 3.7 oz
Reliability3
Data Reliability
ECC Recovery: Up to 55 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector
Security
Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant
Nonrecoverable Read Errors
Less than 1 sector per 1016 bits read
Warranty
3 Year OWC Warranty
(Standard return policy applies.)
(Standard return policy applies.)
Performance
Sustained
Reads (up to)
Reads (up to)
254MB/s
Sustained
Writes (up to)
Writes (up to)
250MB/s
Read Incompressible
Data Rate (up to)
Data Rate (up to)
252MB/s
Write Incompressible
Data Rate (up to)
Data Rate (up to)
223MB/s
Read Latency
less than 0.1ms
Write Latency
less than 0.1ms
Environmental (Operating)
Temperature (°F)
32°F to 158°F
Temperature (°C)
0°C to 70°C
Environmental (Non-Operating)
Temperature (°F)
-67°F to 302°F
Temperature (°C)
-55°C to 150°C
Acoustics
Idle (Typical)
0.0 bels
Seek (Typical)
0.0 bels
External Drive Usage
Supported for use in external enclosures that utilize a power source independent from the interface bus.
Not supported or recommended for use in external, bus-powered enclosures.
Not supported or recommended for use in external, bus-powered enclosures.
- 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
- In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
- Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability.
- Specifications provided by SandForce.
- Temperature reporting is currently an unsupported feature because due to the operating characteristics of SSDs, it is highly unlikely one would ever exceed an OWC Mercury SSD's stated operating temperature ceiling of 158F/70C. However, we are looking into supporting this feature in the future via a firmware update. Firmware updates can be found here: http://eshop.macsales.com/tech_center/OWC/SSD.
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Best of Both Worlds: Capacity & Speed
The results speak for themselves....the Electra MAX can handle everyday common tasks with fast results. As a Photoshop scratch disk, it can even outperform our 6G SSD in a Mac Pro!
Photoshop CS6 'diglloydMedium' Benchmark Test
Mac Pro 3.33GHz 6-core with 20GB of memory | Mac OS X 10.7.3 Lion
time in seconds (shorter bars=faster)
Courtesy and © Copyright DIGLLOYD INC. All rights reserved.
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"Overwhelming Superiority" — Guillaume Douillet, Hardmac -
"Raw Speed is Impressive" — Tom Nelson, About.com -
"The Best Choice for Combined Speed and Operational Performance." — Olin Coles, BenchmarkReviews.com -
"An entirely new class of product ... astonishing speed, robust performance ... blows away anything from Intel or Crucial ... (sets) a new bar for performance ..." — Lloyd Chambers, diglloyd -
"Once You See Your MBP Going This Fast, No Way You're Ever Going Back" — Victor Cajiao, Typical Mac User -
"Performed Extremely Well...A Significant Step Up From Any Standard Hard Drive" — Marco Chiappetta, Hot Hardware -
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"Offers Eye-Popping Speed, As Well As The Peace of Mind of Consistent Performance Over Time" — James Galbraith, Macworld -
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"A Tremendous Difference in the Speed and Feel of your Computer." — J. Glenn Kunzler, MacTrast 
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"The transition to an SSD was definitely worth doing." — Ted Landau, The Mac Observer -
"Cutting a half a day off our data processing is well worth the price of the drive" — Wayne Thorp, Computerized Investing -
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"With the Mercury Extreme Pro 3G installed, the MacBook suddenly seemed like a new machine. The speedup is...impressive" — Chris Foresman, Ars Technica - Mercury Extreme Pro 3G 240GB -
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- "Performance higher than you can dream about." — Chris Ramseyer, TweakTown
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"Performs Like An Angry Beast - Cranks Out Chart Topping Scores Throughout Testing." — Kevin O'Brien, Storage Review.com - "The OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 240GB SSD receives our Editors Choice Award as a result of performance and the value they place in their clientbase." — Les Tokar, The SSD Review - 6G 240GB
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"OWC's new line of SSD's truly shocks and impresses me. Extremely fast, performs well... will simply knock your socks off" — J.Glenn Kunzler, MacTrast - 6G 120GB -
"An exceptional product with class leading performance"
— Chris Ramseyer, TweakTown – 6G 240GB -
"...posted the best single drive read score we've seen to date of 559.24 MB/s which is dead on the specification given by OWC..."
— Joe Evans, Legit Reviews– 6G 120GB -
"...represents the cutting edge of this technology"
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"...one of the best available for both the PC and Mac user... you simply can't go wrong!"
— Les Tokar, The SSD Review - 6G 240GB
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"Performance is off the charts... beats anything else we've tested to date"
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— Legit Reviews, Joe Evans– 6G 240GB -
"...performance of the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G was outstanding."
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"...exemplary performance... one rock solid SSD"
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"OWC's Mercury Extreme Pro 6G ... goes toe to toe with the Vertex 3 in nearly every benchmark, and exceeds it in some ... we don't hesitate to recommend it."
— Nathan Edwards, Maximum PC - Extreme Pro 6G -
"...a worthwhile buy for both notebook and desktop computer users, and helps earn our Golden Tachometer Award."
— Olin Coles, Benchmark Reviews - Extreme Pro 6G 120GB -
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"Impressive... For its outstanding sustained read/write performance and reasonable prices... a recommended product"
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"The newly updated OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G offers faster speeds... with no increase in cost... while still keeping the great five-year warranty."
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"...a practical storage choice... money...well spent"
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"...fast and reliable...the only solid state drives that I recommend, pay for, and use myself."
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"I'm extremely impressed with this upgrade... Completely recommend the SSD path to anyone for whom time is precious!"
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"...out-performed all...drives.."
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"...top-tier performance..."
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"One of the best values for the performance we have seen in any SSD to date."
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"No matter what we do to this SSD, it seems to continue to deliver sustainable, predictable performance within its drive states."
— Paul Alcorn, The SSD Review - Enterprise Pro 6G -
"...wickedly fast... the best kept secret in solid-state storage..."
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"...extreme performance..."
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"...a top tier performance SSD...chart topping capabilities..."
— TechREACTION - Extreme Pro 6G -
"...outstanding... packs a punch when it comes to capacity and speed."
— Craighton Miller, LogicLounge - Extreme Pro 6G -
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