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OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini

0GB
Bus-Powered, Multi-Interface Enclosure Kit

Mac / PC / USB 3.0 & 2.0 / FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 Backwards Compatible)
  • Mac
  • PC
  • USB 3.0
High-performance and Plug and Play data storage/backup reliability with a fanless, bus-powered design
The Mercury Elite Pro mini Portable Storage Solution delivers up to 500MB/s data transfer speeds for demanding data storage and backup needs. All that performance resides in an impact resistant, heat dissipating 5.5 in (L) x 3.8 in (W) x 1.1 in (H) brushed aluminum enclosure with super quiet operation.

When you want high style in high performance storage, look no further than the Mercury Elite Pro mini. Install your own 2.5" SATA hard drive into a shock resistant portable aluminum enclosure. The Mercury Elite Pro mini is ready to go wherever you need an A/V, Digital Photography, Professional Music, Graphics, General Data, and Time Machine ready storage solution.
  • Interfaces: USB 3.0 & 2.0; FireWire 800 (FireWire 400 Backwards Compatible)
  • The USB 3.0 Micro-B port is backwards compatible with USB 2.0 cables (USB 3.0 standard A to Micro-B connecting cable is included)
  • All interface cables are included
  • Bus-powered via USB 3.0
  • Data transfer speeds up to 500MB/s (via USB 3.0; 100MB/s via FireWire 800)
  • Drive speeds of up to 7200RPM or Solid State Drive
  • Perfect for digital photography, professional music, graphics, general data, and Time Machine
  • Portable size at 5.5in(L) x 3.8in(W) x 1.1in(H)
  • Brushed aluminum, impact resistant, heat dissipating enclosure
  • Super-quiet, fanless operation
  • ASMedia 1053E and Oxford 944SE high-performance chipset
  • 1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty

Includes

  • OWC Mercury Elite Pro mini Bus-Powered, Multi-Interface, USB 3.0 & 2.0, FireWire 800 Enclosure Kit
  • High-quality FireWire 800 connecting cable
  • High-quality USB 3.0 connecting cable
  • Mercury Elite Pro mini Assembly Manual & User Guide (1.2 MB)
  • 1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty with 48-Hour Turnaround Time

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Product Specifications:

Chipset

  • ASMedia 1053E and Oxford 944SE High-Performance Chipset

Drive Mechanisms Supported

  • Any 2.5" SATA hard drive or SSD up to 12.5mm in size.

Drive Cache Size

  • Dependent on drive mechanism installed

Drive Rotation Speed

  • Dependent on drive mechanism installed

Drive Interface

  • SATA (Serial ATA)

Port Configuration

  • FireWire 800 – 2 port
  • USB 3.0 – (1) Micro-B port

Max Data Transfer Rate

  • FireWire 800 – 100 MB/s
  • USB 3.0 – 500 MB/s
  • USB 2.0 – 60MB/s
  • USB 1.1 – 1.5MB/s

Port/Interface Bootability

Can I use this solution as an external startup drive?

Macintosh System Requirements

  • Mac OS 8.6 to 9.2.2, Mac OS X 10.0.x or later and an available USB 1.1.
  • Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later. Including 'Mavericks' 10.9.x and an available USB2.0/1.1, or FireWire 800/400 port.
  • Time Machine® Compatible: Mac OS X 10.5 (version introduced) and later.

Windows System Requirements

  • Windows 98SE or later and an available FireWire 400 or USB 2.0/1.1 port.
  • Windows 2000 or later and an available USB 2.0/1.1, or FireWire 800/400 port.

Linux Requirements

  • Linux compatible via supported USB interface.

Power Supply*

  • Bus Power via FireWire 800 supported on all models equipped with an available FireWire 800 port either factory stock or via add on FireWire 800 PCI Card.
  • Bus Power via FireWire 400 on all models made in 2001 or later via Factory ports or any model with add on FireWire 400 PCI Card.
  • Bus power via USB on most computers with factory installed USB 2.0 or USB 3.0 port.
  • Optional AC Adapter* (available as a separate purchase here)
  • * AC adapter not required for most applications provided computer bus supplies appropriate power needs.

Related Items

External Case Dimensions

  • 3.8 in (W) x 5.5 in (D) x 1.1 in (H)
  • 96.52mm x 139.7mm x 27.94mm

Total Shipping Weight

  • Approximately .73 pounds (.33kg)

Software Included

Product Manual

Operating Environment:

Temperature

  • (operating) 0°C – 70°C (32°F – 158°F)
  • (non-operating) -40°C – 85°C (-40°F – 185°F)

Relative Humidity

  • (operating) 5% – 90% RH (Non-condensing)
  • (non-operating) 5% – 95% RH (Non-condensing)

Shock

  • (non-operating) up to1500G

Vibration

  • (operating) 1.0G (5 – 300Hz)
  • (non-operating) 5.0G (5 – 500Hz)

Load/Unload Cycles

  • 600,000

Warranty

1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty

The best warranty is one you never have to use, but should the need occur - OWC is proud to provide a superior level of support and warranty coverage to our customers. Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. OWC's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. OWC solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.

View more information about the 1 Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty

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Reviews

Customer Ratings

Write a Review 4.6 / 5 9 out of 9 (100%) reviewers would recommend this product
Verified Buyer
Reviewer: traveler11 Location: St Paul, MN Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5 A less expensive alternative. August 11, 2016 I needed to replace an external hard drive. During the discussion with the representative, I found out that I could replace the innards. I did that and saved money.

I would recommend this item to a friend! Customer Videos:

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Los Angeles Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 4/5 Durable Junior of the Mercury Elite Line March 19, 2016 I've called the larger Mercury Elite "The Rock of Enclosures" and the Mini appears to follow in its sturdiness footsteps.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Long Beach, CA Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Home User Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5 Excellent Enclosure January 28, 2016 This OWC mini 2.5" enclosure was the perfect solution to testing and configuring a SDD. Once I got the SDD configured, I swapped the HD in my MacBook Pro (MacOS 10.9.5) with the SDD. The MacBook booted and all is well and perfect. The FireWire interface is the way to go.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Ontario, Canada Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5 Just works January 25, 2016 There is not much to say. Oder placement was esy. Shipping was fast. Installing an SSD I had earlier purchased from OWC Took about 15 minutes, I had to format the SSD for Macintosh file format. In less than 30 minutes I was making a bootable copy of my main drove onto the OSW housing and SSD.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

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Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico Age: 35-44 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: less than a month
Rating: 5/5 Perfect timing October 19, 2015 I've got it faster than I thought, great performance and quality materials as always.

Thanks OWC team keep it neat.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

Verified Buyer
Reviewer: Gordon Location: Modesto CA Age: 55-65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5 Bus-powered from Thunderbolt 2 Dock June 13, 2015 Hard drive from a 2012 MacBook Pro installed, BUS powered from a rear USB 3 port of a OWC Thunderbolt 2 Dock, QuickBench extended test of 77.8 MB read and 74.5 MB write. Have copied large 100 GB Logic Pro projects reliably. Great way to re-use the old drive from my lap top.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

Verified Buyer
Reviewer: Anonymous Location: New Caledonia Age: 45-54 Experience Level: IT Professional Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 4/5 Nice manufacturing June 11, 2015 however, I expected a little smaller in size for a 2.5 ". The only problem I have is that sometimes when I turn off the drive via the on / off button it does not reconnect (I'm in firewire). I have to unplug the cable and put it back. This may simply be the cable I do not know and can not find here another firewire cable. Otherwise, it goes super fast (ok I put a 512GB SSD) does not heat at all and is very beautiful (I like aluminum, and in addition it is identical to my iMac 27 ") Handsome purchase I will renew.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

Reviewer: Anonymous Location: Brooklyn NY Age: Over 65 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: 1-3 months
Rating: 5/5 It's the goods! February 7, 2015 I got this "Elite Pro" in exchange for an "On-The-Go Pro" that I found unsatisfactory for several reasons, and I'm VERY happy with it.

It's well designed and engineered...looks and feels like a substantial device, not just a trinket.

It was easy to assemble...only 6 screws.

Even without a heatsink, it wasn't overly hot after I ran a 2 hour surface scan.

Testing with a 33GB folder containing 326 .m4a[s], it wrote my data at 575Mbps and read it at 625Mbps via FireWire 800. (5400RPM HDD)

The assembly manual is a bit tongue-in-cheek, but not fatally.

Long-term performance, of course, remains to be seen.

I would recommend this item to a friend!

Verified Buyer
Reviewer: Anonymous Location: London Age: 45-54 Experience Level: Power User Owned Product: over 6 months
Rating: 4/5 Why I buy OWC enclosures and kits September 30, 2014 1 With a sealed external drive from the usual suspects, the enclosure can fail in which case , unless you can break it open and save the drive, your purchase is ruined. I did this once, I put mine in an OWC case and it still rocks

2 I choose cases with the most connections. Most third party companies only have 1 X USB 3 tops, no daisy chaining with these guys!

3 Of course a mech can fail. put in a new one in the OWC enclosure and your still good to go

4 I am a brand loyalist esp with drives HGST have never failed for me. Here you can choose the brand of the mech. Lacie never tell you

5 You may want a better mech in side the box in the future , swop it out.

My only wish is having thunderbolt built in to all the range but I am sure they know this

I would recommend this item to a friend!