1.0TB OWC Aura Ultra III
PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 Solid-State Drive
Mfr P/N: S3DN3P2T10 OWC SKU: OWCS3DN3P2T10
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Raise Your Game with NVMe Performance
- Read speeds up to 3400MB/s
- Write speed up to 3000MB/s
- Ideal for enclosures and inside PCs
- High-performance 3D TLC NAND
- 5 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Inside-Out Versatility
Built to Outlast
Service and Support
Includes
- (1) OWC Aura Ultra III NVMe M.2 Solid-State Drive
- 5 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Specs
Total Capacity
- 960GB Useable Capacity
- Total Capacity: 1024GB
- 64GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
Formatted Capacity
- 894GiB
Controller
- Phison E12 with 7% over-provisioning
NAND Flash Components
- Toshiba Synchronous Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 3D NAND Flash
S.M.A.R.T. Attributes
- Standard attributes supported
Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
- Up to 32 simultaneous commands
RAID Support
- Yes
Form Factor
- M.2 - 2280 "M Key" Single-sided
Drive Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3
Random 4K Read
- Up to 600,000 IOPS
Random 4K Write
- Up to 600,000 IOPS
Sequential Read (Max)
- Up to 3470 MB/s
Sequential Write (Max)
- Up to 3000 MB/s
Nonrecoverable Read Errors
- 1 per 1016 bits read
TRIM Support
- OS Dependent
Error Correction
- Built-in ECC
Endurance
- 1665TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 652 GB per day for 7 years
Mac OS Compatibility
- Requires additional hardware, please see the 'Other Requirements' section for more details.
PC OS Compatibility
- Yes
Other Requirements
- Use with macOS requires a compatible external enclosure or PCIe card. Not a compatible replacement for the internal drive in any Mac computer.
Read Mode (Max)
- Up to 7.2 Watts
Write Mode (Max)
- Up to 6.1 Watts
Idle Mode (Max)
- Up to 0.9 Watts
Dimensions
- Height: 0.3 cm (0.1 in)
- Length: 8.0 cm (3.1 in)
- Width: 2.2 cm (0.9 in)
Weight
- 8.0 g (0.02 lbs)
RoHS Compliant
- Yes
Reach Certification
- Yes
Country of Origin
- Taiwan
TAA Compliance
- Yes
Ambient Temperature
- Operating: 32°F to 158°F (0°C to 70°C)
- Non-Operating: -40°F to 185°F (-40°C to 85°C)
Humidity
- Operating: 0% to 90% non-condensing
- Non-Operating: 0% to 93% non-condensing
Shock
- Non-Operating: 1500 G max
Idle (Typical)
- 0.0 bels
Seek (Typical)
- 0.0 bels
Applications
- PCs (Internal Storage)
- External Enclosures
- PCIe Host Cards
Compatibility & Installation Videos
PC Compatible

Products
Customer Reviews
After buying two of these earlier this year I liked them so much I bought another two during Black Friday sales. They worked well once I received technical help from OWC to reformat my SoftRaid from Mirror, to Raid 1+0. Good thing I had spare space on another drive to backup my data!
I would recommend this product to a friend!
- Reviewer:timothyrchilders
Wow, thank you so much for your fantastic review! We're thrilled to hear that you’re enjoying your NVMe drives and that our tech support team could assist you in optimizing your setup with SoftRAID. It's always great to see customers taking full advantage of our products. Your dedication to enhancing your storage with our drives is truly appreciated! Enjoy your high-performance experience, and thanks for choosing us again during Black Friday!
I own two of these modules with two Envoy express enclosures these are great and OWC Macsales has great tech support.
I would recommend this product to a friend!
- Reviewer:egstubbe
Thank you for the fantastic review! We're thrilled to hear that you love the high quality of our modules and that they pair perfectly with your Envoy express enclosures. It's awesome to know you appreciate our tech support—our team is always here to help! Your support means the world to us!
Used in a USB enclosure, then a Sonnet Thunderbolt dock as warm storage for video editing. It’s a hobby, no professional work, but I do transfer a few dozen GB of movie files at once when I reorganize, about once a month. Hefty price for the 8TB, but having one external drive big enough that I don’t ever have to worry about enough space was worth it. I have external HDs for archiving. My home server is an old Asus ultrabook with a SATA SSD, no card for NVME’s. Formatted to ExFAT, I could move files between the Asus & Aura, but the Finder on my Mac couldn’t isolate file names in a search. Had to reformat the Aura for just Mac. Runs fine now. Not its fault. Mine. MACSales was FANTASTIC in helping me sort out where and why things weren’t working as planned. Very happy with the product and the follow-up service! - Ryan
I would recommend this product to a friend!
- Reviewer:Reviewer3355145152
We're thrilled to hear that the Thunderbolt 3 drive is helping you with your video editing hobby! Having that peace of mind with so much storage space must feel amazing. Thank you for choosing our products to support your creative endeavors. Keep up the great work!