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8.0TB OWC Aura Ultra III
PCIe 3.0 NVMe M.2 2280 Solid-State Drive
Used | OWC Tested
Mfr P/N: S4DAQ12ST80 OWC SKU: OWUS4DAQ12ST80U
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 QLC NAND
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Inside-Out Versatility
Built to Outlast
Service and Support
Includes
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- (1) OWC Aura Ultra III NVMe M.2 Solid-State Drive
- 1 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Specs
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Total Capacity
- 8000GB Useable Capacity
- Total Capacity: 8192GB
- 192GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
Formatted Capacity
- 7451GiB
Drive Format
Controller
- Phison E12S with 3% over-provisioning
NAND Flash Components
- Synchronous Quad-Level Cell (QLC) 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"
Drive Interface
- PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3
Random 4K Read
- Up to 570,000 IOPS
Random 4K Write
- Up to 660,000 IOPS
Sequential Read (Average)
- 3400 MB/s
Sequential Write (Average)
- 3000 MB/s
Nonrecoverable Read Errors
- 1 per 1016 bits read
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- 1,800,000 hours
TRIM Support
- OS Dependent
Error Correction
- Built-in ECC
Security
- TCG Pyrite
Endurance
- 1810TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 709 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
- Requires a compatible external enclosure. Not a compatible replacement for the internal drive in any Mac computer.
Write Mode (Max)
- Up to 6.5 Watts
Seek Mode (Max)
- Up to 5.6 Watts
DEVSLP / DevSleep
- Up to 60mW
Dimensions
- Height: 0.3 cm (0.1 in)
- Length: 8.0 cm (3.1 in)
- Width: 2.2 cm (0.9 in)
Weight
- 7.0 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)
Altitude
- Operating: -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft)
- Non-Operating: -304.8 m to 12,192.0 m (-1,000 ft to 40,000 ft)
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
- Creative Apps
- Productivity Apps
- Gaming
Customer Reviews
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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!
Verified Purchase.- 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!
Verified Purchase.- 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!
Verified Purchase.- 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!
