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4.0TB OWC DIY SSD Upgrade Bundle
2.5-inch OWC Solid-State Drive, OWC Express USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) Portable Storage Enclosure, and OWC 5-Piece Mini Toolkit
Mfr P/N: Y3SSD6X4TB OWC SKU: OWCY3SSD6X4TB
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Highlights
- Easily expands your internal storage
- Included SSD offers a boost in speed and performance over HDD
- Included enclosure allows convenient transfer of data to new SSD
- Durable toolkit makes installation easy
- 5 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Upgrade/Replace your internal drive
The Drive and Tools you need to Upgrade/Replace the existing 2.5" Drive in your laptop, Mac mini, Xbox, PS3, etc + make the drive being replaced an External for data transfer, backup, and/or additional portable storage.
- Backup and store your data with style and confidence.
- Take your data with you — small enough to keep in a pocket!
- Easily add additional laptop storage with no AC adapter required.
- Examples of how this bus-powered Express bundle can be used in real world situations:
- Power Users / Travelers: Relocate your "home folder" to your Express and have your files with you at home, at work or on the road without the need to synchronize your machines.
Examples of how this bus-powered Express bundle can be used in real world situations:
Laptop Owners: Clone your current internal SATA hard drive in your laptop to the new drive. Then install the new, larger drive in your laptop and keep the smaller drive in your Express for additional storage space.
iTunes Aficionados: Keep a copy of your iTunes library on your external drive to play on multiple machines.
Gamers: Add additional storage to your XBox 360 or PS3 game console to store music, media, and other downloads. PS3 even includes a backup utility to protect your internal drive's data.
For Everyone: Have the piece of mind of a complete backup plan. Create a bootable clone of your hard drive at regular intervals so if your computer goes down, your productivity doesn't go down with it. Boot to another computer and keep on working!
The Right Tools for the Job
Before attempting to perform this installation, please watch the following instructional video in its entirety to determine your ability to perform this complex procedure. OWC assumes no responsibility for damage that may occur during the install. Technical support for this DIY product consists only of this video.
Includes
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- (1) OWC Express 2.5" USB 3.0 Drive Enclosure
- (1)OWC Mercury Extreme® 6G SSD 4.0TB
- (1)OWC 5-Piece Mini Toolkit Nylon Spudger
- (1)Phillips #00
- (1)Straight Blade 1.8mm
- (1)Torx T8
- (1)Torx T6
- (1)High quality double-shielded USB 3.0 B to USB 3.0 A/USB 2.0 A connector cable
- (1)Express Installation Guide
- 5 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Specs
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4.0TB OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 2.5-inch 7mm SATA 6.0Gb/s Solid-State Drive
- Use of a 2.5-inch SSD in a 3.5-inch drive bay requires an adapter bracket such as the NewerTech AdaptaDrive.
- Use of any SSD in an external enclosure is dependent on the power available from the enclosure. OWC Mercury Electra 6G and Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSDs are engineered for use in any OWC Enclosure that supports 2.5-inch SSDs.
Total Capacity
- 3840GB Useable Capacity
- Total Capacity: 4096GB
- 256GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
Formatted Capacity
- 3576GiB
Drive Format
Controller
- Phison PS3112-S12 with 7% over-provisioning
NAND Flash Components
- Kioxia 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
- 2.5-inch 7mm
Drive Interface
- SATA 6.0 Gb/s
Random 4K Read
- Up to 98,000 IOPS
Random 4K Write
- Up to 89,000 IOPS
Sequential Read (Max)
- Up to 550 MB/s
Sequential Write (Max)
- Up to 530 MB/s
Nonrecoverable Read Errors
- 1 per 1016 bits read
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- 1,500,000 hours
Wear Leveling
- Supported
TRIM Support
- OS Dependent
Security
- Secure Erase (SE)
Endurance
- 13800TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 5402 GB per day for 7 years
Mac OS Compatibility
- Yes
PC OS Compatibility
- Yes
Other Requirements
- Requires a Mac, PC, or drive enclosure with an available SATA drive bay and connection. SATA III (6.0 Gb/s) required for best performance.
Write Mode (Max)
- Up to 3.2 Watts
Seek Mode (Max)
- Up to 2.6 Watts
Idle Mode (Max)
- Up to 1.4 Watts
DEVSLP / DevSleep
- Up to 5mW
Dimensions
- Height: 0.7 cm (0.3 in)
- Length: 10.0 cm (3.9 in)
- Width: 7.0 cm (2.8 in)
Weight
- 77.0 g (0.17 lbs)
RoHS Compliant
- 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
- Select Macs And PCs
- Select External Enclosures
- Select PCIe Host Cards
- Productivity Apps
- Creative Apps
- Backups
- Gaming
OWC Express USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) Bus-Powered Portable External Storage Enclosure
Drive Bays
- 1 bay supporting: 2.5-inch SATA drives
- Supports drives up to 2.2TB in capacity and up to 9.5mm in size
Storage Interface
- SATA
Device Ports
- (1) USB 3.0 Port
Data Transfer Rate (Maximum)
- USB 3.2 Gen 1 : Up to 5Gb/s (or 625MB/s)
- USB 2.0 : Up to 480Mb/s (or 60MB/s)
- USB 1.1 : Up to 12Mb/s (or 1.5MB/s)
Chipset / Controller
- JMicron 20329
MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Contact Start Stops
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Mac OS Compatibility
- Mac OS 8.6
- Mac OS 9.0
- Mac OS 9.1
- Mac OS 9.2
- Mac OS X 10.0 Cheetah
- Mac OS X 10.1 Puma
- Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar
- Mac OS X 10.3 Panther
- Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
- Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
- Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
- Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- OS X 10.9 Mavericks
- OS X 10.10 Yosemite
- OS X 10.11 El Capitan
- macOS 10.12 Sierra
- macOS 10.13 High Sierra
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
- macOS 10.15 Catalina
- macOS 11.x Big Sur
- macOS 12.x Monterey
- macOS 13.x Ventura
PC OS Compatibility
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 98
- Windows 98 SE
- Windows 2000
- Windows ME
- Windows XP
- Windows XP 64-bit Edition
- Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
- Windows Vista
- Windows 7 32-bit Edition
- Windows 7 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8 64-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
- Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
- Windows 10 32-bit Edition
- Windows 10 64-bit Edition
- Windows Server 2019
- Windows Server 2022
- Windows 11
Other OS Compatibility
- Linux
External Power Adapter
- No
Power Supply
- Bus-powered
Security Slot
- No
Power/Activity LED
- Yes
Housing Material
- ABS plastic
Dimensions
- Height: 1.4 cm (0.6 in)
- Length: 13.0 cm (5.1 in)
- Width: 7.8 cm (3.1 in)
Weight
- 56.0 g (0.12 lbs)
Country of Origin
- China
TAA Compliance
- No
Altitude
- Non-Operating: Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Noise
- Varies depending on drive mechanism installed
Compatibility & Installation Videos
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