OWC / Other World Computing Mercury Accelsior E2 960GB PCI Express High-Performance SSD, 756 MB/s Read Speed and 673 MB/s Write Speed at Sandy Bridge (PC)

The PCIe SSD drive built for the most demanding needs of video editing and creative professionals.

Boot, Launch, Create and Save Faster
With its simultaneous internal and external storage performance, the Mercury Accelsior E2 offers the best combination of speed, capacity and connectivity available today. Stop waiting for I/O-intensive apps like Photoshop, Final Cut Pro or Avid Pro Tools to render, capture or process. Start working faster with near instantaneous boots and app launches. And save your work faster than ever before.

The Accelsior E2 utilizes the PCIe slot in Mac Pros and PC towers, the fastest data interface available, to deliver up to 820MB/s of blistering performance. That's nearly 3x faster than an SSD equipped Mac Pro 3Gb/s drive bay and well beyond 6Gb/s drive speeds. When your work is completed, transfer it for backup or archival purposes at speeds up to 600MB/s via the two eSATA expansion ports to any external storage device with an eSATA port.

Boost Server and Gaming Data Speeds
In addition to video-editing and multimedia creation / management deployment, the Accelsior E2 takes servers and gaming to entirely new levels of performance with it's extreme data speeds. With up to 100,000 IOPS, business-critical applications like online transaction processing databases are given an instant boost. For gamers, Accelsior E2's speed dramatically reduces game level-loading, object streaming and save times for more playing and less waiting.

And Laptops, Mac mini, & iMac Too
The Accelsior E2 isn't just for desktop computing. With an external PCIe expansion chassis, such as the OWC Helios, you can enjoy the Accelsior E2's performance benefits with any Thunderbolt port equipped Mac or PC.

Efficient, Reliable and Upgradeable SSD Blades
Accelsior E2's SandForce Driven SSD blades provide a more responsive and productive computing experience with cooler, quieter and more energy efficient operation compared to standard hard drives. SandForce RAISE technology provides RAID-like data redundancy protection and reliability. And with the future introduction of higher capacity Mercury Accelsior SSD blades, you'll be able to meet expanding storage needs while extending the useful life of your investment.

Easy-to-Install & Robust
Accelsior is as easy-to-install as memory a upgrade, yet robust enough to handle the rigors of pro environments.

Add Up to 32TB Externally with Two eSATA Expansion Ports
In addition to the ultimate SSD upgrade, the Accelsior E2 adds two eSATA storage expansion interfaces to any Mac Pro. Achieve faster than internal drive speeds with up to 600MB/s performance per drive. That's a whopping 6x faster than the fastest stock Mac Pro external interface of FireWire 800 with up to 100MB/s data rates.

RAID or Single Drives, The Choice is Yours
A variety of single and multi-drive RAID solutions can be connected via Accelsior E2's two eSATA expansion ports. You can also create a RAID array with Apple's Disk Utility, SoftRAID or various software RAID applications for PCs.

Compatibility
Compatible with all eSATA equipped storage solutions.

PC Throughput
PCIe 2.0 x4 slot or better is required. Use of a PCIe 1.0 x4 slot will reduce performance.

Mac Pro Throughput
• 2009-2010 Mac Pro. Installing Accelsior into any open x4 or x16 PCIe 2.0 slot will deliver full throughput up to 785MB/s
• 2008 Mac Pro. These models have two x16 PCIe 2.0 slots, which enable Acceslsior E2 to deliver full throughput up to 785MB/s. Installing Accelsior E2 into of the two x4 PCIe 1.0 slots will result in Accelsior E2 being addressed as a gen one, one-lane card with performance limited to real world 190-200MB/s data rates
• 2006-2007 Mac Pro. These models utilize PCIe 1.0 slot which cannot be configured (even with the Expansion Utility in OS X) to address Accelsior E2 as anything but as a first generation one-lane card. As a result, Accelsior_E2 performance will be limited to 190-200MB/s data rates. If maximum data rate speed up to 285MB/s is desired, they recommend the installation of a 2.5" OWC Mercury SSD in an open Mac Pro drive bay

eSATA Expansion Ports
• Compatible with all eSATA equipped storage solutions
• A sleep conflict may be encountered when using certain eSATA chipsets via the eSATA ports when booted to the Accelsior E2. See the specifications tab for affected solutions where System Sleep mode MUST be disabled in order to ensure reliable operation. Allowing system sleep to occur while one of the affected external drives is connected via the Accelsior E2 eSATA ports could result in loss of data following wake from sleep. Although the above are their general recommendations for use, wake from sleep has been determined to only be an issue when the Accelsior E2 is used for startup (SSD or eSATA connected device). They are working with their partners to see that the sleep/wake function is fully supported with all solutions and startup scenarios

Dual Card Use/Booting
• Dual Accelsior_E2 Usage. The use of two or more Accelsior_E2 SSDs requires OS X 10.6.8 or later
• Windows booting is only supported in slot #3 on a 2008 Mac Pro (with model ID MacPro3,1). To boot Windows on an Accelsior E2, only one Accelsior E2 can be installed at a time. OWC Dual Boot Enabler for Apple Boot Camp required for use with Boot Camp utility
• 2006-2008 Mac Pro (with model ID MacPro1,1; MacPro2,1; MacPro3,1). Due to an Apple limitation, any volume located on a Mercury Accelsior - E2 SSD will not appear in the "option boot" menu. A volume installed on an Accelsior_E2 can be set as the Mac Pro's boot volume through the "Startup Disk" pane in System Preferences