OWC / Other World Computing 240GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive
- Price: $237.50
- Free Shipping (USA)
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- B&H # OWMELEC240
- Mfr# OWCSSDEX6G240
Product Highlights
- 2.5" Form Factor / 9.5mm Height
- SATA 6 Gb/s Supported
- SandForce 2281 Processor
- Duraclass Technology
- Instant Data Access System
- RAISE Technology / ECC Protection
- Intelligent Read Disturb Management
- Advanced Intelligent Recycling
- Compatible with Mac & Windows
The OWC / Other World Computing 240GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive is a 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm that is equipped with a SandForce 2281 Processor and DuraClass technology, and offers sustained reads up to 556 MB/s and writes up to 523 MB/s.
In addition to RAISE (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) technology, the Solid State Drive comes with ECC protection that protects the data on your hard drive and retains it for a long time on the hard drive. The Mercury Electra Solid State Drive features intelligent block management, while the wear leveling system evenly distributes the data over the hard drive. An intelligent read disturb management spreads active read/write, eliminating data corruption.
Advanced intelligent recycling ensures space management by re-writing the data over the SSD, and Durawrite extends the quality of the hard drive. Compatible with Mac and Windows, the Mercury Solid State Drive has no moving parts and a highly rugged storage solution offers faster system response. It supports 240 GB useable capacity with a total flash memory of 256GB, additionally 16 GB space is allocated for real time data redundancy and error correction.
- 2.5" form factor, 9.5 mm height with 240 GB storage capacity makes the drive suitable for notebooks and portable devices
- Equipped with a SandForce 2281 Processor and DuraClass technology
- Offers sustained reads up to 556 MB/s and writes up to 523 MB/s
- RAISE (Redundant Array of Independent Silicon Elements) technology and ECC protection - protects the data on your hard drive
- Intelligent block management and wear leveling system evenly distributes the data over the hard drive
- Intelligent read disturb management spreads the active read/write, eliminating data corruption
- Advanced intelligent recycling ensures space management by re-writing the data over the SSD
- No moving parts
- Compatible with Mac and Windows
- Highly rugged storage solution - offers faster system response
- 7% over provisioned redundancy for laptops
- Supports a total flash memory of 256 GB, additionally 16 GB space is allocated for real time data redundancy and error correction
| Controller | SandForce 2281 Series Processor with 7% over provisioning |
| Form Factor | Standard 9.5 mm 2.5" |
| Interface | SATA 6 Gb/s, 3 Gb/s & 1.5 Gb/s supported, SATA 3.0 compliant |
| Capacity | 240 GB useable capacityTotal flash memory components - 256 GB16 GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction |
| Formatted Capacity | 223GiB |
| NAND | Asynchronous Tier 1/Grade A 2X-nm NAND flash storage |
| SMART attributes | Standard |
| RAID Support | Qualified for single drive and multiple drive production workstation RAID 1/SPAN usage |
| RoHS Compliant | Yes |
| Format | Unformatted |
| Native Command Queuing | Up to 32 commands |
| Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Data Reliability | ECC Recovery: Up to 55 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector |
| Security | Chip based data encryption: 256-bit & 128-bit AES-complian |
| TRIM Support | OS dependent |
| Nonrecoverable Read Errors | Less than 1 sector per 10^16 bits read |
| Performance | |
|---|---|
| Sustained Reads 6Gb/s | 556 MB/s |
| Sustained Writes 6Gb/s | 523 MB/s |
| Sustained Reads 3Gb/s | 284 MB/s |
| Sustained Writes 3Gb/s | 268 MB/s |
| Read Incompressible Data Rate | 208 MB/s |
| Write Incompressible Data Rate | 235 MB/s |
| Random 4K Read | Up to 60,000 IOPS |
| Random 4K Write | Up to 60,000 IOPS |
| Read Latency | less than 0.1 ms |
| Write Latency | less than 0.1 ms |
| Environmental | |
|---|---|
| Temperature | 32 - 158° F / 0 - 70° C (operating temperature)-67 to 302° F / -55 to 150°C (non operating temperature) |
| Acoustics | |
|---|---|
| Idle | 0.0 bels (typical) |
| Seek | 0.0 bels (typical) |
| Physical | |
|---|---|
| Height | 0.372" / 9.45 mm (maximum) |
| Width | 2.758" / 70.06 mm (maximum) |
| Length | 3.941" / 100.12 mm (maximum) |
| Weight | 0.176 lb +/- 2.82 oz (80 grams +/- 2 grams) |
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- Easy to install (3)
- Fast (3)
- Quiet (3)
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Comments about OWC / Other World Computing 240GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive:
Added another to the bag.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about OWC / Other World Computing 240GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive:
I installed this in an MSI IN-602 case, connected it to a Seasonic power supply and an ASUS Sabertooth motherboard carrying an Intel i7-3770 and 16GB of G.Skill memory. Powered up the machine, and installed Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit on the first try.
Boots to Window 7 in less than fifteen seconds...so what's not to love?
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy To Install
- Fast
- Quiet
Cons
- None
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Comments about OWC / Other World Computing 240GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive:
I have two of these in a RAID-1 config for my O/S and swap files. From the first "Starting Windows" graphic, to the login prompt, averages 20 seconds. That's FAST. In the Win7 performance testing, the disks max out at 7.9 score, the highest possible.
- Primary use:
- Business
Pros
- Fast
- Highly Compatible
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
Best Uses
Comments about OWC / Other World Computing 240GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive:
I installed this drive in my 2011 Mac Mini, and it works wonderfully. My Mac now boots faster than my iPad, and programs open almost instantly. It definitely makes the entire system seem much faster. Its probably one of the best upgrades that most users could make. The cost per storage ratio is still a little high, but the performance is unmatched by any conventional drive.
- Primary use:
- Personal
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