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OWC / Other World Computing 480GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive
- Price: $449.95
- Free Shipping (USA)
- In Stock
- B&H # OWMELEC480
- Mfr# OWCSSDEX6G480
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 480GB 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 480 GB useable capacity with a total flash memory of 512GB, additionally 32 GB space is allocated for real time data redundancy and error correction.
- 2.5" form factor, 9.5 mm height with 480 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 512 GB, additionally 32 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 | 480 GB useable capacityTotal flash memory components - 512 GB32 GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction |
| Formatted Capacity | 447GiB |
| 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) |
REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
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Pros
- Fast
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
- Expensive
Best Uses
- High-End Multimedia
Comments about OWC / Other World Computing 480GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive:
Very fast and stable SSD.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy to install
- Fast Connectivity
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Laptops
- Travel
Comments about OWC / Other World Computing 480GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive:
The boot up procedure on my new MacBook Pro 13 that took many minutes has been reduced to less than 30 seconds.
The computer runs cooler and more quietly. The battery lasts longer.
The load times for applications is dramatically decreased, and those apps which swap data into and out of virtual memory run faster.
Installation was a snap with easy-to-follow instructions from iFixit.
I can think of no negative other than the fact that it is somewhat costly.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
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REVIEW SNAPSHOT®
by PowerReviews(based on 2 reviews)
Ratings Distribution
REVIEWS
Reviewed by 2 customers
Sort by
Displaying reviews 1-2
Pros
- Fast
- Quiet
- Reliable
Cons
- Expensive
Best Uses
- High-End Multimedia
Comments about OWC / Other World Computing 480GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive:
Very fast and stable SSD.
- Primary use:
- Personal
Pros
- Easy to install
- Fast Connectivity
- Quiet
Cons
Best Uses
- Laptops
- Travel
Comments about OWC / Other World Computing 480GB Mercury Electra 6G Solid State Drive:
The boot up procedure on my new MacBook Pro 13 that took many minutes has been reduced to less than 30 seconds.
The computer runs cooler and more quietly. The battery lasts longer.
The load times for applications is dramatically decreased, and those apps which swap data into and out of virtual memory run faster.
Installation was a snap with easy-to-follow instructions from iFixit.
I can think of no negative other than the fact that it is somewhat costly.
- Primary use:
- Personal
- Computer Platform:
- Mac
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