OWC Accelsior Storage Expansion with Speed Boost
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OWC Accelsior Storage Expansion with Speed Boost
Overview
The Accelsior S Storage Expansion from OWC / Other World Computing allows you to add high speed SATA III drive to PCs or silver Mac Pro towers, otherwise restricted to SATA II architecture. With more than 500 MB/s of throughput, the Accelsior S dual-lane PCIe 2.0 card delivers flexible storage expansion, with a speed boost, to your Mac or PC. Accelsior S is the complement to OWC's Mercury family of SSD's, allowing up to an extra 1TB of fast storage expansion.
Mount a 2.5" drive to the Accelsior S, install in any available PCIe x4 (or greater) slot, and you're up and running with expanded storage. Use as a native boot drive or scratch-disk and boost capacity and performance. With no drivers or extra software needed, upgrading your PC or legacy Mac Pro tower with Accelsior S is easy.
Features
- Directly mount any standard 2.5" drive
- Up to 550 MB/s sustained speeds
- Enhance SATA II (3 Gb/s) systems with SATA III (6 Gb/s) support
- No drivers required
- Easy installation
Specifications
| Designed For Use With | All 2.5" HDD and SSD SATA I (1.5 Gb/s), SATA II (3 Gb/s), and SATA III (6 Gb/s) |
|---|---|
| Interface | PCIe 2.0 x2 |
| Controller | HBA: Asmedia 1062 |
| Form Factor | Full height, half length |
| Read | Up to 550 MB/s (depends on mechanism installed) |
| Write | 530 MB/s (depends on mechanism installed) |
| Compliance | RoHS, AHCI |
| Acoustics | 0.0 bels for both Idle and Seek |
| Operating Systems Supported | Mac OS X 10.6 and up, Windows Server 2008 and higher, Not compatible as a Windows boot drive on a Mac |
| Operating Temperature | 32 to 158°F (0 to 70°C) |
| Non-Operating Temperature | -67 to 302°F (-55 to 150°C) |
What's in the box
- OWC Accelsior S PCIe Adapter for 2.5" SATA III SSD Drives
Warranty
Limited 3-Year Warranty
