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OWC DIY bundle kit to add the second SSD using OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD and Installation Tools for Mac mini 2011 - 2012
A small number of 2012 units were shipped with the drive mounted in the upper drive bay rather than the more typical lower bay. If you have a 2012 or later model, you will want to determine the configuration of your Mac mini's drives before ordering. To do this, open the Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility app and click on the grey drive icon at the left edge of the window. If you see "Lower" after the "Connection ID" at the bottom-left corner of the window, continue with the purchase. If you see "Upper", you have a unique configuration and need to choose Option "HDD - upper bay". For Upper Bay HDD, please watch Addendum video - scroll down on the page. For Lower BayHDD, watch videos from Video Tab.
Get more storage when you add a second drive to your Mac mini.
- Install the second drive in your Mac mini (2011 - 2012)
- Includes OWC's exclusive Data Doubler plus all the tools you'll need to complete the install
- Experience quicker booting, faster launching of applications, and more efficient work
- DIY: FREE installation video walks you through every step
- 3-Year OWC Limited Warranty
Bigger, Better, Stronger
The Mac mini is already an amazing feat of engineering, and you can pack even more power inside it with the OWC Data Doubler and an OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD. An OWC SSD is simply the best way to expand capability of your already powerful Mac mini, and even better, you can do it yourself!
OWC Mercury Electra 6G Solid-State Drive (SSD)
This SSD brings some serious horsepower to the track. With SSDs operating dramatically faster than hard drives, you will love the performance gains of the OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD. Quicker booting, rapid app launching and more efficient creating are hallmarks of OWC solid-state drives.
With no moving parts, the OWC SSDs are far more stable than conventional hard drives. You can count on significant increases in your read and write speeds, and the Mercury Electra 6G is designed to reduce write degradation over time.
The Right Tools for the Job
With the 5-piece Toolkit from OWC, everything is included to add the OWC SSD in your Mac mini. And once the upgrade is complete, you'll have a handy set of tools for future computer upgrades.
Yes, You Can Do-It-Yourself. Just watch installation videos in this listing
Includes
- (1) OWC Mercury Extreme 6G SSD
- (1) OWC 5-Piece Mini Toolkit, including:
- (1) Phillips #00 screwdriver
- (1) Torx T6 screwdriver
- (1) Torx T8 screwdriver
- (1) Straight Blade 1.8mm screwdriver
- (1) Nylon Pry Tool (aka "Spudger")
- (1) Logic Board Removal Tool
- (4) Rubber Grommets
- (4) Hex Screws
- (1) Flex Cable for Mac mini
- (1) OWC Data Doubler for Mac mini
- (1) OWC Data Doubler for Mac mini (2011-2012) Installation Guide (Download Only)
- 5-Year OWC Limited Warranty
- Controller: Phison PS3112-S12 with 7% over-provisioning
- NAND: Synchronous Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 3D NAND Flash
- Form Factor: Standard 7mm 2.5-inch
- Capacity: 240GB/ 480GB/ 1TB/ 2TB/ 4TB
- Manufacturer part numbers: OWCS3D7P6G240/ OWCS3D7P6G480/ OWCS3D7P6G960/ OWCS3D7P6GS2.0/ OWCS3D7P6GS4.0
- Manufacturer part numbers (bundle): OWCDD1MMSSDP240/ OWCDD1MMSSDP480/ OWCDD1MMSSDP1TB/ OWCDD1MMSSDP2TB/ OWCDD1MMSSDP4TB
- Interface: SATA III 6Gb/s
- RAID Support: Yes
- SMART Attributes: Standard
- Data Reliability: Built-in BCH ECC: Up to 66 bits correctable per 1024 bytes
- Security: Chip Based Data Encryption: 256-bit AES-compliant
- Nonrecoverable Read Errors: Less than 1 sector per 10/16 bits read
- Sustained Reads 6G (up to): 550MB/s
- Sustained Writes 6G (up to): 530MB/s
- Random 4K Read: Up to 100,000 IOPS
- Random 4K Write: Up to 90,000 IOPS
- Model ID: Macmini6,2 - A1347 - EMC 2570
- Model ID: Macmini6,1 - A1347 - EMC 2570
- Model ID: Macmini5,2 - A1347 - EMC 2442
- Model ID: Macmini5,1 - A1347 - EMC 2442