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OWC Aura 6G flash SSD upgrade kit for Late 2012 and Early 2013 iMac
Basic DIY kit with OWC Aura 6G flash Solid-State Drive and resealable tape for iMac late 2012 and Early 2013 SSD slot
Highlights
- Add a high-performance SSD to your iMac
- Increase capacity. Increase speed. Up to 2TB of 6G performance
- 3-year OWC SSD warranty
- Backed by free DIY install videos and expert support
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More Capacity, More Speed, More Performance
Upgrading your iMac with an OWC SSD is the performance pathway to a total system boost with Aura 6G for iMac. OWC provides Mac users with a complete upgrade solution that delivers higher performance and reliability. Create an ultra-fast SSD boot drive, add 500GB of extra capacity and get the most from your Mac. Aura SSDs are custom engineered for iMac, and add the flexibility to expand capabilities far beyond factory limitations.
Industry leading controller technologies deliver outstanding performance and reliability.
- Aggressive data management keeps drives working at full potential even when full.
- Hardware error correction yields superior data retention and drive health
- Gold-standard compression and even data distribution maximizes write performance and drive endurance.
Better by Design
Aura 6G SSD for iMac is designed and built with premium tier-1 NAND flash. OWC SSDs are engineered to be the best for Mac, undergoing a rigorous 7- stage lab testing process to deliver absolute reliability at maximum performance long into the future.
Note:
Please note, that before attempting to perform this installation, it is recommended you watch the associated instructional video in its entirety to determine your ability to perform this complex procedure. OWC assumes no responsibility for damage that may occur during the install.
Includes
- (1) OWC Aura 6G SSD
- (1) Torx SSD mounting screw
- (1) Screen Removal Tool
- (1) Adhesive strip set
- 3 -years warranty
- Capacity: 250GB/ 500GB/ 1TB/ 2TB
- Part numbers: OWCSSDIM12D240/ OWCSSDIM12D480/ OWCSSDIM12D960/ OWCSSDIM12DT02
- NAND: Tier 1 Major Multi-Level Cell (MLC) High-Performance Sync-NAND Flash
- Controller: Silicon Motion SM2258 with 8% over-provisioning
- SMART Attributes: Standard
- Native Command Queuing: up to 32 commands
- RoHS Compliant: Yes
- RAID Support: No
- Format: Unformatted (Instructions on formatting here)
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Dimensions:
- Height: 0.3 cm (0.1 in)
- Width: 3.2 cm (1.3 in)
- Length: 8.8 cm (3.5 in)
- Weight: 18.0 g (0.04 lbs)
- MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures): 1,500,000 hours
- Security: ATA Security Feature Command Set And Password Login Support
- TRIM Support: OS Dependent
- Nonrecoverable Read Errors: Less than 1 sector per 10/16 bits read
- Error Correction: Built-in ECC
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Performance:
- Sustained Reads (up to): 530MB/s
- Sustained Writes (up to): 494MB/s
- Random 4K Read: Up to 60,000 IOPS
- Random 4K Write: Up to 74,000 IOPS
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Power:
- Read Mode (Max): Up to 2.1 Watts
- Write Mode (Max): Up to 2.1 Watts
- Idle Mode (Max): Up to 0.1 Watts
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Environmental (Operating):
- Shock: 1500 G max at 0.5 ms
- Temperature (°F): 32°F to 158°F
- Altitude: -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft)
- Humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
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Acoustics:
- Idle (Typical): 0.0 bels
- Seek (Typical): 0.0 bels
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Notes:
- 1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
- In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
- Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.
- Based on SandForce processor operation.
- Specifications provided by SandForce.
- iMac (21.5-inch Early 2013) (March 2013) Model ID: iMac13,1 - A1418 - EMC2545
- iMac (21.5-inch Late 2012) (October 2012) Model ID: iMac13,1 - A1418 - EMC2544
- iMac (27-inch Late 2012) (October 2012) Model ID: iMac13,2 - A1419 - EMC2546
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