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Raise Your Game with NVMe SSD Performance
Highlights
- Read speeds up to 3400MB/s
- Write speed up to 3000MB/s
- Ideal for enclosures and inside PCs
- High-performance 3D TLC NAND
Raise Your Game with NVMe Performance
Aura® Ultra III M.2 NVMe gears up your system for media-heavy projects or breakthroughs in your favourite hardware-punishing games. Using NVMe technology designed for flash memory, Aura Ultra III provides a perfectly optimized blend of speed and reliability features to reach speeds up to 3400MB/s, so you can stream high-res video and graphics files without a glitch. With a built-in SLC caching technique, the drive delivers ultra-fast write speeds up to 3000 MB/s optimized to endure your render queue.
Inside-Out Versatility
Aura Ultra III is a versatile SSD that's at home in an enclosure or loaded on your PC's motherboard. In an external drive, Aura Ultra III offers dependable speed and data protection for on-location downloads of large media files — 8K video, high-res photo, and audio files. With faster data transfer in the field, you can quickly get to the next phase of your project.
Internally, Aura Ultra III adds a new performance dimension to your PC that can equate to faster previews, renders and processing in audio and VFX programs. Gaming with Aura Ultra III creates a new realm of speed and responsiveness, giving you an extra edge on the competition.
Built to Outlast
Engineered with fail-safes, Aura Ultra III is optimized for the best and longest working life, especially in write-intensive workflows. From running double checks on data and correcting errors to ensuring the uniform use of its flash media, this SSD is calibrated for endurance as a factory pre-set.
Aura Ultra III is overprovisioned at 7%, meaning it has extra NAND cells on standby to increase longevity and preserve performance.
Service and Support
OWC is proud to introduce Aura Ultra III to its lineup of industry-leading SSDs. Optimized for work and play, Aura Ultra III is backed by OWC's 5-year limited warranty and free USA-based lifetime support. Our support teams are available to answer questions, troubleshoot, and help you get the most from your new SSD.
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5 Year OWC Limited Warranty
- Capacities: 240GB/ 480GB/ 1TB/ 2TB/ 4TB/ 8TB
- Manufacturer part numbers: OWCS3DNE12ST02/ OWCS3DN3P2T05/ OWCS3DN3P2T10/ OWCS3DN3P2T20/ OWCS3DN3P2T40/ OWCS4DAQ12ST80
- NAND: Toshiba Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 3D NAND Flash
- Form Factor: M.2 - 2280 "M Key"
- Interface: PCIe 3.0 x4, NVMe 1.3
- Controller: Phison E12 with 7% over-provisioning
- RAID Support: Yes
- SMART Attributes: Standard
- Native Command Queuing: Up to 32 commands
- RoHS Compliant: Yes
- Format: Unformatted
- MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures): 8TB - 1,800,000 hours
- Physical:
- Height (max): 1.2mm (0.047″)
- Width (max): 22.0mm (0.866″)
- Length (max): 80.0mm (3.150″)
- Weight: 7 grams (0.247 oz)
- Data Reliability: ECC Recovery
- Endurance:
- 240GB: 170TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 67 GB per day for 7 years
- 480GB: 800TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 314 GB per day for 7 years
- 1TB: 1665TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 652 GB per day for 7 years
- 2TB: 3115TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 1220 GB per day for 7 years
- 4TB: 6820TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 2670 GB per day for 7 years
- 8TB: 1810TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 709 GB per day for 7 years
- TRIM Support: OS Dependent
- Nonrecoverable Read Errors: Less than 1 sector per 10/16 bits read
- Power:
- Read Power: 6.4 W
- Write Power: 3.9 W
- Idle Mode: 0.9 W
- Environmental (Operating):
- Temperature (°F): 32°F to 158°F
- Temperature (°C): 0°C to 70°C
- Relative Humidity: 0% to 90%
- Environmental (Non-Operating):
- Temperature (°F): -40°F to 185°F
- Temperature (°C): -40°C to 85°C
- Relative Humidity: 0% to 93%
- Acoustics:
- Idle (Typical): 0.0 bels
- Seek (Typical): 0.0 bels
- Note: *1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon the operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
- PC Compatible: Compatible with Intel / AMD based desktop/laptop PCs equipped with M.2 SSD bay.
- OWC products Compatible:
- OWC Express 4M2
- OWC Thunderbay 6 Raid
- OWC Thunderbay 6
- OWC Envoy Express
- Accelsior 1M2
- Accelsior 4M2
- Accelsior 8M2
- Envoy Pro EX USB-C
- U2 Shuttle
- U2 ShuttleOne
- miniStack STX