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OWC DIY Upgrade Bundle with Mercury Electra 3G, tools and external USB enclosure to change main hard drive - HDD for SSD on MacBook Pro Non-Retina, MacBook and Mac Mini 2006 to 2010
Get more storage when you upgrade/replace the existing 2.5" drive in your Mac.
- Easily expands your internal storage
- Included SSD offers a boost in speed and performance over HDD
- Included enclosure allows convenient transfer of data to new SSD
- Durable toolkit makes installation easy
- 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty
Upgrade/Replace Your Internal Drive
The Drive and Tools you need to Upgrade/Replace the existing 2.5" Drive in your laptop, Mac mini, Xbox, PS3, etc + make the drive being replaced an External for data transfer, backup, and/or additional portable storage.
Everything you need in one package, immediately ready to assemble and:
- Backup and store your data with style and confidence.
- Take your data with you – small enough to keep in a pocket!
- Easily add additional laptop storage with no AC adapter required.
Real World Uses
Power Users / Travelers: Relocate your "home folder" to your Express and have your files with you at home, at work or on the road without the need to synchronize your machines.
Laptop Owners: Clone your current internal SATA hard drive in your laptop to the new drive. Then install the new, larger drive in your laptop and keep the smaller drive in your Express for additional storage space.
iTunes Aficionados: Keep a copy of your iTunes library on your external drive to play on multiple machines.
Gamers: Add additional storage to your XBox 360 or PS3 game console to store music, media, and other downloads. PS3 even includes a backup utility to protect your internal drive's data.
For Everyone: Have the piece of mind of a complete backup plan. Create a bootable clone of your hard drive at regular intervals so if your computer goes down, your productivity doesn't go down with it. Boot to another computer and keep on working!
Everything You Need – All in One Package
- OWC Express USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) Portable Storage Enclosure
- OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD
- OWC 5-Piece Mini Toolkit
- Nylon Spudger
- Phillips #00 Driver
- Straight Blade 1.8mm Driver
- Torx T8 Driver
- Torx T6 Driver
- High-Quality Double-Shielded USB Micro-B to USB-A Cable
- Assembly Manual & User Guide
- Quick Start Guide
- OWC Express Carrying Sleeve
Yes, You Can Do-It-Yourself. Just watch video guides from the included videos
Includes
- (1) OWC Express USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) Portable Storage Enclosure
- (1) OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD
- (1) OWC 5-Piece Mini Toolkit
- (1) Nylon Spudger
- (1) Phillips #00 Driver
- (1) Straight Blade 1.8mm Driver
- (1) Torx T8 Driver
- (1) Torx T6 Driver
- (1) High-Quality Double-Shielded USB Micro-B to USB-A Cable
- (1) Assembly Manual & User Guide
- (1) Quick Start Guide
- (1) OWC Express Carrying Sleeve
- 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty
- Available capacities: 250GB/ 500GB/ 1TB/ 2TB
- Manufacturer part numbers - SSD: OWCS3D7E3G250/ OWCS3D7E3G500/ OWCS3D7E3GT1.0/ OWCS3D7E3GT2.0
- Manufacturer part numbers - bundles: OWCYSSDMP250/ OWCYSSDMP500/ OWCYSSDMP1TB/ OWCYSSDMP2TB
- Form Factor: 2.5-inch
- Interface: SATA 3.0 Gb/s
- RAID Support: Yes
- SMART Attributes: Standard 2
- *RoHS Compliant: Yes
- Reach Certification: Yes
- Security: ATA Security Feature Command Set and Password Login Support
- Error Correction: Built-in ECC
- TRIM Support: OS Dependent
- Wear Leveling: Supported
- Nonrecoverable Read Errors: Less than 1 sector per 10/15 bits read
- Mac OS Compatibility: Yes
- PC OS Compatibility: Yes
- Other Requirements: Requires a Mac, PC, or drive enclosure with an available SATA drive bay. SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) or faster is required for best performance.
- Sequential Read (Max): 274MB/s
- Sequential Write (Max): 253MB/s
- Shock: 1500 G max at 0.5 ms
- Temperature (°F) / (°C): 32°F to 158°F / 0°C to 70°C
- Humidity: 5% to 95% non-condensing
- Temperature reporting is currently an unsupported feature because due to the operating characteristics of SSDs, it is highly unlikely one would ever exceed an OWC Mercury SSD's stated operating temperature ceiling of 158F/70C. However, we are looking into supporting this feature in the future via a firmware update. Firmware updates can be found here: here.
- Use of any SSD in an external enclosure is dependent on the power available from the enclosure. OWC Mercury Electra 6G and Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSDs are engineered for use in any OWC Enclosure that supports 2.5-inch SSDs.
- OWC Express 2.5" SATA Hard Drive or Solid State Drive Enclosure
- High-Quality Double Shielded USB 3.0 connecting cable
- Printed Guide
- Carrying sleeve
- 1-Year OWC Enclosure Limited Warranty with 48-Hour Turnaround Time
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MacBook Pro:
- Model ID: MacBookPro7,1 - A1278 - EMC 2351
- Model ID: MacBookPro6,2 - A1286 - EMC 2353
- Model ID: MacBookPro6,1 - A1297 - EMC 2352
- Model ID: MacBookPro5,1 - A1286 - EMC 2255
- Model ID: MacBookPro5,2 - A1297 - EMC 2272
- Model ID: MacBookPro5,2 - A1297 - EMC 2329
- Model ID: MacBookPro5,3 - A1286 - EMC 2325
- Model ID: MacBookPro5,4 - A1286 - EMC 2324
- Model ID: MacBookPro5,5 - A1278 - EMC 2326
- Model ID: MacBookPro4,1 - A1260 - EMC 2198
- Model ID: MacBookPro4,1 - A1261 - EMC 2199
- Model ID: MacBookPro3,1 - A1226 - EMC 2136
- Model ID: MacBookPro3,1 - A1229 - EMC 2137
- Model ID: MacBookPro2,1 - A1212 - EMC 2119
- Model ID: MacBookPro2,2 - A1211 - EMC 2120
- Model ID: MacBookPro1,1 - A1150 - EMC 2101
- Model ID: MacBookPro1,2 - A1151 - EMC 2102
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MacBook:
- Model ID: MacBook7,1 - A1342 - EMC 2395
- Model ID: MacBook6,1 - A1342 - EMC 2350
- Model ID: MacBook5,2 - A1181 - EMC 2300
- Model ID: MacBook5,2 - A1181 - EMC 2330
- Model ID: MacBook5,1 - A1278 - EMC 2254
- Model ID: MacBook4,1 - A1181 - EMC 2242
- Model ID: MacBook3,1 - A1181 - EMC 2200
- Model ID: MacBook2,1 - A1181 - EMC 2121
- Model ID: MacBook2,1 - A1181 - EMC 2139
- Model ID: MacBook1,1 - A1181 - EMC 2092
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Mac Mini:
- Model ID: Macmini4,1 - A1347 - EMC 2364
- Model ID: Macmini3,1 - A1283 - EMC 2264
- Model ID: Macmini3,1 - A1283 - EMC 2336
- Model ID: Macmini2,1 - A1176 - EMC 2108
- Model ID: Macmini1,1 - A1176 - EMC 2108