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OWC Mercury Electra 2.5-inch SATA III SSD 7mm Solid-State Drive
For High-Speed Performance and Reliability
Mercury Electra SSDs deliver the latest in flash NAND and controller technology, utilizing 3D NAND + SLC caching for long-lasting, power-efficient performance. They offer a powerful combination of performance and reliability for demanding everyday computer users.
Highlights
- The perfect solution for everyday computing
- Latest flash NAND and controller technology
- Global wear leveling data distribution
- Static data refresh technology for freespace management
- Hardware ECC (error correction)
- S.M.A.R.T and TRIM command support
- Standby power benefits to extend battery life for laptop road warriors
Mercury Electra SSDs deliver the latest in flash NAND and controller technology, utilizing 3D NAND + SLC caching for long-lasting, power-efficient performance. They offer a powerful combination of performance and reliability for demanding everyday computer users.
The Mercury SSD line features:
- Global wear leveling algorithms automatically distribute data evenly and manage program/erase count, maximizing SSD lifespan.
- Static data refresh technology manages free space, gradually refreshing data across the SSD over time, preventing data corruption.
- Hardware ECC corrects errors for superior data retention and drive life.
- S.M.A.R.T and TRIM command support.
- Standby power benefits to extend battery life for laptop road warriors.
High-Performance Internal Storage
This 6G SATA SSD delivers fast, reliable performance. It works as a hard drive upgrade internally and in bus-powered or self-powered external enclosures (any Mac, PC, or enclosure that supports 2.5" SATA drives, must support 7mm drive height).
OWC SSDs have no moving parts, resulting in a quiet, cool, highly rugged storage solution that also offers near instantaneous system response. With real world speeds over to 500MB/s, the OWC Mercury Electra 6G SSD line delivers unbeatable performance.
What is in the box:
- (1) Mercury Electra 6G SSD
- 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty
- S.M.A.R.T. Attributes: Standard attributes supported
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ): Up to 32 simultaneous commands
- RAID Support: Yes
- Form Factor: 2.5-inch 7mm
- Drive Interface: SATA 6.0 Gb/s
- Random 4K Read: Up to 100,000 IOPS
- Random 4K Write: Up to 90,000 IOPS
- Sequential Read (Max): Up to 540 MB/s
- Sequential Write (Max): Up to 500 MB/s
- Nonrecoverable Read Errors: 1 per 1015 bits read
- MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures): 1,500,000 hours
- Wear Leveling: Supported
- TRIM Support: OS Dependent
- Security: TCG Opal, Secure Erase (SE), Chip Based Data Encryption: 256-bit AES-compliant
- Endurance: 340TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 187 GB per day for 5 years
- Mac OS Compatibility: Yes
- PC OS Compatibility: Yes
- Other Requirements: Host or device with a built-in SATA connection.
- Write Mode (Max): Up to 2.055 Watts
- Seek Mode (Max): Up to 1.48 Watts
- Idle Mode (Max): Up to 0.07 Watts
- Dimensions: Height: 0.7 cm (0.3 in), Length: 10.0 cm (3.9 in), Width: 7.0 cm (2.8 in)
- Weight: 55.0 g (0.12 lbs)
- RoHS Compliant: Yes
- Reach Certification: Yes
- Ambient Temperature: Operating: 32°F to 158°F (0°C to 70°C), Non-Operating: -40°F to 185°F (-40°C to 85°C)
- Altitude: Operating: -304.8 m to 3,048.0 m (-1,000 ft to 10,000 ft), Non-Operating: -304.8 m to 12,192.0 m (-1,000 ft to 40,000 ft)
- Humidity: Operating: 5% to 95% non-condensing
- Shock: Operating: 1500 G max at 0.5 ms, Non-Operating: 1500 G max at 0.5 ms
- Idle (Typical): 0.0 bels
- Seek (Typical): 0.0 bels
- Use of a 2.5-inch SSD in a 3.5-inch drive bay requires an adapter bracket such as the NewerTech AdaptaDrive: 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.
- Special Note: For specific 2009 iMacs, 2008-2010 MacBooks, 2008-2009 MacBook Pros, and 2009 Mac mini models, we highly recommend using a SATA 2.0 (3Gb/s) SSD, such as the OWC Mercury Electra 3G.
- Recommended Models:
- iMac Models: iMac9,1, iMac10,1, iMac11,1
- MacBook Models: MacBook5,1, MacBook5,2, MacBook6,1, MacBook7,1
- MacBook Pro Models: MacBookPro5,1, MacBookPro5,2, MacBookPro5,3, MacBookPro5,4, MacBookPro5,5
- Mac mini Models: Macmini3,1, Macmini4,1
- Performance Note: While a 6G SSD functions in these models, it will only operate at SATA Revision 1.0 (1.5Gb/s, 150MB/s) speeds, rather than the full SATA Revision 2.0 (3.0Gb/s, 300MB/s) speed these computers can support. The OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD is the recommended upgrade to achieve optimal performance.
- Compatibility: The OWC SSD Mercury Electra 6G Model is compatible with almost any Mac or PC model with a Serial ATA connection (SATA, SATA 2.0, or SATA 3.0). Compatible MacBook Pro models include:
- MacBook Pro Models
- 2012 Models:
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, June 2012) Model ID: MacBookPro9,1 | 2.3GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.7GHz
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, June 2012) Model ID: MacBookPro9,2 | 2.5GHz, 2.9GHz
- 2011 Models:
- MacBook Pro (17-inch, October 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,3 | 2.4GHz, 2.5GHz
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, October 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,2 | 2.2GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.5GHz
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, October 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,1 | 2.4GHz, 2.8GHz
- MacBook Pro (17-inch, February 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,3 | 2.2GHz, 2.3GHz
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, February 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,2 | 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz, 2.3GHz
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, February 2011) Model ID: MacBookPro8,1 | 2.3GHz, 2.7GHz
- 2010 Models:
- MacBook Pro (17-inch, April 2010) Model ID: MacBookPro6,1 | 2.53GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, April 2010) Model ID: MacBookPro6,2 | 2.4GHz, 2.53GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.8GHz
- MacBook Pro (13-inch, April 2010) Model ID: MacBookPro7,1 | 2.4GHz, 2.66GHz
- 2008-2009 Models:
- MacBook Pro (17-inch, Late 2008) Model ID: MacBookPro4,1 | 2.5GHz, 2.6GHz
- MacBook Pro (17-inch, Early 2008) Model ID: MacBookPro4,1 | 2.5GHz, 2.6GHz
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, Early 2008) Model ID: MacBookPro4,1 | 2.4GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.6GHz
- 2007 Models:
- MacBook Pro (17-inch, Mid/Late 2007) Model ID: MacBookPro3,1 | 2.4GHz, 2.6GHz
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, Mid/Late 2007) Model ID: MacBookPro3,1 | 2.2GHz, 2.4GHz, 2.6GHz
- 2006 Models:
- MacBook Pro (17-inch Core 2 Duo, October 2006) Model ID: MacBookPro2,1 | 2.33GHz
- MacBook Pro (15-inch Core 2 Duo, October 2006) Model ID: MacBookPro2,2 | 2.16GHz, 2.33GHz
- MacBook Pro (15-inch Glossy, May 2006) Model ID: MacBookPro1,1 | 2.0GHz, 2.16GHz
- MacBook Pro (17-inch, April 2006) Model ID: MacBookPro1,2 | 2.16GHz
- MacBook Pro (15-inch, January 2006) Model ID: MacBookPro1,1 | 1.83GHz, 2.0GHz, 2.16GHz
- MacBook Models:
- 2008 Models:
- MacBook (Late 2008, October) Model ID: MacBook4,1 | 2.1GHz
- MacBook (Early 2008, February) Model ID: MacBook4,1 | 2.1GHz, 2.4GHz
- 2007 Models:
- MacBook (Late 2007, November) Model ID: MacBook3,1 | 2.0GHz, 2.2GHz
- MacBook (Mid 2007, May) Model ID: MacBook2,1 | 2.0GHz, 2.16GHz
- 2006 Models:
- MacBook (Late 2006, November) Model ID: MacBook2,1 | 1.83GHz, 2.0GHz
- MacBook (May 2006) Model ID: MacBook1,1 | 1.83GHz, 2.0GHz
- Mac mini Models:
- 2014 Model:
- Mac mini (Late 2014, October) Model ID: Macmini7,1 | 1.4GHz, 2.6GHz, 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz
- 2012 Models:
- Mac mini (Late 2012, October) Model ID: Macmini6,1 & Macmini6,2 | 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.6GHz
- Mac mini (Late 2012 Server, October) Model ID: Macmini6,2 | 2.3GHz, 2.6GHz
- 2011 Models:
- Mac mini (Mid 2011, July) Model ID: Macmini5,1 & Macmini5,2 | 2.3GHz, 2.5GHz, 2.7GHz
- Mac mini (Mid 2011 Server, July) Model ID: Macmini5,3 | 2.0GHz
- 2010 Models:
- Mac mini (Mid 2010, June) Model ID: Macmini4,1 | 2.4GHz, 2.66GHz
- Mac mini (Mid 2010 Server, June) Model ID: Macmini4,1 | 2.66GHz
- 2007 Model:
- Mac mini (Mid 2007, August) Model ID: Macmini2,1 | 1.83GHz, 2.0GHz
- iMac Models:
- 2013 Models:
- iMac (27-inch Late 2013, September) Model ID: iMac14,2 | 3.2GHz i5, 3.4GHz i5, 3.5GHz i7
- iMac (21.5-inch Late 2013, September) Model ID: iMac14,1; iMac14,3 | 2.7GHz i5, 2.9GHz i5, 3.1GHz i7
- 2012 Models:
- iMac (27-inch Late 2012, November) Model ID: iMac13,2 | 2.9GHz i5, 3.2GHz i5, 3.4GHz i7
- iMac (21.5-inch Late 2012, November) Model ID: iMac13,1 | 2.7GHz i5, 2.9GHz i5, 3.1GHz i7
- 2011 Models:
- iMac (27-inch Mid 2011, May) Model ID: iMac12,2 | 2.7GHz i5, 3.1GHz i5, 3.4GHz i7
- iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011, May) Model ID: iMac12,1 | 2.5GHz i5, 2.7GHz i5, 2.8GHz i7
- 2010 Models:
- iMac (27-inch Mid 2010, July) Model ID: iMac11,3 | 2.8GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.2GHz, 3.6GHz
- iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010, July) Model ID: iMac11,2 | 3.06GHz, 3.2GHz, 3.6GHz
- iMac (27-inch Mid 2010, July) Model ID: iMac11,3 | 2.8GHz i5, 2.93GHz i5, 3.6GHz i7
- iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2010, July) Model ID: iMac11,2 | 3.6GHz i5
- iMac 27-Inch Models (Late 2013 - 2019):
- iMac19,1 - A2115 - EMC 3194
- iMac18,3 - A1419 - EMC 3070
- iMac17,1 - A1419 - EMC 2834
- iMac15,1 - A1419 - EMC 2806
- iMac 21.5-Inch Models (Late 2013 - Current):
- iMac19,2 - A2116 - EMC 3195
- iMac18,2 - A1418 - EMC 3069
- iMac18,1 - A1418 - EMC 3068
- iMac16,2 - A1418 - EMC 2833
- iMac16,2 - A1418 - EMC 2889
- iMac16,1 - A1418 - EMC 2889
- iMac14,4 - A1418 - EMC 2805
- Mac Pro Models:
- 2010-2012 Models:
- Mac Pro 12-Core (Mid 2010-2012, July 2010 / June 2012) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 2.40GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.06GHz
- Mac Pro 8-Core (Mid 2010, July) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 2.4GHz
- Mac Pro 6-Core (Mid 2010-2012, July 2010 / June 2012) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 3.33GHz
- Mac Pro (Mid 2010 Quad-Core, July) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 2.8GHz, 3.2GHz, 3.33GHz
- 2009 Models:
- Mac Pro (Early 2009 8-Core, March) Model ID: MacPro4,1 | 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz
- Mac Pro (Early 2009 Quad-Core, March) Model ID: MacPro4,1 | 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.33GHz
- 2008 Model:
- Mac Pro (Early 2008, January) Model ID: MacPro3,1 | 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz, 3.2GHz
- 2007 Model:
- Mac Pro (8-core, April) Model ID: MacPro2,1 | 3.0GHz
Customer Reviews
Delivery in good time. A day later I ordered the cable to go with it and they both arrived a day later... superb.
Has improved the performance of my MPro so well worth the effort. Apple certainly don’t make it easy for an amateur to change items within the MPro.
After reading a number of articles to Speed up my Mac Pro 1.1 it recommended that one should buy a OWC SSD drive Mercury Electra 6G. Really fast drive. I bought one online from Flexx Memory, great value, very fast service ordered the previous morning, came the next day, what a service. I can highly recommend this company and will purchase from them again.
After reading a number of articles to Speed up my Mac Pro 1.1 it recommended that one should buy a OWC SSD drive Mercury Electra 6G. Really fast drive. I bought one online from Flexx Memory, great value, very fast service ordered the previous morning, came the next day, what a service. I can highly recommend this company and will purchase from them again.
Swapped a 2011 SATA drive for this unit. OMG! Our iMac has gone from banger racing performance to formula 1!
Well worth the extra money.
If you want an SSD which won't crap out on you after a couple of years, OWC are the ones to go for,
