OWC 2.5 inch Mercury Electra 6G SSD Series SATA600

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Pros:

Fast, configured for SATA 3.0, Easy to install, Three year warranty.

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Still considerably more expensive than HDD, Slightly slower than Extreme Pro 6G.

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Last revision on May 14, 2013

Reviewers Liked

Fast, configured for SATA 3.0, Easy to install, Three year warranty

Reviewers Didn't Like

Still considerably more expensive than HDD, Slightly slower than Extreme Pro 6G

Expert reviews and ratings

Replacing the stock 2.5-inch hard drive in a MacBook Pro is a straightforward process; the SSD fits comfortably in the bay. We were able to swap the drive and begin a fresh Mac OS X Snow Leopard install in just a few minutes. The SSD can be easily...

By Electronista on August 23, 2011

What makes one SandForce-based SSD different from the others that appear to be just like it? We round up 10 models with 60 GB of capacity to explore the effects of NAND interfaces. We also stumble across some interesting data related to full drives....

By Tom's Hardware UK on March 01, 2012

As we've said before and we'll continue to preach at any opportunity we get, the biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional plattered hard drive; after using an SSD in your system you'll wonder how you ever survived without one...

By Pureoverclock on February 06, 2012

Performance-wise, the OWC Mercury Electra 6G is a pretty good mid-tier SSD. Synthetic benchmarks show the weaknesses of asynchronous NAND, but once actual usage comes into play those weaknesses are significantly reduced, if not eliminated entirely....

By Icrontic on October 20, 2011

The OWC Mercury Electra 6G comes to the market as a mainstream alternative to the faster and more expensive Mercury Extreme Pro 6G. Differentiated by asynchronous versus synchronous NAND initially (now toggle NAND is used in the ME Pro 6G), the...

By StorageReview on August 01, 2011