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OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G Series SATA600

Based on 6 reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

1
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros

Sleek blue design.
Assembled in the USA.
5 year warranty.
Pretty chassis.
Outstanding 558/517 MBps read/write speed with ATTO.
TCG OPAL security with 256bit AES encryption.
SandForce SF2281 processor supports TRIM, SMART, and RAISE.
DuraWrite technology extends NAND lifetime.
Toplevel enthusiast operational I/O performance.

Cons

Expensive enthusiast-level product.
Lacks drive adapter tray.

By ThinkComputers on February 21, 2012

For being our first product from OWC we were very impressed. In ATTO Disk Benchmark the drive scored 559MB/s read and 518MB/s write, which is very close to its advertised speeds and puts it as the second fastest drive that we have tested behind the...

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By RegHardware on December 07, 2011

There's no arguing the OWC drive is way faster than a stock SSD, but the question to ask yourself is really whether that increase in speed is of any real benefit to you. You'll also trade off fan noise, which is going to hit battery life too....

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By Real World Labs on November 02, 2011

So after reading all the results i am sure many of you are wondering about which SSD is currently the best one in the market. Well if you can afford the extra premium then the RevoDrive3 240GB is without doubt faster than every other SSD in...

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By Maximum PC on August 23, 2011

Any fears we had that the OCZ Vertex 3’s speeds were due solely to some voodoo magic or secret deal with SandForce were unfounded. OWC’s Mercury Extreme Pro 6G—a product name that contains three too many buzzwords—goes toe to toe...

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By Benchmark Reviews on August 01, 2011

IMPORTANT: Although the rating and final score mentioned in this conclusion are made to be as objective as possible, please be advised that every author perceives these factors differently at various points in time. While we each do our best to...

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By Pureoverclock on July 25, 2011

As we've said countless times, the single biggest bottleneck in modern systems is the traditional plattered hard drive. If you want a performance boost then using an SSD in your system will make such a massive difference that you'll wonder why...

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By Ken Stone on July 17, 2011

OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G 120GB SSD - $297.99OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G 240GB SSD - $569.99OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G 480GB SSD - $1279.99Five Year Warranty By David Saraceno © 2000 -2011 Ken Stone. All rights...

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By Legit Reviews on June 23, 2011

OWC is going to garner a lot of attention if they keep putting out products like the 240 GB Mercury EXTREME Pro 6g SSD as we found it to be the best overall performing SATA III drive we have tested to date. The bar is set - who will step up...

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By TechReaction.net on June 14, 2011

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By cnet on June 14, 2011

Offering fast SATA 3 performance and compatibility, the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD makes a very good replacement hard drive for any computer, especially one that has built-in support for SATA...

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