OWC SSD 2.5 inch Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 120GB MLC SATA600 OWCSSDMX6G120

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Pros:

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.
The Mercury Extreme Pro 6G solid-sate drive (SSD) supports SATA 6Gbps and offers fast performance. The drive works in any SATA-based storage application, and its top 480GB capacity version is relatively affordable.

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Expensive enthusiastlevel product, Lacks drive adapter tray
The Extreme Pro 6G's performance as a main drive could be better. The drive takes a long time to be formatted, doesn't come with a drive bay converter to work with desktop computers, and its 120GB and 240GB capacities are comparatively expensive.

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Last revision on September 9, 2011

Reviewers Liked

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
The Mercury Extreme Pro 6G solid-sate drive (SSD) supports SATA 6Gbps and offers fast performance. The drive works in any SATA-based storage application, and its top 480GB capacity version is relatively affordable

Reviewers Didn't Like

Expensive enthusiastlevel product, Lacks drive adapter tray
The Extreme Pro 6G's performance as a main drive could be better. The drive takes a long time to be formatted, doesn't come with a drive bay converter to work with desktop computers, and its 120GB and 240GB capacities are comparatively expensive

Expert reviews and ratings

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By Benchmark Reviews on August 01, 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...

By cnet on June 14, 2011

It wasn't that long ago we had a look at the beta OCZ Vertex 3 drives with the next generation SandForce controller on board. Those are just now hitting the shelves and it's been a bit surprising that no other SandForce 6Gbps drives have made...

By Legit Reviews on May 24, 2011

I still don't get how OWC managed to beat OCZ to market last year with the Mercury Extreme SSD. The Vertex LE was supposed to be the first SF-1500 based SSD on the market, but as I mentioned in our review of OWC's offering - readers had drives...

By AnandTech on May 05, 2011

The OWC 6G SSD is the fastest SSD we have tested to date. Based on the SandForce SF-2200 chipset with built-in wear leveling and error correction code along with over-provisioning, it's an excellent performance upgrade to any of the 2011 MacBook...

By Bare Feats on April 12, 2011