OWC 480GB Aura Pro X2 SSD – Blue

Tight deadlines, long nights, and terabytes of media – your Mac has been with you through it all. If storage is tight, there’s no reason to ditch the Mac you know and love. The OWC Aura® Pro X2 SSD gives you more space and the speed to keep up with your imagination today and tomorrow. Upgrade your Mac with Aura Pro X2 SSD for a fraction of the cost of a new model and keep your Mac running for years. The Aura Pro X2 combines speed, stamina, and efficiency that will change the way you experience your Mac. With read speeds reaching 3282MB/s and write speeds of 2432MB/s, the 480GB Aura Pro X2 is up to twice as fast as the original SSDs, delivering performance on par with the latest models. It runs cooler and consumes less power than earlier SSD models, so you can run at peak for longer than ever.

When it’s go time, getting off the line and maintaining a high level of performance are equally important. Aura Pro X2 is engineered with advanced SLC caching, providing instant full-speed write acceleration, meaning those media projects and games stream fluidly and respond without lag time. Aura Pro X2 is designed for the latest macOS versions (macOS High Sierra 10.13 and later), taking full advantage of the advanced features of APFS including: strong encryption, copy-on-write metadata, space sharing, cloning for files and directories, snapshots, fast directory sizing, atomic safe-save primitives, and improved file system fundamentals.

Features:
– High performance for high demands
– Read speeds up to 3282MB/s
– Write speeds up to 2432MB/s
– Consumes less power and runs cooler
– Designed for macOS 10.13 and beyond
– NVMe – PCIe 3.1 x4

Specifications:
– Controller: Silicon Motion SM2262EN Series Processor with 7% over-provisioning
– NAND: 3D TLC Synchronous NAND Flash
– Form Factor: Custom blade
– Interface: PCIe 3.1 x4, NVMe 1.3
– Capacity: 480GB useable capacity
– Total Flash Memory Components: 512GB, 32 GB Allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
– Formatted Capacity: 447GiB
– Native Command Queuing: up to 32 commands
– OS Requirements: macOS 10.13 High Sierra or later
– Host Requirements: Must upgrade to macOS 10.13 or later, prior to installation
– RoHS Compliant: Yes
– Format: Unformatted
– Dimensions: 8.9 x 2.2 x 0.26 cm
– Weight: 8 g

What’s in the box
1 x OWC 480GB Aura Pro X2 SSD – Blue (For Mac Pro w/ Retina Display Late 2013-Mid 2015 and Macbook Air Mid 2013-Mid 2017)
1 x Screwdriver
1 x Allen Key