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Other World Computing 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive. Tier 1 NAND Flash storage with 7% Over Provisioned Redundancy. Mac and PC compatible. Built in the USA. 3 Year OWC Warranty.
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26 out of 26(100%)reviewers would recommend this product.
Customer Reviews for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
Review 1 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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WOW !!!
PostedApril 25, 2013
Super fast and easy installation. Instruction on OWC site is awsome !!!
Thank you
Pros: Quality, Durability
I would recommend this to a friend!
Anonymous
from Montreal, Canada
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
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Review 2 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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AWESOME!
PostedApril 29, 2013
I'm glad I waited for prices to come down for starters. I did not have a choice as my HDD was on the way out. I am using a mid-2009 MacBook Pro and am limited to the 3Gb/s. Overall performance is outstanding, 17 seconds from power on to login screen. When booting in windows, 32-33 seconds when selecting the drive.
One key item, change the hard drive cable while you are changing the disk out. Best to do it now than later. Also do a proper back up of windows if needed. Mine did not work and I have to go through the whole process of updating windows 7.
Pros: Quality, made in america
I would recommend this to a friend!
Anonymous
from Springfield, VA
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: less than a month
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Review 3 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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A fantastic SSD
PostedFebruary 21, 2013
Let me preface this by saying that I've owned this drive for less than 24 hours, so I cannot comment on the long-term durability. I purchased the 60 GB Mercury Electra 3G as a litmus test for further SSD purchases, and I am blown away by the speed. I put the drive in a MacBook2,1 (2.0 GHz C2D) with 2.5 GB RAM installed. The OS X Lion installer ran in 13 minutes, and she cold boots in 17 seconds.
Basis for comparison: the same installation on the same hardware using a 7200 RPM hard drive took 24 minutes to install Lion and 35 seconds for a cold boot.
Between the obvious speed increase, the "Made in the USA" sticker, and the warranty/return terms...I would have zero trepidation about purchasing another Mercury Electra SSD or recommending this line of drives to a friend or colleague. My next purchase will likely be a Mercury Electra 6G for my Linux system.
Pros: Quality, made in the usa, price
I would recommend this to a friend!
Anonymous
from Des Moines, IA
Age: 25-34
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: less than a month
Verified Buyer: true
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Review 4 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Can't beat it
PostedFebruary 20, 2013
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Review 5 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Amazing Speed ...
PostedJanuary 2, 2013
I purchased a pair of these drives on the advice of a good friend. I was unsure how they would perform or hold up to daily use.
After 7 months of usage and untold software and IOS patches, upgrades, reboots, and online gaming; these drives are still just as fast and have not exhibited a single issue.
Configuration:
2x 60GB Mercury Electra 3G SSD 2.5" SATA 3Gb/s drives mounted into OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini bus-powered "Quad Interface" RAID Storage Enclosure utilizing the USB 2.0 interface to connect to an early 2009 Mac Mini.
2x 60GB Mercury Electra 3G SSD 2.5" SATA 3Gb/s drives mounted into OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual mini bus-powered "Quad Interface" RAID Storage Enclosure utilizing the USB 2.0 interface to connect to an early 2009 Mac Mini.
Pros: Durability, Quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
My product recommendations
Anonymous
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: over 6 months
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Review 6 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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3G SSD HD 480gb
PostedDecember 21, 2012
I installed the 3G HD 480gb on my mid-2011MacBookPro. I also replaced the optical drive with a 1tb HD, since I rarely use the optical dive. I added 16mb of Raam as well. Follow the video instructions, take your time and the install should take about 30 minutes. Also, get a can of air and blow out the insides of the laptop. Dust gathers. That stated, the 3G 480 gb HD is fast. Startup times are fast(as if I just turned it on for the first time). It also works well as I open up programs and go between programs frequently without lockups or long pauses.
Pros: speed
Cons: cost
I would recommend this to a friend!
Anonymous
from Camarillo, CA
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
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Review 7 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Excellent product
PostedDecember 19, 2012
Best product. My mac was very fast. Thanks.
Pros: Quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
Anonymous
from Brotas - S.P. Brasil.
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: 5-6 months
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Review 8 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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A great basis for a DIY fusion drive
PostedDecember 11, 2012
I bought this, plus the OWC "mid 2011 mac mini 2nd drive installation kit" to upgrade my mini to a fusion drive. I won't talk about the installation process here except to say that it went well, and the drive, so far as I can tell, seems to be working perfectly in its role as part of a fusion drive, combined with the existing hard drive. It's a bit early to tell how much performance has been gained by the exercise, but I will say that Safari seems snappier. :)
Seriously, if you're reasonably handy with tools and the terminal window, and you've got some time on your hands (creating a fusion drive requires a full backup and restore), this is a no-brainer.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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nsayer
from Santa Clara, CA
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: less than a month
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Review 9 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Awesome Upgrade to my Mac Pro 1,1 2007 Tower
PostedNovember 18, 2012
Probably one of the best hardware upgrades I have ever done to my tower. Nearly unbelievable performance improvement. Boot up is staggeringly faster and even big applications like MS Word launch like lightning.
Highly recommend. I have done lots of other hardware upgrades, including memory, but none improved my machine as much as this upgrade. I should have done this long ago. It is fantastic.
Pros: fast fast fast
I would recommend this to a friend!
Illusion
from Dallas, TX
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
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Review 10 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Great SSD even for an old Mac!
PostedNovember 16, 2012
I installed this SSD in my MacPro3,1 which is 4 years old. (Early 2008) Initially, I had problems because I didn't do the migration properly, but I erased it and started over. My advice is to migrate everything that will fit on the drive. I had 3GB left of free space and see no problems so far. I couldn't migrate all my music, but when I clicked on iTunes, it mapped all my music and it was available to play. All my applications worked like a champ! This SSD being almost full, apparently, doesn't affect performance. I installed it using the AdaptaDrive SATA adapter bracket (sold here) and it was super easy to install! After migration, boot time from a cold boot was 26 seconds. Rebooting to a spinning drive was 2 minutes plus having a spinning ball when I tried to access Mail after the reboot. After booting to this SSD I could use any application instantly. My wife was ecstatic that she won't have to buy a new Mac for me this Christmas. This SSD is like having a new, faster Mac!
Pros: Durability, Quality, fast in all respects, easy to do back up to external hard drive
I would recommend this to a friend!
hi4head
from Charlotte, NC
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: less than a month
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Review 11 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Worth the upgrade
PostedNovember 13, 2012
I installed this on my older MacBook Pro (2008) replacing my 7200 RPM drive, and doing a comparison it now takes about 1/2 the time to boot, apps are quicker to load and just overall it's been a good decision to do this upgrade. A lot easier on the wallet then buying a new MacBook Pro. Instructions here on the OWC website make it a breeze for the DIY'er. I purchased the kit including the USB 2.0 enclosure to make use of my old 200 GB HDD, and this was a win win upgrade. I now have a faster MacBook Pro and no unused older parts, I gained a handy external HDD.
Pros: Quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
gooru2u
from Ontario Canada
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
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Review 12 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Computer life extender!
PostedOctober 15, 2012
I actually bought two and installed them in 2007 and a 2008 15" MacBook Pros. Both computers had become painfully slow and were eliciting lots of complaints from the peanut gallery ...... I mean family. Install was pretty easy and fast and they are very impressive performance wise. 1 laptop I had already installed a 7200 RPM drive in and yet the SSD blew its doors off. My personal computer is a core i5 MacBook Air with 4 GB of RAM and yet I can now use the family's computers without needing alcohol to dull my pain. Both computers have Mountain Lion installed and work just great as modern laptops. I'm guessing that this will extend their lifespan by a minimum of two years.
Pros: Quality, performance
I would recommend this to a friend!
Micro151
from Illinois
Age: 45-54
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: 3-4 months
Verified Buyer: true
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Review 13 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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What a difference!
PostedOctober 13, 2012
I installed this into an old 2007 Macbook Pro with a 5400 rpm 250 gig drive. There is no comparison. Start up time is around 40 percent of the old time. All other apps happy and rocketing along.
If you want a cheaper alternative to buying a brand new MacBook Pro, try upgrading the hard drive to a SSD.
Use a Time Machine backup, and in no time you will have a new machine.
If you want a cheaper alternative to buying a brand new MacBook Pro, try upgrading the hard drive to a SSD.
Use a Time Machine backup, and in no time you will have a new machine.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 14 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Great for bringing life back into an older Macbook Pro
PostedSeptember 22, 2012
I originally purchased the 60GB version of this same drive to replace a failing HDD from my PS3 that was repurposed as my boot drive in my gaming rig. I was blown away at how much smoother and more stable my system was as a result. A friend of mine recently replace the superdrive in his Macbook Pro with a SSD from OWC and gave it high marks. Having seen this exact result for myself I decided to do the same. I use my Macbook Pro for development and video editing and from boot, to regular usage, the boost in speed is amazing! It boots in 18 seconds compared to he previous 2 minutes! My applications bounce once and load immediately! Without having to reboot this drive offers consistent performance for the entire duration my system is running, beginning to end. What's great is that garbage collection (TRIM) is built in so I don't need to have the OS X operating system do it for me.
Pros: Quality, Durability, professional design
I would recommend this to a friend!
DarkRogue85
from Mountain View, CA
Age: 25-34
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Verified Buyer: true
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Review 15 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Excellent addition to my gaming machine
PostedSeptember 22, 2012
I have a gaming machine that I built a few years back with mostly top of the line hardware. Some of the newest games seem like they should run fine on the hardware but were skipping and had issues. I decided to take a chance on a SSD for the boot drive and use the other 2TB for storing the games on. The machine runs blazing fast now! There are no stability issues anymore and the games run so much more smoothly. My machine also boots in record time! I trust these guys to make a great hard drive and liked it so much I bought another afterward for my Macbook Pro. These guys in all my storage experience really know how to make a great drive
Pros: Quality, Durability, professional design
I would recommend this to a friend!
DarkRogue85
from Mountain View, CA
Age: 25-34
Experience Level: IT Professional
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Verified Buyer: true
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Review 16 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Second best upgrade I have made.
PostedSeptember 21, 2012
Swapping out my old drive for this beauty was very simple, especially with the universal adapter kit OWC sells. Running Mtn Lion on a late 08 unibody and full boot time is about 23 seconds. Apps spring to life. If I had been able to afford one of these when the prices were crazy high I would have changed sooner. As is, great product.
Pros: Quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Review 17 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Speeding up a mid 2010 MBP
PostedSeptember 20, 2012
Easy installation and my laptop seems to be a whole different beast! The write speed went from 67 MB/s to 225 MB/s and read speed from 72MB/s to 206MB/s. Even if you're not a benchmark kind-of-person, this is a speed increase you clearly notice!
The only downside is that I will have to delay my purchase of a new MacBook Pro
The only downside is that I will have to delay my purchase of a new MacBook Pro
Pros: Quality, speed, ease of installation
I would recommend this to a friend!
Attila
Age: 25-34
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Verified Buyer: true
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Review 18 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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OWC SSDs are the only ones to buy! So fast, the machine almost shakes when apps open!
PostedJuly 14, 2012
I purchased a 240 Mercury Electra 240 about 2 weeks ago for my MacBook Pro 2010 model. Installation time was 5 minutes, recovery from time capsule went fast, and the speed is amazing. Was considering the new Retnae Display Pro or Air because of their speed. real time tests before and after confirmed my 2010 model is more than 10 times faster on everything across the board! I use Logos Bible Software and other processor intensive software and the machine refuses to bog down! Startup time is 12 seconds (used to be as much as 2:40 because of application requirements at startup). Bought another for my 2009 model Pro last week and a 480 SSD for my 2009 iMac 27". As a side note, the technicians at the facility where I am taking my 27" to have the drive installed said they only install OWC hard drives because they are the most reliable on the market (Elan Technologies). It's like having new computers. Chat, telephone, and email customer support (as well as technical expertise) at OWC cannot be beaten! 100% satisfied.
Pros: Quality, Durability, speed, price, customer service
I would recommend this to a friend!
MacMasterMike
from Cincinnati, OH
Age: 55-65
Experience Level: Power User
Owned Product: less than a month
Verified Buyer: false
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Review 19 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Very fast upgrade for MacBook Pro
PostedJuly 11, 2012
Original hard drive failed in 4 year old MacBook Pro; talked to OWC sales rep and chose this for replacement. Shipped promptly, and installed using OWC very thorough video instructions. It's performing well, makes the MacBook Pro much faster at startup and accessing applications and everything else where the internal drive is involved. Recommended.
Pros: Quality, Durability
I would recommend this to a friend!
eash
from Las Cruces NM
Age: Over 65
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: less than a month
Verified Buyer: true
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Review 20 for 960GB Mercury Electra MAX 3G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 9.5mm 3Gb/s Solid State Drive.
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Mac mini solid state drive
PostedJune 20, 2012
Just received my solid state drive replacement for the mac mini. Installation was comparatively easy with the aid of the video tutorial. Managed to disconnect one of the antennae wires but nothing that a soldering iron couldn't fix. Anyways, the mini is now up and running on solid state drive. Boot up speed is much more faster. Extremely pleased with this purchase.
Pros: Quality, Durability
I would recommend this to a friend!
jep7375
from Brunei
Age: 35-44
Experience Level: Home User
Owned Product: 1-3 months
Verified Buyer: true
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