Q: PCIe-SSD for New Mac Pro 2013
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Mar 1, 2014 10:29 AMby Grant Bennet-Alder,The "blade" form factor SSDs used in the absolute latest Macs have a PCIe-direct interface. [Previous models had a special compact SATA interface.]
PCIe direct have never been available before.
If you have one you think matches, it is likely to be the first one on the market. Please provide a direct link to the item so that we are not guessing.
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Mar 1, 2014 1:02 PMby The hatter,Samsung promises to have the PCIe SSD that was first used in the MacBook Air and Pro available for retail purchase. I woudl expect OWC to take longer, do their own inhouse.
The 6,1 there are DIY instructions on how to remove and install the SSD device so that part we know, but I would not be buying from ebay yet.
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Mar 20, 2014 12:32 AMby aa33002,Alright, let's finish this discussions.
In the end, I bought one of those SAMSUNG MZ-JPU512T/0A2.
And I found that, the write and read speed is slower than the Original Mac Pro SSD.
The Original Mac Pro 256G SSD is up to 700/900 MB/s Write and Read Speed.
and SAMSUNG MZ-JPU512T/0A2 is 600/700 MB/s Write and Read Speed.
Looks like the PCIe SSD in MBPR or MBA is slower than Mac Pro, even they all comes out from Samsung.
So, I keep looking for the PCIe SSD for Mac, then I found it!
It's called Samsung XP941 512GB M.2.
The Write and Read speed is incredibly Fast to 1000/1000 MB/s Write and Read Speed.
So, Problem solve! We can go buy one of those PCIe SSD to upgrade our lovely Mac Pro.
But I got ot say...It's really pricy...
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Mar 20, 2014 5:09 AMby turbostar,it may be too late for your MP but so far MUCH cheaper to buy the upgrade through Apple, $800 for 512 in that auction vs the same extra $800 gets you 1TB from Apple.
yes, but with the auction you have both SSDs, true, but i don't think there's a lot of demand for the stock 256gb
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Mar 26, 2014 11:59 AMby Grant Bennet-Alder,You can't buy those SSDs through Apple. Apple is not selling them yet (if they ever will).
The intention of the built-in SSD was to provide a fast Boot Drive. It was expected that you would put your User Directories and production files on other drives. The setup is like the one mentioned in this tip:
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Mar 26, 2014 2:55 PMby DieselFuelForLife,Grant Bennet-Alder wrote:
The intention of the built-in SSD was to provide a fast Boot Drive.
Incorrct. Apple inteds it to be the primary drive, thats why it can work at more than 1GB/second, so it can handle 4K video. Thunderbolt is great, but its primary mass storage that happens to be "fast".
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by Grant Bennet-Alder,Mar 26, 2014 3:03 PM
Grant Bennet-Alder
Mar 26, 2014 3:03 PM
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DesktopsThat's an interesting theory, but many Video editors have 4GB or more they need to keep near at hand. There is no way to do that with the drives provided.
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Mar 26, 2014 3:12 PMby DieselFuelForLife,Really, a 256GB SSD with 12GB occupied by the OS and apps....244GB of free space is not enough to edit video? Um, no, thats 4 Blu-Ray discs of raw data or two 4K feature length movies. Need more space? Apple sells 512GB, 768GB and 1TB SSDs in the Mac Pro.
So, Grant, please tell me...When did Apple start installing 16GB SSDs in Macs?
