upgrading to a new drive (SSD or Accelsior 4M2?) Thoughts?
I used to have the Accelsior E2 installed on this mac. It died right at the three year warranty. OWC wouldn't give me anything for it and I was out of luck. (I am trying to avoid spending lot of money again like I did three years ago to have something go bust and not get a warranty) I have a 2009 Mac Pro that I want to get off if my 7200 RPM drive. I see a few options.
- Extreme Pro 6G SSD OWC 1.0TB Mercury
- OWC1.0TB Mercury Electra™ 6G SSD 2.5" Serial-ATA 7mm Solid-State Drive
- OWC Accelsior 4M2 (1TB)
I can't get my mac to go over Yosemite, so I can't have the benefits of more architecture.
I want to know which is a better drive for this mac if it is even work saving. The 4M2 may be out, but is there a difference between the Mercury, and the Mercury Electra? I looked at the specs and it seems negligible. Also if I can go for the Mercury, is it better to mount it in a PCIE card or a sled where a normal HD goes? Finally, would the newer SSDs OK, or as good as an older Accelsior E2 that is about 4 years old? (the original one I had?)
Here are my mac specs:
Mac Pro (Early 2009)
2 x 2.26 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon
16 GB 1066 MHz DDR3 ECC
5 Internal
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120 512 MB
S/N = intentionally blank
Model Name: Mac Pro
Model Identifier: MacPro4,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number of Processors: 2
Total Number of Cores: 8
L2 Cache (per Core): 256 KB
L3 Cache (per Processor): 8 M
Memory: 16 GB
Processor Interconnect Speed: 5.86 GT/s
Boot ROM Version: MP41.0081.B07
SMC Version (system): 1.39f5
SMC Version (processor tray): 1.39f5
Serial Number (system):
Serial Number (processor tray):
Hardware UUID:
Thanks for all the help going into this?
Mac Pro, OS X 10.10
