

The AngelShark Carrier board™ for Apple Mac Pro Cylinder (Late 2013) allows expansion of internal original SSD capacity of Apple Mac Pro (cylinder) with popular M.2 SSD by keeping the original SSD intact. Supports any M.2 PCI Express modules (M-key) Supports up to 2 M.2 PCI Express SSD modules (AHCI or NVMe) X4 PCI Express Gen3 connection to each SSD module Located inside Mac Pro (Late 2013) cylinder The AngelShark Carrier Board offers the chance to add not one but three internal drives, keeping the original Apple drive and adding two more.

Yet OWC tells me that this is the case, so it likey something that can be taken as a fact.įew programs can use even 600 MB/sec effectively, so I/O as a performance issue goes away entirely for any sustained I/O activity.If you’ve ever wanted to add more drives to a Mac Pro 6,1 Trash Can and thought it isn’t possible, then think again with the AngelShark Carrier Board. However, the 1TB SSD was tested on OS X 10.9.2 (vs 10.9.1 for 256/512GB) and cannot be called definitive given the OS version change. The 1TB SSD performs substantially better than the 256GB SSD for write speed. What a pity that one and only one such internal SSD is offered (only one slot). The performance of the built-in SSD is phenomenal. Checked on two Mac Pro models with the 256GB SSD in both.

Hence it astounds that the built-in Apple SSD in the 2013 Mac Pro achieves similar read speeds, though the Apple SSD write speeds are well below what a dual Accelsior RAID-0 stripe offers.įor more SSD storage, the Accelsior E2 in a Helios or Helios 2 external enclosure remains a great option, while offering two eSATA ports for connecting external drives not having USB3 or Thunderbolt. Two Accelsiors in a RAID-0 stripe on the 2010 Mac Pro deliver performance of around 1200 MB/sec. The OWC Mercury Accelsior PCIe SSD has been a stalwart performer for your author over 18 months in the 2010 Mac Pro. Solid state drives (flash drives) that are SATA tend to top out around 540 MB/sec, and many deliver much lower write speed. 64GB memory kit for 2013 Mac Pro provided by OWC. Send Feedback Related: 2013 Mac Pro, Mac Pro, Macs, memory, RAID, SSDĪ big thanks to Other World Computing for loaning MPG the upgraded 2013 Mac Pro! Ditto for B&H Photo for loaning the 6-core Mac Pro.
