Overview
OWC Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe SSD Add-On Solution
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 Aura Pro X2 SSD gives you up to 16 x more space and the speed to keep up with your imagination today and tomorrow. Upgrade your Mac with Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe SSD for a fraction of the cost of a new model and keep your Mac running for years.
Blazing Fast and Super Cool
Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe SSD combines speed, stamina, and efficiency that will change the way you experience your Mac. With read speeds reaching 3168MB/s and write speeds of 3196MB/s, the 2TB Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe SSD 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.
Maintain Your Edge
When it’s go time, getting off the line and maintaining a high level of performance are equally important. Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe SSD 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. You might even forget what that beachball looks like.
Continuous Compatibility
Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe SSD 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.
7% Over-Provisioning
OWC SSDs perform maintenance tasks in the background that optimise the health, performance, and endurance of your flash drive. These jobs take advantage of available, unwritten areas on the SSD. Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe PCIe-based flash storage reserves 7% of the overall capacity as free space. Always. With this allocated free space, Aura SSDs can perform these normal maintenance tasks making your drive more stable, dependable, and ultimately a safer place to store your data.
- High performance for high demands
- Read speeds up to 807MB/s and Write speeds up to 778MB/s
- Consumes less power and runs cooler
- Designed for macOS 10.13 and beyond
- NVMe – PCIe 4.0 x4
Compatibility
Compatible with the devices listed below.
Mac mini
Specifications
- Capacity
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- 500GB useable capacity
- Total flash memory components: 512GB
- 12GB allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction
- Formatted Capacity
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- 466GiB
- Controller
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- Innogrit IG5220 with 3% over-provisioning
- NAND Flash Components
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- Synchronous Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 3D NAND Flash
- Native Command Queuing (NCQ)
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- Up to 32 simultaneous commands
- Form Factor
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- Custom blade
- Storage Interface
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- PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4
- Sequential Read (Max)
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- Up to 807MB/s
- Sequential Write (Max)
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- Up to 788MB/s
- Average Access Time
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- <0.1 ms
- MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)
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- 1,500,000 hours
- TRIM Support
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- OS dependent
- Error Correction
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- Built-in ECC
- Endurance
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- 1000TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 392 GB per day for 7 years
- Mac OS Compatibility
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- macOS 10.13 High Sierra
- macOS 10.14 Mojave
- macOS 10.15 Catalina
- macOS 11.x Big Sur
- macOS 12.x Monterey
- macOS 13.x Ventura
- macOS 14.x Sonoma
- Read Mode (Max)
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- Up to 1.39 Watts
- Write Mode (Max)
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- Up to 1.13 Watts
- Idle Mode (Max)
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- Up to 0.09 Watts
- RoHS Compliant
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- Yes
- REACH Certification
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- Yes
- Dimensions
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- H: 3 x L: 89 x W: 22 mm
- Weight
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- 7 g
What's in the box?
- 1 x OWC Aura Pro X2 Gen4 Solid State Drive
- 1 x Torx T5 Driver
- 1 x Torx T6S Driver
- 1 x Nylon Pry Tool (Spudger)
- 3 x Installation Components
- 1 x Installation Guide for Mac mini
Warranty
- 5 Year Limited Warranty
Part Number
- OWCSP4P1T1MM05K