OWC 500GB Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe SSD Upgrade Solution for Select 27" and 21.5" iMac Models (Late 2013 - 2019)

by OWC

£119.99

Estimated . £119.99

Overview

OWC Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe SSD Upgrade 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 drive. These tasks utilise available unwritten space on the SSD. Aura Pro X2 SSDs reserve 7% of the overall drive capacity as free space to perform these normal maintenance tasks — making your drive a stable, dependable, and safe place to store all of your data.

High performance for high demands
Read speeds up to 3168MB/s and Write speeds up to 3196MB/s
Consumes less power and runs cooler
Designed for macOS 10.13 and beyond
NVMe – PCIe 4.0 x4

Specifications

Capacity

500GB useable capacity
Total flash memory components: 512GB
12GB allocated to real-time data redundancy and error correction

Formatted Capacity

466GiB

Controller

Innogrit IG5220 with 3% over-provisioning

NAND Flash Components

Synchronous Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 3D NAND Flash

Native Command Queuing (NCQ)

Up to 32 simultaneous commands

Form Factor

Custom blade

Storage Interface

PCIe 4.0 x4, NVMe 1.4

Sequential Read (Max)

Up to 3168 MB/s

Sequential Write (Max)

Up to 3196 MB/s

Average Access Time

<0.1 ms

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)

1,500,000 hours

 TRIM Support

OS dependent

Error Correction

Built-in ECC

Endurance

1000TB total bytes written (TBW), equal to 392 GB per day for 7 years

Mac OS Compatibility

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)

Up to 1.39 Watts

Write Mode (Max)

Up to 1.13 Watts

 Idle Mode (Max)

Up to 0.09 Watts

RoHS Compliant

REACH Certification

Dimensions

H: 3 x L: 89 x W: 22 mm

Weight

What's in the box?

1 x OWC Aura Pro X2 Gen4 NVMe SSD
2 x OWC 2-1/4" Suction Cup
1 x OWC Torx T10S Driver
1 x OWC Torx T8S Driver
1 x OWC Torx T5 Driver
1 x OWC Phillips PH00 Driver
1 x OWC Torx T25 Hex Key
1 x NewerTech Pry Tool
1 x OWC iMac Cutting Wheel for Display
1 x OWC Blue Microfibre Screen Cleaning Wipe
1 x Apple iMac A1418 21.5" Display Tape Set
1 x Apple iMac A1419 27" Display Tape Set

Warranty

5 Year Limited Warranty

Part Number

OWCSP4P1T1MA05K