Description

OWC

500GB Aura 6G Solid State Drive With complete DIY toolkit

for iMac (late 2012)

More Capacity, More Speed, More Performance

Add a high-performance OWC Aura 6G SSD to your iMac
Increase capacity and speed. Up to 1TB of 6G SSD performance
3-year OWC SSD warranty
Backed by free DIY install videos and expert support

Upgrading your iMac with an OWC SSD is the performance pathway to a total system boost with Aura 6G for iMac. OWC provides Mac users with a complete upgrade solution that delivers higher performance and reliability. Create an ultra-fast SSD boot drive, add up to 1TB of extra capacity and get the most from your Mac. Aura SSDs are custom engineered for iMac, and add the flexibility to expand capabilities far beyond factory limitations.

Industry leading controller technologies deliver outstanding performance and reliability.

Aggressive data management keeps drives working at full potential even when full.
Hardware error correction yields superior data retention and drive health
Gold-standard compression and even data distribution maximizes write performance and drive endurance.

A True DIY upgrade

A comprehensive NewerTech toolkit, with all the tools you need to install the Aura SSD, brings a complete diy upgrade within your reach. Includes drivers, screws, glass removal suction cups, and screen adhesive so you can get the job done yourself.

Better by Design

Aura 6G SSD for iMac is designed and built in the USA with premium tier-1 NAND flash and backed by a 3-year warranty. OWC SSDs are engineered to be the best for Mac, undergoing a rigorous 7- stage lab testing process to deliver absolute reliability at maximum performance long into the future.

Specifications

500GB Aura™ Pro 6G Specifications:

Specifications

Form Factor

Custom Blade

Interface

SATA 6Gb/s

Capacity1

485GB useable capacity
Total Flash Memory Components – 500GB
15GB allocated to real-time data redundancy & error correction

Formatted Capacity2

452GiB

NAND

Triple-Level Cell (TLC) 3D NAND Flash

Controller

Silicon Motion SM2258 with 7% Over Provisioning

SMART Attributes

Standard

Native Command Queuing

Yes

Manufacturer Model Number

OWCS3DAP12R500

RAID Support

RoHS Compliant

Yes

Format

Unformatted

Physical

Height (max)

3.00mm (0.118″)

Width (max)

32.00mm (1.260″)

Length (max)

88.00mm (3.465″)

Weight (typical)

10g (0.35 oz.)

Reliability3

MTBF (Mean Time Between Failures)

1,500,000 hours

Endurance

150TB total bytes written (TBW)

Data Reliability

ECC Recovery

Security

ATA security feature command set and password login support

TRIM Support

OS Dependent

Nonrecoverable Read Errors

Less than 1 sector per 1015bits read

Performance

Average Access Time

<0.1 ms

Sequential
Reads (up to)

530MB/s

Sequential
Writes (up to)

494MB/s

Random 4K Read

Up to 80,000 IOPS

Random 4K Write

Up to 72,000 IOPS

Read Latency

less than 0.1ms

Write Latency

less than 0.1ms

Power

Write Power

2.1 Watts

Read Power

2.1 Watts

Idle Power

0.1 Watts

Environmental (Operating)

Shock

1500G / 0.5ms

Temperature (°F)

32°F to 158°F

Temperature (°C)

0°C to 70°C

Relative Humidity (non-condensing)

5% to 95%

Environmental (Non-Operating)

Shock

1500G / 0.5ms

Temperature (°F)

-40°F to 185°F

Temperature (°C)

-40°C to 85°C

Acoustics

Idle (Typical)

0.0 bels

Seek (Typical)

0.0 bels

1GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. Total accessible capacity varies depending upon operating environment (typically 5-10% less). The actual total capacity will depend on your own defined file settings/preferences.
In terms of standard gigabytes, 1GiB ≈ 1.074GB and refers to the actual formatted capacity of shown under Mac OS 10.5 or earlier and Microsoft Windows OS.
Specific application environments such as temperature and duty cycle will affect the overall reliability rates.

Manufacturer provided specifications for Other World Computing p/n SSDIM12Y480 UPC#: 812437022490