OWC offer SATA3 SSD PCIe Daughter Board

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 05/25/2015 12:36 PM | source: | 9 comment(s)

So if you do not have SATA3 and are stuck on SATA / SATA2 but do want to maximize SSD performance, OWC might have the answer for you, at the expense of a PCie slot though. Other World Computing announced the Accelsior S, a new PCIe card with direct mount support for a 2.5" SATA 6Gb/s SSD.

The latest addition to OWC's award-winning Accelsior line enables PC, Mac Pro tower and Thunderbolt interface expansion chassis users to quickly and easily add additional storage. Utilizing the robust PCIe architecture, the Accelsior S card offers both storage expansion and 6Gb/s speeds up to 550MB/s - more than double the performance of SATA 3Gb/s.

When equipped with the Accelsior S PCIe card and an SSD, Mac Pro tower and PC users can launch, capture, render and process I/O-intensive apps without long wait times. The Accelsior S PCIe card is also extremely easy to install - no drivers or software are required.

"The Accelsior S provides legacy Mac Pro, PC tower, and Thunderbolt interface expansion chassis users with storage expansion and a speed bump," said Larry O'Connor, Founder and CEO, Other World Computing. "This is a fantastic upgrade for the legacy Mac Pro, which is speed limited by its native SATA 3Gb/s architecture. The Accelsior S is fully equipped to support the flexibility and fullspeed of a cutting edge 6Gb/s OWC SSD."

Performance Plus Reliability
Backed by a 3-year limited warranty and OWC's award-winning US-based 24/7 technical support, OWC Accelsior S cards have been developed to deliver consistent reliability well into the future. The OWC Accelsior S is custom-engineered for use with PC, Mac Pro tower and Thunderbolt interface expansion chassis.

Availability
OWC's new Accelsior S PCIe Card is now available for same day shipping from OWC. For more information on the OWC Accelsior S, visit this page.

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EspHack
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#5080226 Posted on: 05/25/2015 06:38 PM

what if you bought a pci-e ssd instead?

schmidtbag
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#5080232 Posted on: 05/25/2015 06:49 PM

Definitely not worth it. I bought a PCIe card with 2 SATA ports (with RAID support) for about $20 including shipping. I'm guessing its performance isn't up-to-par but it has so far been good enough.

Considering this card is marketed toward people who are looking to add a SATA3 SSD to a PC that currently does not support SATA3, it makes more sense to me to just simply get a PCIe SSD and skip SATA altogether.

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#5080305 Posted on: 05/25/2015 08:56 PM

This is actually very frustrating from my perspective.

This product is only a PCI-E to SATA3 chipset with a 2.5" mounting system slapped onto it, with a little voltage regulator to supply power to the SSD. It's no different than your Asmedia add-in cards for JBOD/Fakeraid arrangements.

The best part is that they're actually using a chipset from one of their other products and have removed an eSATA port (you can see the differential pairs and power traces going to the edge of the mounting bracket).

Total cost? Less than $20 for the parts and assembly (in 1KUs, of course) is what I'll guess.

Sidenote: I bet you could solder an eSATA port to the exposed pads and it'd function fine, because I can almost guarantee they aren't putting the effort into producing their own controller IC, and so there'd be no differences in firmware.

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#5080364 Posted on: 05/25/2015 10:42 PM

No information as to it being bootable; No information as to what chipset it'll work with …

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