OWC M.2 PCIe Aura Pro / Envoy Pro Kit USB3

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

0
Average:

1
Bad:

0

Pros:

Increases speed of an already zippy MacBook Air, Provides larger storage capacity, Allows the reuse of the factory installed SSD as a USB 3.0 enclosure
Highest capacity option for the MacBook Air, Great mixed workload and real-world trace performance, 1033% faster our Workstation profile test and 389% faster in our Productivity trace

Cons:

Expensive

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Last revision on May 24, 2018

Reviewers Liked

Increases speed of an already zippy MacBook Air, Provides larger storage capacity, Allows the reuse of the factory installed SSD as a USB 3.0 enclosure
Highest capacity option for the MacBook Air, Great mixed workload and real-world trace performance, 1033% faster our Workstation profile test and 389% faster in our Productivity trace

Expert reviews and ratings

I have owned a Mid 2013 13” MacBook Air (MBA) since 2014. I bought the MacBook Air for several reasons. I needed something light to carry since I also lug around a MacBook Pro issued to me from the company where I work. While I have a Mac Pro at home...

By MyMac on June 21, 2016

100

If you own one of the more recent 2011 MacBook Air models and are finding that your storage capacity is lacking or your machine is not fast enough then OWC's Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G Solid State Drive and Envoy Storage Solution is what the doctor...

By technogog.com on July 24, 2012

Offering fast SATA 3 performance and compatibility, the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD makes a very good replacement hard drive for any computer, especially one that has built-in support for SATA...

By CNET Australia on June 13, 2011

Perhaps the thing that astounded us the most, with respect to the OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G 240GB SSD, was the fact that it's performance of 91,273 IOPS was the highest we have ever achieved from a typical SSD. A straightforward comparison against...

By thessdreview.com on July 25, 2012

How would you like a screaming internal storage unit for your Mac Pro that requires no cables, no special mounting sled, doesn't take up a drive bay, and can boot OS X? Then you will want to know about Accelsior, a brand new 6Gb/s SSD PCIe card from...

By Bare Feats on April 20, 2012

For those who love their MacBook Air but want more performance and bigger capacity options than stock SSDs, thanks to OWC there's a solution. The Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G with the new 480GB capacity offers the best of both worlds - delivering top...

By StorageReview on March 19, 2012

Updated Saturday, November 19th, 2011, with LaCie Little Big Disk Thunderbolt results Are you aware that the 2011 MacBook Air has a six gigabit-per-second (6Gb/s) internal storage interface? Yet Apple chooses to ship it with a 3Gb/s Samsung or Toshiba...

By Bare Feats on November 18, 2011

The OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G is a well executed SSD upgrade for 2011 MacBook Air owners. You get an absolutely huge performance increase and an option for users who want the entry level 2011 MBAs but with a larger capacity SSD. If your MacBook...

By AnandTech on November 09, 2011

It's rare for a product to come out as an upgrade that provides as big of a boost in performance as we saw when reviewing the OWC Mercury Aura Pro Express 6G SSD. Last time we looked at this series of SSD (albeit in a 3Gb/s version) we saw some gains...

By StorageReview on October 13, 2011

OWC claims a 22% performance improvement with the Mercury Aura Pro Express SSD over the stock Toshiba-controlled SSD in the MacBook Air (Late 2010). While we saw it slip behind in a few areas, the drive was generally fast through the synthetic...

By StorageReview on March 07, 2011

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