1.0TB Aura 6G Solid State Drive

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.

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.

Manufacturer Part Number
OWCSSDIM12D960
Full Product Specifications

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Capacity1:

Useable: 960GB
Formatted: 894GB

Controller:

SandForce SF2281 Processor

NAND Flash Components:

Tier 1 Asynchronous MLC NAND Flash Storage

Interface:

iMac 2012

Format:

Unformatted

Performance:

Peak Data Rate: 501MB/s Read and 503MB/s Write

I/O Per Second (IOPS)

Random 4KB: Up to 60,000 IOPS

Protection2:

7% Over Provisioning
ECC Recovery: Up to 55 bytes correctable per 512-byte sector
Nonrecoverable Read Errors: Less than 1 sector per 1016 bits read

Security:

Chip Based Data Encryption: 128-bit AES-compliant

TRIM Support:

OS Dependent

SMART attributes:

Standard

Latency:

Read: less than 0.1 ms
Write: less than 0.1 ms

perating Environment

Environmental (Operating):

Temperature (°F) 32° to 158°
Temperature (°C) 0° to 70°

Environmental (Non-Operating):

Temperature (°F) -67° to 302°
Temperature (°C) -55° to 150°

Warranty

3 Year OWC SSD Limited Warranty

View more information about the 3 Year OWC SSD Limited Warranty

The best warranty is one you never have to use, but should the need occur - OWC is proud to provide a superior level of support and warranty coverage to our customers. Even when not used, we understand the peace of mind afforded by a longer warranty period. OWC's industry leading coverage is a testament to our confidence in the reliability of the solutions that we offer. OWC solutions are engineered to demanding quality standards in order to deliver the most reliable, highest performance available on the market in each storage category.

Published Date: September 22, 2015
OWCSSDIM12D960