Monday, May 25th 2015
OWC Announces Accelsior S PCIe-SATA Riser Board
Other World Computing announced today 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.
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.
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.
16 Comments on OWC Announces Accelsior S PCIe-SATA Riser Board
Definetly about 5 years late though. and its $60. A m2 to pcie 3.0x4 card is only $28 on amazon, and allows for much higher throughput.
Why not just buy a regulard pci-e SATA3 controller and be done with it :confused:
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816124045
But I do agree that OWC's solution is very convenient for HTPCs without M.2 slot and also for NAS PCs which have too few slots and you could put in this PCIe-SATA Riser board and in it HDD with OS. But at that price they can forget about all that.
But it's STILL way too late, they should have brought this card out asap after SSD's became available at the consumer level, then they would have sold a buttload of them right off the bat :)
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W02KN0897
mo speed = mo better even on a legacy system.
Sure their prices are higher than Newegg, Amazon, etc, but you'd have to work hard to find a better small business to do business with. It's the kind of place where you can call without being put on hold and instantly talk to someone who knows the products they sell.