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External Thunderbolt 1TB SSD?
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yukyuklee
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have you checked out OWC for a thunderbolt enclosure? I know they make the PCIe one
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did a quick search not the best looking thing but this should work
http://www.amazon.com/Delock-Extern..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=02VH1EMQ5GBHSV4MMGF9
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Thanks for the tip, that looks like a cost effective option. But I am leaning towards a bus-powered drive, as I must often work in the field where plug-in power options are scarce...
I dug a little deeper, and found the Monster Digital Overdrive Thunderbolt 1TB, with 500MBs read / 450MBs write. I don't know the brand, but it looks legit. Too bad that it costs $1000!
I dug a little deeper, and found the Monster Digital Overdrive Thunderbolt 1TB, with 500MBs read / 450MBs write. I don't know the brand, but it looks legit. Too bad that it costs $1000!
matreya
macrumors 65816
You could do what I did, buy one of these and pull out the hard drive and replace it with an SSD:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MOTGTBH5T1.0/
MCAsan
macrumors 601
Last time I looked OWC did not sell their Mecury on the go pro enclosure without a drive. If you had one of them you should be about to replace the HDD with a SATA based SSD.
I put my Samsung 1TB in an Inateck USB3 enclosure that does UASP. It does read/write in the 400+ range. To get faster the SSD likely has to do PCIe instead of SATA.
I put my Samsung 1TB in an Inateck USB3 enclosure that does UASP. It does read/write in the 400+ range. To get faster the SSD likely has to do PCIe instead of SATA.
Here we go, just need an external Thunderbolt enclosure for one of these bad boys: http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/samsung-3-2-terabyte-nvme-ssd-based-on-3d-v-nand.html
MacTCE
macrumors 6502
For a retail product there is the Monster 1TB external SSD for $1000:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/HG0P2VC/A/monster-digital-1tb-overdrive-thunderbolt-ssd-drive
If you want to roll your own, pick up the Samsung Evo 840 1TB, or the Samsung 850 Pro 1TB, and swap it into the LaCie Rugged. Both consume power similar to or less than the SSD used by LaCie which is also a Samsung Evo. It works.
The Monster uses 2 mSATA SSDs inside so it works a bit different than the typical bus powered drive that uses a single 2.5" SSD device.
http://store.apple.com/us/product/HG0P2VC/A/monster-digital-1tb-overdrive-thunderbolt-ssd-drive
If you want to roll your own, pick up the Samsung Evo 840 1TB, or the Samsung 850 Pro 1TB, and swap it into the LaCie Rugged. Both consume power similar to or less than the SSD used by LaCie which is also a Samsung Evo. It works.
The Monster uses 2 mSATA SSDs inside so it works a bit different than the typical bus powered drive that uses a single 2.5" SSD device.
yukyuklee
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On a side note I was wondering if you knew if I can use my Lacie 2big and put in anything other than seagate drives in? Do you know if that will work? Only reason why I ask is because one of my drives broke and I bought another identical hdd to replace it.
MCAsan
macrumors 601
There are two things to consider on replacing 2Big drives. First the power and data connection. Those are standard SATAII so that should be a check...provided the connectors line up OK when the new drive is mounted in the tray. Second, the 4 mounting holes in the tray match the holes in the drive, that should be OK.
Bottom line, try one of the drives you want to use and see that everything physically lines up. I would be surprised if there any problems on a standard 3.5" drive.
Bottom line, try one of the drives you want to use and see that everything physically lines up. I would be surprised if there any problems on a standard 3.5" drive.
yukyuklee
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ok I am going to do a test run and try to run some western digitals in this enclosure to see if it will work. not a big fan of seagates
I don't absolutely need one, but it could be handy. I am a documentary filmmaker with some upcoming projects where I'll be travelling ruggedly for extended periods, so any gear that I can protect from damage is one less thing to worry about... but by the same token, plenty of my gear already is fragile, so one more piece of fragile gear isn't a huge concern.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2469695,00.asp?kc=PCRSS02129TX1K0000530
No USB port. Only Thunderbolt.
No USB port. Only Thunderbolt.
matreya
macrumors 65816
OWC sells all of their enclosures empty EXCEPT for the small Thunderbolt bus-powered model :/
matreya
macrumors 65816
WTF does that mean?
I'd rather buy an OWC (I've bought two of them) Mercury On The Go Pro, saddled with a hard drive I can remove, than any of the other bus-powered thunderbolt enclosures I've seen... and there aren't many.
MCAsan
macrumors 601
"You can't get there from here." is a very common phrase in English. http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/can't+get+there+from+here
You can't get an empty enclosure from OWC. So if you want that enclosure you have to go the extra mile (dollars) and get one with a HDD that you will then replace with an SSD.
You can't get an empty enclosure from OWC. So if you want that enclosure you have to go the extra mile (dollars) and get one with a HDD that you will then replace with an SSD.
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