iMac late 2012 27 Inch as iMac 13,2

[Pinarek]

I have a question about a product specifically for iMac 13,2 late 2012 27 inches.

Does anyone know this product and can you use it so that you can connect 2 pieces of SSD to it,
which can also be booted independently of each other.

Here is a link to Amazon:

SATA Blade SSD Module - Dual SSD Drive Kit for iMac 27 Inch 2012 Model

Micro SATA Cables PN # APL-SSD-BLD-7PS

www.amazon.com

 

[Juicy Box]

Judging by the reviews, it looks like it would work.

You could just get a blade SSD instead of using an adapter.

I am thinking about doing this in my Late 2012 iMac. I am going to get Apple's 768GB blade SSD, or a 1TB third-party one, and pair it with a standard 2.5" SATA SSD for the HDD spot.

I am currently using an external TB3 Samsung X5 NVMe SSD, and get up to 900MBps, but doing the setup above in a RAID0 should push me above 1000MBps, and everything will be internal.

 

[Pinarek]

but why do you have TB3? your iMac late 2012 can only do TB1 I also did a test with a Transcend Jet Drive 825 with TB1 with a 480 GB SSD because this Jet Drive works on a PCIe basis, I myself read about 770 MB / s on the TB1 and read approx . Write 650 MB / s .. that's fine. But the thing with the 480 GB SSD should cost 280 euros, which is of course too expensive

 

[Juicy Box]

but why do you have TB3?

It is the fastest external drive you can get on the Late 2012 iMac without getting into striping RAIDs. It is also future proof for when I get a newer Mac.

your iMac late 2012 can only do TB1

It can only do up to TB1 speeds (10Gbps), but it can use TB2 and TB3 devices. TB3 devices without its own power can get a little tricky as you will need something else to power the device, such as a TB3 dock. That is my set up.

I myself read about 770 MB / s on the TB1 and read approx . Write 650 MB / s .. that's fine.

You could get even faster on TB1, I have the Black Magic Speed tests to prove it.

which is of course too expensive

TB3 drives are expensive, but they are also the fastest and future proof.

 

[beckpm]

So now that my 2012 iMac will not be supported after the current OS version I am looking around on what to do with it:
1. Considering loading Cloudready and use it as a Chrome OS computer - it is not on the Neverware compatibility list but I ran Cloudready just fine from a thumbdrive boot and it worked very fast on this old piece of hardware.
2. I am considering using it in Target Display Mode as a Monitor for an M1 Mac Mini - found out that I will have to downgrade to High Sierra for this to work - if anyone knows more about that I would love some advice - has anyone found a way to do Target Display Mode with the newer versions of the OS? How do you downgrade?
3. Selling it is not worth it - they are going for less than $200 on e-bay