Late 2013 Fusion Drive PCIe based or not?

[Mr. Dee]

I need a straight answer on this, I am hearing the Late 2013 iMacs launched today that still include Fusion drives only as an option are 50% faster, but they are not PCIe based. So are they or they not?

Just want a straight answer thanks!

 

[jbg232]

The fusion drives utilize the a small SSD - that SSD section is now going to be PCIe based which is faster than the old SSD system. So yes, it WILL be faster. How much, who knows.

 

[CWallace]

Probably have to wait for iFixit to tear one down to be sure, but it seems highly logical with the SSD options being PCIe, so would the Fusion Drive SSD.

In the end, I went with the 256GB SSD instead of the Fusion Drive since I just added a Synology DS413 so I am not hurting for media storage.

 

[antoniogra7]

Apple advertise the Late 2013 iMac's Fusion Drive as 1,5x faster than the Late 2012's one, so I guess it has to be PCIe based.

 

[Mr. Dee]

Thanks everyone, hopefully we will learn more in the next few days. Not making my purchase until late November anyway.

 

[Serban]

same as the 2013 macbook airs

 

[Johnf1285]

according to the iFixit tear down its all PCIe now for flash.

 

[Cave Man]

according to the iFixit tear down its all PCIe now for flash.

The Apple Insider report says you can add a second hard drive AND it has a PCIe slot. I don't know if there are two separate busses (i.e., total of two SATA connectors and one PCIe connector) or if it's one (i.e., total of one SATA connector and one PCIe connector.

 

[Takuro]

I think it's 1x SATA and 1x PCIe. If you opt for a fusion drive, both slots are populated and it's treated as one logical disk. If you opt for an HDD only, the PCIe slot is empty. If you opt for an SSD only, there's nothing attached to SATA.

 

[ioannis2005gr]

Probably have to wait for iFixit to tear one down to be sure, but it seems highly logical with the SSD options being PCIe, so would the Fusion Drive SSD.

In the end, I went with the 256GB SSD instead of the Fusion Drive since I just added a Synology DS413 so I am not hurting for media storage.

Both options are fine...depends on your needs,,,