OWC Pro SSD vs. OWC RE SSD

[ryanide]

I bought the OWC 120GB Pro version for my MacBook Pro and I love it. Best upgrade I have made! Now, I want to replace the boot drive in my 2006 Mac Pro with one. I have all my data on separate drives from my OS/Applications drive, so that should be easy.

My question is whether or not I need the RE version with the 28% Over Provisioning or will the Pro version with the 7% Over Provisioning be just fine?
I'm not going to do a RAID, so does this make any difference? Any additional advantage to this, and is it worth the extra cost?

Thanks!

 

[alphaod]

The more over provisioning the more the improvement in reliability and should improve performance. However for most people who will be using it for maybe 2 years before they upgrade it shouldn't matter.

 

[Executor]

It is my understanding that over provisioning affects reliability but not necessarily performance. Anyone care to confirm? I intend to use the drives for less than a year so the extended warranty on the RE drives is irrelevant. However I am concerned the RE drives are faster, specially in RAID. If that was the case (Again I am not certain) I will opt for the RE editions regardless of price difference.

 

[ryanide]

capacity and price

120GB Mercury Extreme Pro SSD (7% Over Provisioning) $314.99 3yr warr

100GB Mercury Extreme Pro RE SSD (28% Over Provisioning) $369.99 5yr warr
(20GB less space + $55 more)

I don't know, seems like the Pro version is a better deal.

 

[VideoFreek]

This question is discussed in this thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1001508/

Consensus there seems to be that the lower-cost Pro version with 7% overprovisioning should be just fine for ordinary use.

 

[ryanide]

Thanks

Sounds like the Pro is fine. That's what I suspected.