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[thedeske]

Not that I've speed tested any of my other external drives, but I just ran Blackmagic on the dLite/OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD (GUID partition/120GB). Results were write/read 130/160 MB/s.

It would be interesting to know about the M500 speed. After reading the specs on the OWC, I can see why your results look slow.

 

[clovehitch]

It would be interesting to know about the M500 speed. After reading the specs on the OWC, I can see why your results look slow.

Yea, not impressed with the OWC--nor with my lack of pre-purchase research.:roll eyes: I did give them a call, and they said their SSD were not set up for Blackmagic, but for Aja. With Aja the Electra tested 237 MB/s write, 245 MB/s read.

The Crucial 960 in the dLite enclosure worked out to 380 MB/s write, 420 MB/s read.

 

[thedeske]

The Crucial 960 in the dLite enclosure worked out to 380 MB/s write, 420 MB/s read.

Yep, nice huh? I remember the same ballpark with a Sam 840. It was a 250, and I think the larger sizes get a tiny bit faster from the extra cap.

Thanks for checking it out BTW

 

[clovehitch]

^ No problems, it good to get these experiences out there so others can take them into consideration.

 

[matreya]

Yea, not impressed with the OWC--nor with my lack of pre-purchase research.:roll eyes: I did give them a call, and they said their SSD were not set up for Blackmagic, but for Aja. With Aja the Electra tested 237 MB/s write, 245 MB/s read.

The Crucial 960 in the dLite enclosure worked out to 380 MB/s write, 420 MB/s read.

Well, you should have gotten the Electra 6G SSD as the 3G is really only intended for older Macs that only have SATA II.