OWC AURA PRO X REVIEW WINDOWS 10
OWC AURA PRO X REVIEW PORTABLE

OWC AURA PRO X REVIEW WINDOWS 10

Additional tests were run on a Windows 10 64-bit PC using a Core i7-5820K/Asus X99 Deluxe motherboard with four 16GB Kingston 2666MHz DDR4 modules, a Zotac (Nvidia) GT 710 1GB x2 PCIe graphics card, and an Asmedia ASM2142 USB 3.1 Gen 2 (10Gbps) card. How we tested: We used a 15-inch 2018 MacBook Pro with a 2.9GHz Core i9 processor, 32GB of memory, a 2TB SSD, and 4GB Radeon Pro 560X graphics using BlackmagicвЂ™s Disk Speed Test. We didnвЂ™t have them to test, so thatвЂ™s not fact, but a caveat based on past experience. Note that the lower capacity variants might not offer the same level of write performance. That said, 1GBps is about all youвЂ™ll ever see from any SuperSpeed 10Gbps device in the real world, so just about any NVMe SSD is workable with small data sets. The roll-your-own option might save you a few bucks if you opt for a bargain basement drive, but OWC isnвЂ™t charging all the much more per gigabyte, and the Aura P12 seems to be a nice solid performer that, again, is really not that expensive. You can also purchase the enclosure unpopulated (no drive) for $60, if you want to roll your own. ItвЂ™s also available from OWC as a bare SSD for internal use.ДЄt $1100, the 4TB Envoy Pro EX USB-C is hardly cheap, but considering its bleeding edge capacity, and that the bare Aura P12 is over $1000, thatвЂ™s really not bad. Better yet, itвЂ™s much better at sustaining its highest throughput rate under high stress.The secret to the Envoy Pro EX USB-CвЂ™s large capacity is that it houses one of the first 4TB M.2 NVMe SSDs to hit the market-the Aura P12. The OWC Envoy Pro Elektron is far better at heat dissipation and, as a result, is much faster. Others throttle down fairly quickly to protect the components inside from overheating. It fared much better than any other tiny NVMe drive that IвЂ™ve reviewed, though.

When I stopped running the test, the drive was as warm as my hand. Within that time frame, though, the drive never throttled down or lost so many frames it would become troublesome (though it would if youвЂ™re relying on it to offload movies, for example). The OWC Envoy Pro Elektron did well but, after 2 minutes of warming up inside its aluminum casing, it did start to show some frame drops and then some more. ItвЂ™s when you use AJAвЂ™s вЂњrun continuouslyвЂќ feature that the drive really shows its pedigree. Lo-and-behold, performance jumped to an impressive 940 MB/sec!ДЄ test with Blackmagic Design Speed Test or AJAвЂ™s test app usually is very limited in time if you let it run only once. But, as IвЂ™m used to dealing with the perplexing reality of a mid-2017 iMacвЂ™s performance, I exchanged the USB-C cable for a passive Thunderbolt 3 cable and connected to the Thunderbolt port on the iMac. I had the pleasure of receiving a 480-GB test unit, and when I connected it to my iMac with the included USB-C cable, the performance was lackluster.

The drive looks like an ingot but, instead of gold, OWC used aluminum for the enclosure.

OWC AURA PRO X REVIEW PORTABLE

That makes it almost ridiculous to call the Elektron portable if itвЂ™s anything, itвЂ™s a shirt-pocket drive that packs OWC Aura advanced NVMes in 240-GB ($99), 480-GB ($149), 1-TB ($219), and 2-TB ($369) formats. OWCвЂ™s newest portable SSD is a USB-C 3.2 10Gb/sec aluminum drive the size of a cigarette lighter. Tiny SSD Drive in Solid Aluminum Keeps Its Speed

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