https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Installation-update/added-SSD-to-my-Mac-Pro-Very-happy/m-p/210558#M22286 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>In an effort to gain a little speed boost for my 2010 Mac Pro, I added a 488GB OWC Mercury Accelsior E2 as the boot drive. It has 2 SSD chips mounted on a PCI driver card which bypass the Pros built in HD nterface, so you can get speeds up to 688 MB/sec, much faster than if you simply installed an SSD in one of the drive bays.<BR /> <BR /> As the title says, I'm very happy with the results. It really makes things much more snappy. AC launches very quickly, and there seem to be way less hangs than I used to see. I still have most of my files on conventional HDs due to the limited SSD size.<BR /> <BR /> As a bonus, it has 2 eSATA ports, for attaching external storage.</T></DIV> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:43:31 GMT Anonymous 2013-11-01T17:43:31Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Installation-update/added-SSD-to-my-Mac-Pro-Very-happy/m-p/210558#M22286 <DIV class="actalk-migrated-content"><T>In an effort to gain a little speed boost for my 2010 Mac Pro, I added a 488GB OWC Mercury Accelsior E2 as the boot drive. It has 2 SSD chips mounted on a PCI driver card which bypass the Pros built in HD nterface, so you can get speeds up to 688 MB/sec, much faster than if you simply installed an SSD in one of the drive bays.<BR /> <BR /> As the title says, I'm very happy with the results. It really makes things much more snappy. AC launches very quickly, and there seem to be way less hangs than I used to see. I still have most of my files on conventional HDs due to the limited SSD size.<BR /> <BR /> As a bonus, it has 2 eSATA ports, for attaching external storage.</T></DIV> Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:43:31 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Installation-update/added-SSD-to-my-Mac-Pro-Very-happy/m-p/210558#M22286 Anonymous 2013-11-01T17:43:31Z https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Installation-update/added-SSD-to-my-Mac-Pro-Very-happy/m-p/210559#M22287 Definitely the way to go.<BR /> I saw the Apple Keynote when they announced the new Mac Pro.<BR /> Its SSD is even more of a beast with about twice the read and write performance you now have. Must be blazing fast. Mon, 04 Nov 2013 23:11:57 GMT https://community.graphisoft.com/t5/Installation-update/added-SSD-to-my-Mac-Pro-Very-happy/m-p/210559#M22287 Laszlo Nagy 2013-11-04T23:11:57Z