OWC Accelsior S PCIe to 2.5 Inch 6Gb/s SATA SSD Host Adapter

Directly mount any standard 2.5" drive with speeds up to 550MB/s. SSD is not included. No drivers required.

Give Your Mac Pro Tower or PC a SATA 6G Performance Boost
OWC Accelsior S is the simple solution to add a high speed SATA 6G drive to PCs or silver Mac Pro towers otherwise restricted to SATA 3G architecture. Combined with a high-performance SSD, Accelsior S brings cutting edge SATA 6G performance to your SATA 3G system.

Internal Storage Expansion at Lightning Speed
With more than 500MB/s of throughput, the OWC Accelsior S dual-lane PCIe 2.0 card delivers flexible storage expansion – with a speed boost – to your Mac or PC. Accelsior S is the perfect complement to OWC's Mercury Extreme Pro 6G and Mercury Electra 6G families of high-performance SSDs, allowing up to an extra 4TB of fast storage expansion.

Just Plug and Play
Mount a 2.5-inch drive to the Accelsior S, install in any available PCIe x4 (or greater) slot, and you're up and running with expanded high-speed storage. Use as a native, high-speed, boot drive or scratch-disk and boost capacity and performance. With no drivers or extra software needed, upgrading your PC or legacy Mac Pro tower with Accelsior S is a breeze.

Includes
(1) OWC Acceslsior S PCIe Expansion Card
(1) Quick Start Guide for OWC Accelsior S
3 Year OWC Limited Warranty

Specifications

• Internal Connectivity (1) SATA 6.0Gb/s
• Card Interface PCIe
• PCIe Bus Interface PCI Express 2.0 x2
• PCIe Form Factor PCIe x4 half length, half height
• Compatible with PCIe x4 slots or larger
• Chipset / Controller Asmedia 1062
• Mac OS Compatibility
  • Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • OS X 10.9 Mavericks
  • OS X 10.10 Yosemite
  • OS X 10.11 El Capitan
  • macOS 10.12 Sierra
  • macOS 10.13 High Sierra
  • macOS 10.14 Mojave
  • macOS 10.15 Catalina
  • macOS 11.x Big Sur
  • macOS 12.x Monterey
  • macOS 13.x Ventura
  • macOS 14.x Sonoma
• PC OS Compatibility
  • Windows XP
  • Windows XP 64-bit Edition
  • Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 7 32-bit Edition
  • Windows 7 64-bit Edition
  • Windows 8 32-bit Edition
  • Windows 8 64-bit Edition
  • Windows 8.1 32-bit Edition
  • Windows 8.1 64-bit Edition
  • Windows 10 32-bit Edition
  • Windows 10 64-bit Edition
  • Windows Server 2019
  • Windows Server 2022
  • Windows 11
• Other Requirements Computer host or PCIe chassis with an available slot that allows for a card that is full height, half length, and PCIe 2.0 x2 or greater
• Dimensions
  • Height: 4.8 cm (1.9 in)
  • Length: 21.8 cm (8.6 in)
  • Width: 16.0 cm (6.3 in)
• Weight 198.0 g (0.44 lbs)
• Certifications RoHS Compliant
• Reach Certification Yes
• Country of Origin Taiwan
• TAA Compliance Yes
• Ambient Temperature
  • Operating: 32°F to 158°F (0°C to 70°C)
  • Non-Operating: 131°F to 302°F (55°C to 150°C)

Compatibility

• Mac Pro 12-Core (Mid 2012) (June, 2012) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 2.4GHz, 2.66GHz, 3.06GHz
• Mac Pro 6-Core (Mid 2012) (June, 2012) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 3.33GHz
• Mac Pro 4-Core (Mid 2012) (June, 2012) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 3.2GHz
• Mac Pro 4-Core (Mid 2010) (July, 2010) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 2.8GHz, 3.2GHz
• Mac Pro 12-Core (Mid 2010) (July, 2010) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz
• Mac Pro 8-Core (Mid 2010) (July, 2010) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 2.4GHz
• Mac Pro 6-Core (Mid 2010) (July, 2010) Model ID: MacPro5,1 | 3.33GHz
• Mac Pro 8-Core (Early 2009) (March, 2009) Model ID: MacPro4,1 | 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz
• Mac Pro 4-Core (Early 2009) (March, 2009) Model ID: MacPro4,1 | 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz, 3.33GHz
• Mac Pro 8-Core (Early 2008) (January, 2008) Model ID: MacPro3,1 | 2.8GHz, 3.0GHz, 3.2GHz
• Mac Pro 4-Core (Early 2008) (January, 2008) Model ID: MacPro3,1 | 2.8GHz
• Mac Pro 8-core (Early 2007) (April, 2007) Model ID: MacPro2,1 | 3.0GHz
• Mac Pro 4-core (Mid 2006) (August, 2006) Model ID: MacPro1,1 | 2.0GHz, 2.66GHz, 3.0GHz

• Xserve (Late 2006) (August, 2006) Model ID: Xserve1,1 | dual 2.0GHz, dual 2.66GHz, dual 3.0GHz
• Xserve (Early 2008) (January, 2008) Model ID: Xserve2,1 | 2.8GHz, dual 2.8GHz, dual 3.0GHz
• Xserve Quad-Core (Early 2009) (April, 2009) Model ID: Xserve3,1 | 2.26GHz
• Xserve 8-Core (Early 2009) (April, 2009) Model ID: Xserve3,1 | 2.26GHz, 2.66GHz, 2.93GHz

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  PC Desktops Compatible with Intel / AMD Process based PCs capable with the specifications listed above.

• PCIe capable servers Compatible with PCIe expandable servers with the specifications listed above.

• OWC Mercury Helios Thunderbolt PCIe expansion chassis

• NOT COMPATIBLE
• HP DL 380 G7
• HP DL 380 G8
• Dell PowerEdge R620
• Dell PowerEdge T620

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