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Apricorn Velocity V2 solo in 2012 MP

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Marty62

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Stunning ! ... really, I'm blown away.

Samsung EVO 750 (or any SSD) screws onto the card, this takes 2 minutes.

It receives power direct from the card, no cables.

Install in PCI slot, another 2 minutes.

Instantly recognised by the MP ( 10.8.5 installed previously )

Boot time from "chime" 15 seconds !!

VERY impressed, so simple and fast, full SATA III 6GB/s connection.

Bought from Expansys yesterday afternoon and delivered this morning at 9am.

I would recommend this to any 3,1 / 4,1 / 5,1 MP owner.
 
Marty62 said:
Stunning ! ... really, I'm blown away.

Samsung EVO 750 (or any SSD) screws onto the card, this takes 2 minutes.

It receives power direct from the card, no cables.

Install in PCI slot, another 2 minutes.

Instantly recognised by the MP ( 10.8.5 installed previously )

Boot time from "chime" 15 seconds !!

VERY impressed, so simple and fast, full SATA III 6GB/s connection.

Bought from Expansys yesterday afternoon and delivered this morning at 9am.

I would recommend this to any 3,1 / 4,1 / 5,1 MP owner.
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Yep, had one on test in a 5.1 Hex, and it flew...highly recommended
 
Marty62 said:
Stunning ! ... really, I'm blown away.

Samsung EVO 750 (or any SSD) screws onto the card, this takes 2 minutes.

It receives power direct from the card, no cables.

Install in PCI slot, another 2 minutes.

Instantly recognised by the MP ( 10.8.5 installed previously )

Boot time from "chime" 15 seconds !!

VERY impressed, so simple and fast, full SATA III 6GB/s connection.

Bought from Expansys yesterday afternoon and delivered this morning at 9am.

I would recommend this to any 3,1 / 4,1 / 5,1 MP owner.
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Where did you source your Velocity x2 from? If you have a link, that would be a big help! :)

The reason I ask, is that in searches I can only local the v1 model.

Thanks!

-Rob
 
Robert Davies said:
Where did you source your Velocity x2 from? If you have a link, that would be a big help! :)

The reason I ask, is that in searches I can only local the v1 model.

Thanks!

-Rob
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Rob, is this the one you are looking for?
www.amazon.com/Apricorn-Velocity-Extreme-Performance-VEL-SOLO-X2/dp/B0090IA3GY/


zarf2007 said:
ive got a 1TB samsung evo connected to it and it is very fast...
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I've got the same setup (though the x2 version) and I too am very very pleased.
 
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I've been running a pair of Velocity X2's in a RAID0 config for a very long time with no problems.
 
I just installed mine, too!

Very impressed so far.

I'm running a long SATA cable from the extra port to my optical drive bay for whenever I add on a 2nd SSD to this card.
 
brentsg said:
I've been running a pair of Velocity X2's in a RAID0 config for a very long time with no problems.
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I have also been thinking on doing a RAID 0 for OS and apps. Could you please post transfer speed of your RAID 0 drives. I currently have 1 pcie data card which is similar to the X2 in speed and have 1 x 256 GB samsung SSD. Thinking of getting another one.
 
kennyman said:
I have also been thinking on doing a RAID 0 for OS and apps. Could you please post transfer speed of your RAID 0 drives. I currently have 1 pcie data card which is similar to the X2 in speed and have 1 x 256 GB samsung SSD. Thinking of getting another one.
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Updates: Never-mind, just bought 1 more SDD and did a Raid 0, installing OS right now.
 
Good luck. It's been stable and fast enough.

For general use I'd say the overhead probably wipes out any transfer rate advantage, but I haven't spent much time benchmarking it. It's fast.. and I mostly needed the extra capacity since I had a pair of 180GB SSDs.
 
Marty62 said:
Stunning ! ... really, I'm blown away.
Samsung EVO 750 (or any SSD) screws onto the card, this takes 2 minutes.
It receives power direct from the card, no cables.
Install in PCI slot, another 2 minutes.
Instantly recognised by the MP ( 10.8.5 installed previously )
Boot time from "chime" 15 seconds !!
VERY impressed, so simple and fast, full SATA III 6GB/s connection.
Bought from Expansys yesterday afternoon and delivered this morning at 9am.
I would recommend this to any 3,1 / 4,1 / 5,1 MP owner.
Click to expand...

This PCIe card is one of my best upgrades in MP 3.1! Congrats on your purchase!

GL & Cheers
 
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