OWC's Mercury Accelsior_E2 PCI Express Solid State Drive in MP5,1
i spoke owc , come interesting piece of advice locating owc's 480gb ssd pcie card slot 1 in mp5,1. use ssd exclusively hold mac os x mavericks 10.9.5 @ time. advice remove pcie ssd card slot 3, move nvidia k5000 graphics card occupy slot 2 & 3 , place pcie ssd card slot 1. owc indicated they'v given advice other customers have reported issues in mps using mercury accelsior_e2 pcie ssd cards. issue was/is every owc's ssd card becomes unusable , causes system panic @ boot time, , resolution erase , reformat ssd card , reinitialize mac os x mavericks. in manner, ssd in x16-lane pcie2 slot , graphics card slots 1 & 2 both x16-lanes. current configuration k5000 card covering slot 2 x16-lane , forcing pcie ssd card go x4-lane slot. owc pcie ssd 2-blade hardware raid-0 6g card, meaning can push 2x 6g or 1500 mbytes/sec. pcie2 x4-lane supports 2000 mbytes/sec , x16-lane supports 8000 mbytes/sec. in theory both x4-lane , x16-lane ...