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musicman691

07-18-2019 06:22 PM

Re: NVMe upgrade for Mac Pro 4.1/5.1 Mojave

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Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm (Post 2533136)

A Samsung 970 Evo draws ~6W-10W max. @ 3.3 V and usually a lot lower than that. So y'all got heaps of power to drive that.

Thermal throttling, you want to pay attention to. These are not drives you leave bare on an adapter board with no dedicated cooling fan. You need heatsinks or dedicated fans or both if they are working hard. (and a reminder that many of the drives we use don't work too hard all the time... only occasionally).

Thanks much for the info - you've given me something to research.

arche3

07-19-2019 01:35 PM

Re: NVMe upgrade for Mac Pro 4.1/5.1 Mojave

Yeah. The gearhead in me is going to do this m.2 blade thingy. Switching thing. I'm pretty much over software. For my studio I've only been getting hardware to use as inserts. I'm sticking with my icon d control 48 fader desk for the foreseeable future. For my audio nerd instinct it's all hardware now. Bring it.

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WorldStudios

07-19-2019 11:42 PM

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Originally Posted by arche3 (Post 2532968)

Thanks. What about during the update to mojave? Did it show progress? Or black screen and you just hoped it was doing something?

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While it is installing Mojave, it is still running the previous OS, so yes I saw the progress.

WorldStudios

07-20-2019 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Darryl Ramm (Post 2533050)

Oops sorry forgot to reply earlier. The card that gets almost all the attention is http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/...ro_Review.html and see all the info at https://forums.macrumors.com/threads...e-ahci.2146725

Many thanks for your guidance. This seems to be a solid choice. It also seems hard to find for sale online. The few ones in stock I found were all in the US and it seems few of them ship to Sweden. Has anyone found them for sale in the EU?

The Weed

07-20-2019 09:06 AM

Re: NVMe upgrade for Mac Pro 4.1/5.1 Mojave

https://www.amazon.co.uk/CREST-SI-PE...mputers&sr=1-1

WorldStudios

07-20-2019 12:37 PM

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Thanks. I saw that before. They don’t deliver to Sweden for some reason.

Ghost In The Attic

07-20-2019 12:59 PM

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After reading through Darryl’s links and recommendations, I am installing two 970 1TB NVMe SSDs in the I/O Crest (SYBA SI-PEX40129) Dual M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe card mounted to the pci-e board and a 2TB 2.5” ssd drive in an OWC blue sled in one of the bays (for samples). Plus, a Radeon RX560 graphics card. I will then install Mojave in my Mid 2012 Mac Pro.

K Roche

07-20-2019 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ghostwriter (Post 2533277)

I am thinking along the same lines the EVOs and the Crest adaptor .
Couple question for you et. al.
#1
Would anyone know if the the 1 TB yields faster read/write speeds than the 500 GB ,,,like in my current 951 (AHCI) SSD where the 500 was faster than the 250 ?

Or if I go duel 1 TB's I assume the Mac sees the 2 blade config as one drive ? So I could partition it into 1 TB for PT sessions and 1 TB for FCPX projects yes? And eliminate my HDD And SATA storage altogether ? or use for backup .

arche3

07-20-2019 02:58 PM

Re: NVMe upgrade for Mac Pro 4.1/5.1 Mojave

Please update us when it's all done.

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Ghost In The Attic

07-20-2019 03:57 PM

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Originally Posted by K Roche (Post 2533280)

Would anyone know if the the 1 TB yields faster read/write speeds than the 500 GB ,,,like in my current 951 (AHCI) SSD where the 500 was faster than the 250 ?

I believe that is the case, but Darryl might chime in with a more definitive answer. I could be wrong.

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