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  OWC Accelsior 4M2 vs. Sonnet’s M.2 4×4 PCIe

  Posted by Eric Santiago on October 2, 2020 at 1:10 pm

  OWC is 8x and Sonnet’s 16x but you need to use the full lane slot.

  Maybe I wont need that lane but talk me down please 🙂

  Also noise and SSD compatibility.

  I know these products are new so I am hoping we have some brave souls out there that have jumped in deep 😉

  Eric Santiago replied 5 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 13 Replies
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  Jeremy Garchow

  October 3, 2020 at 5:21 pm

  I don’t really know as I don’t have either, but it seems like the Sonnet boasts faster speeds. Either way, how can you go wrong? It’s going to be wicked fast storage.
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  Herb Sevush

  October 5, 2020 at 11:57 am

  I’ve been using the OWC for months and it’s exactly as advertised. The Sonnet is 16 lanes and twice as fast but needs a full lane slot. It’s a win win situation, either choice will make you happy.
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  Herb Sevush

  October 5, 2020 at 11:59 am

  Also, there is no noise with the OWC and I’m using Samsung SSDs.
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  Eric Santiago

  October 5, 2020 at 1:45 pm

  Thanks, folks for your input.

  Would love to get the fastest SSDs (rated) for the Sonnet, just a PITA locating them up here.

  And thanks Herb for the noise report. That seems to be the knock on the OWC.
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  Eric Santiago

  October 8, 2020 at 12:50 am

  Herb which version Samsung?

  I noticed the EVO Plus 2TB has to be this years model to work with Mac OS.

  The older ones, you would need to flash on a PC box 😛
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  Eric Santiago

  October 9, 2020 at 12:05 am

  Ordered the Samsung EVO Plus 2TB (2) via NewEgg.
  Crossing fingers its this year’s model.

  Went with the Sonnet Silent.
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  Greg Janza

  October 11, 2020 at 4:09 pm

  The only thing I would change would be the NVMe. I have the Sabrent 2T and it’s excellent and considerably cheaper than the EVO Plus.
  https://www.newegg.com/sabrent-rocket-q-2tb/p/0D9-001Y-00025?Description=sabrent%202t%20nvme&cm_re=sabrent_2t%20nvme-_-9SIAME8ARR0279-_-Product&quicklink=true
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  Eric Santiago

  October 11, 2020 at 11:49 pm

  Thanks Greg.

  The Samsung EVO Plus was on sale and it was a lot cheaper than the Sabrent.

  Im in Canada and noticed the Newegg pricing (Sabrent) between US and Canada are almost double 😛
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  Greg Janza

  October 12, 2020 at 3:39 pm

  ah, ok. I think you’ll be very happy with the purchase. I have converted to all NVMe for media and it works extremely well.
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  Eric Santiago

  October 12, 2020 at 10:58 pm

  Looking forward to it. Past experiences are mostly Thunderbolt2.

  Before that SAS.

  Honestly never had issues with them but might as well jump into the NVMe pool 🙂

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