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"I'd also like to say NVMe is mind blowingly fast on the desktop I've got and something sorely lacking from Apple's offering adding another downside to the curr

by rsync 10y ago

"I'd also like to say NVMe is mind blowingly fast on the desktop I've got and something sorely lacking from Apple's offering adding another downside to the current Mac desktops." I see that folks are putting nvme cards into their older mac pros: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/pcie-m-2-nvme-on-macpro.2030791/ https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/pcie-m-2-nvme-on-macpro... Is there a recipe that allows one to boot from an nvme add-in card on an older mac pro ? (in my case, early 2009)

vondur 10y ago
I don't think so, the Mac Pro's firmware doesn't understand NVME, you'd need to use an ACHI based M2 SSD with the PCIe card. (so many acronyms!)
islane 10y ago
https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-Predator-SHPM2280P2H-480G/dp/B00V01C6M8 https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-HyperX-Predator-SHPM2280P2H-... I would suggest this card, it should work, it is SATA based as opposed to NVMe. I have installed a few of these in on several older systems (x58 based and others) and saw a very large performance bump, even versus SSDs connected via aftermarket PCIE SATA-3 controller (running at 500-550mbs). YMMV if attempting to clone an existing drive - I have had this problem with add-in PCIE cards, older motherboards, and various operating systems - a fresh install to one of these drives will likely be easier.