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Title:

NVME M.2 SSD with adapter

Text:

Is it possible to update 2017 iMac 27" 5k with NMVe m.2 SSD using m.2 to Apple PCIe adapter?
I used to use SM951 AHCI in Mac Pro 5.1, 6.1, all Retina and Air 2013-2015 but what about NVMe once? Have anyone tried?
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-=== Update (04/14/2019) ===
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-Why is this the chosen answer? It's not correct info for the mid-2017 iMac. Many people have their M.2 drives working at 4x speeds, and properly detected as a NMVe drive. I posted pics in another post on this thread.
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-Any unreliability (on this model) is mainly due to the shield shorting out to the adapter header. Again check out my post at the bottom.
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-I just replaced my original small Apple SSD with a 970 EVO M.2 2TB drive. It's detects as a 4x NMVe in system information and benchmarks as a 4x NMVe drive.

Device:

iMac 27" 2017

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

411895

Edit by: R.T.

Title:

NVME M.2 SSD with adapter

Text:

Is it possible to update 2017 iMac 27" 5k with NMVe m.2 SSD using m.2 to Apple PCIe adapter?
I used to use SM951 AHCI in Mac Pro 5.1, 6.1, all Retina and Air 2013-2015 but what about NVMe once? Have anyone tried?
+
+=== Update (04/14/2019) ===
+
+Why is this the chosen answer? It's not correct info for the mid-2017 iMac. Many people have their M.2 drives working at 4x speeds, and properly detected as a NMVe drive. I posted pics in another post on this thread.
+
+Any unreliability (on this model) is mainly due to the shield shorting out to the adapter header. Again check out my post at the bottom.
+
+I just replaced my original small Apple SSD with a 970 EVO M.2 2TB drive. It's detects as a 4x NMVe in system information and benchmarks as a 4x NMVe drive.

Device:

iMac 27" 2017

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

411895

Edit by: mayer (vote details)

Title:

NVME M.2 SSD with adapter

Text:

Is it possible to update 2017 iMac 27" 5k with NMVe m.2 SSD using m.2 to Apple PCIe adapter?

I used to use SM951 AHCI in Mac Pro 5.1, 6.1, all Retina and Air 2013-2015 but what about NVMe once? Have anyone tried?

Device:

iMac 27" 2017

Status:

open

Accepted Answer:

+411895

Original post by: godmanz

Title:

NVME M.2 SSD with adapter

Text:

Is it possible to update 2017 iMac 27" 5k with NMVe m.2 SSD using m.2 to Apple PCIe adapter?

I used to use SM951 AHCI in Mac Pro 5.1, 6.1, all Retina and Air 2013-2015 but what about NVMe once? Have anyone tried?

Device:

iMac 27" 2017

Status:

open