{"id":338912,"date":"2017-04-21T01:30:41","date_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/04\/20\/owc-thunderbolt-3-ssd-gpu-raid\/"},"modified":"2017-04-21T01:30:41","modified_gmt":"2017-04-20T17:30:41","slug":"owc-debuts-new-thunderbolt-3-products-ssds-pcie-expansion-chassis-six-bay-raid-and-external-gpu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/owc-debuts-new-thunderbolt-3-products-ssds-pcie-expansion-chassis-six-bay-raid-and-external-gpu\/","title":{"rendered":"OWC Debuts New Thunderbolt 3 Products: SSDs, PCIe Expansion Chassis, Six-Bay RAID, and External GPU"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"body\" readability=\"52.242290748899\">OWC has announced that it will be debuting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owcdigital.com\/nab2017\">range of new Thunderbolt 3 products<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nabshow.com\/\">2017 NAB Show<\/a> this weekend in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/Envoy-Pro-EX-Thunderbolt-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"421\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561684\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>First up is the Envoy Pro EX, a pocket-sized, bus-powered SSD with Thunderbolt 3. Storage capacities will start at 240GB. As it remains a prototype, no release date was specified. OWC&#8217;s existing <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/Other%20World%20Computing\/ENVPROU3S240\/\">Envoy Pro EX with USB 3.0<\/a> starts at $199.99.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/Helios_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561683\"\/><\/p>\n<p><em>Mercury Helios 3<\/em><\/p>\n<p>OWC&#8217;s new Mercury Helios 3 is a PCIe expansion chassis with a dedicated cooling fan and two Thunderbolt 3 ports. It can accommodate a half-length, full-height, double-width PCIe card. OWC said it will be available in the second quarter of 2017. Pricing was not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Other products include the Helios FX external GPU powered by Thunderbolt 3, ThunderBay 6 six-bay RAID with Thunderbolt 3, and Mercury Viper portable Thunderbolt 3 SSD suitable for daisy chaining. OWC said the ThunderBay 6 is coming in late 2017, but no word on pricing or availability for the other products.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/Helios_FX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"351\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561687\"\/><br \/>OWC&#8217;s previously announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/11\/03\/owc-debuts-13-port-thunderbolt-3-dock\/\">Thunderbolt 3 Dock<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/01\/05\/hands-on-with-the-dec-for-macbook-pro-from-owc\/\">DEC for the 2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/retina-macbook-air\/\">MacBook<\/a> Pro will also be on display at the show.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OWC has announced that it will be debuting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.owcdigital.com\/nab2017\">range of new Thunderbolt 3 products<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nabshow.com\/\">2017 NAB Show<\/a> this weekend in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/Envoy-Pro-EX-Thunderbolt-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"421\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561684\" \/><center><em>Envoy Pro EX with Thunderbolt 3<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nFirst up is the Envoy Pro EX, a pocket-sized, bus-powered SSD with Thunderbolt 3. Storage capacities will start at 240GB. As it remains a prototype, no release date was specified. OWC&#8217;s existing <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/item\/Other%20World%20Computing\/ENVPROU3S240\/\">Envoy Pro EX with USB 3.0<\/a> starts at &#36;199.99.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/Helios_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"707\" height=\"394\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561683\" \/><center><em>Mercury Helios 3<\/em><\/center><br \/>\n<br \/>\nOWC&#8217;s new Mercury Helios 3 is a PCIe expansion chassis with a dedicated cooling fan and two Thunderbolt 3 ports. It can accommodate a half-length, full-height, double-width PCIe card. OWC said it will be available in the second quarter of 2017. Pricing was not disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Other products include the Helios FX external GPU powered by Thunderbolt 3, ThunderBay 6 six-bay RAID with Thunderbolt 3, and Mercury Viper portable Thunderbolt 3 SSD suitable for daisy chaining. OWC said the ThunderBay 6 is coming in late 2017, but no word on pricing or availability for the other products.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.macrumors.com\/article-new\/2017\/04\/Helios_FX.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"351\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-561687\" \/><br \/>\n<br \/>\nOWC&#8217;s previously announced <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2016\/11\/03\/owc-debuts-13-port-thunderbolt-3-dock\/\">Thunderbolt 3 Dock<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2017\/01\/05\/hands-on-with-the-dec-for-macbook-pro-from-owc\/\">DEC for the 2016 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/retina-macbook-air\/\">MacBook<\/a> Pro<\/a> will also be on display at the show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkback\">Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/thunderbolt-3\/\">Thunderbolt 3<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/owc\/\">OWC<\/a> <\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forums.macrumors.com\/threads\/owc-thunderbolt-3-ssd-gpu-raid.2042572\/\">Discuss this article<\/a> in our forums<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=YdDPDEcB_Nc:1XWm5gzBjag:6W8y8wAjSf4\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=6W8y8wAjSf4\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.macrumors.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?a=YdDPDEcB_Nc:1XWm5gzBjag:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/MacRumors-All?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/MacRumors-All\/~4\/YdDPDEcB_Nc\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[68,69,59,26],"class_list":["post-338912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-macrumors","tag-media","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338912"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338912\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}