Mac Pro (Late 2013) - Amfeltec AngelShark Carrier Board

Mac Pro (Late 2013) - Amfeltec AngelShark Carrier Board - Storage Upgrade

September 20, 2014

test mac pro specifications
macpro6,1
bootrom: mp61.0120.b00
macos high sierra 10.13.1 (17b1003)
e5-1660v2 3.7ghz (15mb l3) hexacore
16gb of apple/skhynix pc3-14900 ecc
apple/samsung sm0256g pcie ssd (ssubx based)
2x amd firepro d300 2gb vram

testing tools ssd benchmarks
aja system test lite - primary test - 4gb file size
blackmagic disk speed test (outdated, still decent tool check against)

http://amfeltec.com/products/mac-pro-late-2013-carrier-board-for-m-2-pcie-ssd-modules/

i'm working on getting 1 in test. interesting how power board bus bars go gpu. using 2 black screws in upper right hand corner of graphics board b. include 2 standoffs. pretty cool!

update 1/16/18 12:00pm cst

added pictures post.

10.13.2 didn't change compatibility of drives @ bottom of post.

samsung 960 evo , 960 pro best available use adapter board. because of internal link speed, not see increase in speed 960 evo or 960 pro, able 6tb of internal storage, nice.

other interesting thing board has boot leds aware working probably. these not blink or stay on once system has done nvram , post checks.

https://photos.google.com/u/2/photo/af1qipmkodzcx4tgyfjqza3ggsbnvojjnmgfwqezgho2

update 12/1/17 12:30pm cst
have received card , i'm taking pictures , documenting benchmarks on difference nvme drives.

update 12/2/17 10:30am cst
pictures of angelshark board installed. it's rather engineered board. rather thin (looks 3 or 4 layer board) , kinda flexible.

update 12/3/17 10:30am cst
i've been testing board multiple days , i'm still experiencing slow write speeds on , compatible m.2 ssds. 300mb/s fastest i've been able achieve, on blackmagic disk speed test , aja system test lite.

internal apple ssd shown external drive within disk utility.

update 12/3/17 11:15am cst
300mb/s writes still present after fresh install of high sierra on pm951 boot drive. apple sm0256g speeds same within boot environment on pm951, 1400r/1200w.

update 12/3/17 5:30pm cst
ran out , grabbed couple of samsung 960 evo 256gb. show full bandwidth on read , write. performing @ pcie 2.0 x4 speed (up 2gb/s). raided them in raid0 , same result single drive. ~1500mb/s read & ~1350mb/s write.

single 960 evo

raid0 of 2x 256gb 960 evo

compatible
samsung 960 evo - full bandwidth on read & write
samsung 960 pro - full bandwidth on read & write
samsung pm951 nvme - full bandwidth read, 1/4 bandwidth write
toshiba xg4 - full bandwidth read, 1/4 bandwidth write
toshiba xg3 - full bandwidth read, 1/4 bandwidth write

not compatible
liteon cx2 (commonly used in dell latitude & precision notebooks)

(list date of december 3rd, 2017 @ 5:30pm cst)

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