Mac Pro 2006-2012 (1,1-5,1) SATA / NVMe SSD Upgrade and Storage Overview Part 1

This video covers the various storage upgrade options for all the classic Mac Pros (ATA, SATA, Hard Disk Drives, SATA SSDs) and the basics needed to get NVMe bootable with the 4,1 - 5,1 Mac Pros. It's first video and I'm awkward as hell :) 0:00 Intro 0:33 SATA Overview 1:46 ATA Overview 2:04 SSDs Overview 2:58 SATA SSDs 3:44 M.2 Format 3:59 AHCI SSDs 4:21 NVMe SSDs 4:48 Firmware for NVMe 5:58 PCIe limitations 6:34 Host Cards and Multi NVMe drives 8:40 Recap 9:24 Outro & Thanks For Watching Looking for more info on NVMe? Check out Part 2.    • NVMe and M.2 host upgrade cards for classi...   Looking for a deep dive into PCIe in a much new video from 2024?    • $1500 of SSDs in a Mac Pro.... with a Sonn...   Links! Definitive Classic Mac Pro Upgrade Guide 2006-2012 (1,1-5,1) http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2018/0... Not sure what the differences are between the Mac Pros models? http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2018/0... Definitive Trashcan Mac Pro Upgrade Guide 2013 (6,1) http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2019/0... Foolproof way to update the 2010 - 2012 Mac Pro 5,1 to the 144.0.0.0.0 firmware http://blog.greggant.com/posts/2019/1... /edit: user pointed out there is a way to use rEFInd with the NvmExpressDxe.efi with 3,1. Will post more eventually. Recommended communities: https://forums.macrumors.com/forums/m...   / mac.pro.upgrade     / macprousers     / macpro   This is my first YouTube video ever. Edited in Final Cut Pro X, Motion, Compressor, Pixelmator Pro on a MacBook Air M1, recorded on iPhone 12 Pro/Canon Rebel. Voice-over recorded/mixed on a Sennheiser e935, Cubase Studio on Mac Pro. Background music composed by me.