OWC miniStack STX Storage Solution

Mini Sized. Mammoth Possibilities.

Just like great duos Kirk and Spock, Frodo and Sam, or Woody and Buzz, the miniStack and the Mac mini have been the perfect pair since 2005. Now featuring Storage and Thunderbolt Xpansion, the miniStack STX continues its award-winning legacy as the best sidekick a Mac mini can have.

With a universal SATA HDD/SSD bay AND an NVMe M.2 PCIe SSD slot, you can expand your mini's storage capacity to gigantic proportions. Three Thunderbolt (USB-C) ports enable you to connect to millions of Thunderbolt, USB, and future USB4 drives, displays, A/V mixers, cameras, tablets, and desktop accessories like a keyboard, card reader, or mouse. The possibilities of how you can use your Mac mini is now only limited to your imagination.

Xpands Notebooks, Tablets and More

While sized identical to the Mac mini, the miniStack STX is a sleek, complementary companion for MacBook and PC notebook and desktop machines, iPads, and Chromebooks as well. While highly powerful, these machines are often limited in the number and variety of ports they offer. The miniStack STX solves that expansion limitation with a new world of increased connectivity and storage capacity.

The Dual Drive Dynamo

Just like superheroes have an alter ego, so too does the miniStack STX. The universal SATA drive bay holds a hard disk drive or SSD for big capacity data storage. When you need to support low latency instant access operations, the NVMe M.2 SSD slot reveals miniStack STX's ferocious power. NVMe was designed to deliver the speed potential of modern flash drive technology by using a more direct path to a computer's processor over PCIe (requires Thunderbolt host).5 As a result, you can enjoy near instant access performance with the miniStack STX.

Edit. Save. Access. Like a Pro

With multiple drive configurations available, you can experience up to 770MB/s of real-world data transfer speed. Move 5GB of GoPro footage in about 6 seconds. Transfer 1000s of photos from that priceless event in mere seconds. Use the SATA drive for Time Machine or File History backups while working off the NVMe drive. With heavyweight performance like this, the miniStack STX is great for multi-stream compressed 4K video editing, photography, audio, virtual machines, and everyday data tasks.

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• Massive capacity
• : add over 200x greater data storage on top of your Mac mini or over 50x greater data storage on top of your Mac Studio's built-in storage
• Mega Thunderbolt:
• use more accessories and devices with three Thunderbolt (USB-C) ports
• Maximum compatibility:
• use with Thunderbolt or USB equipped Macs, PCs, iPads, Chromebooks, Android tablets...virtually anything that supports external storage
• More Connectivity:
• add a mix of up to five Thunderbolt devices, three USB devices, and two displays
• Power while working:
• 96W of notebook charging power via Thunderbolt or USB-C
• Pro-grade performance:
• save/access/backup data and edit 4K video with up to 770MB/s real-world tested performance
• Easy backups:
• Apple Time Machine and Windows File History ready
• Plug and play:
• includes Thunderbolt cable
• Whisper-quiet:
• an aluminum housing with internal heat sink and high-efficiency cooling fan provides cool, nearly silent operation
• 3 Year OWC Limited Warranty