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OWC 8TB Mercury Elite Pro USB (5Gb/s) External Hard Drive - Up to 252 MB/s Real World Speed - High Capacity Hard Drive - Durable All Metal Construction - Universally Compatible USB 3.2 - 3 Year Limited Warranty (OWCME3NH7T08)

OWC 8TB Mercury Elite Pro

Manufacturer Part Number: OWCME3NH7T08

Up to 252 MB s Real World Speed High Capacity Hard Drive Durable All Metal Construction Universally Compatible USB 3.2 3 Year Limited Warranty



CPN:OWC 8TB Mercury Elite Pro
MANUFACTURER NAME: Owc
MANUFACTURER PART NUMBER: OWCME3NH7T08
UPC EAN CODE: 810586034692
LANGUAGE: EN
MARKET:US

General Information:

Continuing the Legacy

The Mercury Elite Pro began OWC's rich, storied history of storage solution innovations nearly 20 years ago. It has lasted the test of time by continuing to offer an incomparable blend of performance, quality, and value in a single-drive storage solution. The latest generation upholds our commitment to excellence and offers customers convenient access to their data with even more space and higher transfer speeds.

An Essential External Solution for Everyone

Photos, music, and videos are a part of everyday digital life. Add in presentations, reports, record-keeping, and correspondence, and the result is a staggering amount of data that needs to be stored in a single, accessible location. The Mercury Elite Pro is an essential desktop drive for creative pros, small businesses, home office users, and families with ever-growing storage capacity needs.

Housed in a rugged, solid aluminum enclosure, the Mercury Elite Pro is built for modern data management with a high performance 3.5-inch 7200RPM hard drive. It can be used for a variety of personal and business needs including:

  • Pro-level video editing projects
  • Time Machine and File History backups of important business data and irreplaceable personal photos
  • Consolidating files from multiple smaller drives to a single location for faster, more convenient access
  • Migrating data from an existing machine to a new computer
  • Expanding game storage of console gaming systems
  • Freeing up space on a computer's internal drive to improve performance

Purposefully Designed

Offering an ideal blend of form and function, the Mercury Elite Pro's fanless, brushed aluminum chassis provides maximum heat dissipation to run quietly cool while the shock isolation design keeps the drive - and your data - safe and protected. It fits discreetly on any desktop with the included vertical orientation stand. You can also place it horizontally, using the included non-skid rubber feet, and even stack multiple units to create a capacity "tower of power".

Ready for Play

The Mercury Elite Pro isn't just all work and no play. Besides saving and backing up computer data or functioning as a workhorse drive on set or in the edit suite, it can be used to watch videos, listen to music, and view pictures through your gaming console or attached directly to your Smart TV.

Gain Critically Needed Gaming Space

With their stunning realism, modern games have grown to an average of 40GB per game. That means PS4 and Xbox One gaming system's standard 500GB internal drive will only hold 12 "regular" games. How do you play more games - including 4K games that are up to 100GB in size - without uninstalling other games? Easy ... for every 1TB of Mercury Elite Pro capacity you add as external storage to your console, you'll gain space to store up to 24 average-sized games. Besides eliminating the limitations of your internal capacity, you'll gain the ability to offload the games you play most regularly and potentially load and save them faster.

ManufacturerOther World Computing
Manufacturer Part NumberOWCME3NH7T08
Manufacturer Website Addresshttps://www.owc.com/
Brand NameOWC
Product LineMercury Elite Pro
Product Name8.0TB OWC Mercury Elite Pro USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) External Storage Solution
Packaged Quantity1
Product TypeHard Drive
  Product UPC810586034692
Technical Information:
Storage Capacity8 TB
Platform SupportedPC
Mac
Linux
Drive Performance:
Spindle Speed (rpm)7200
Buffer256 GB
Interfaces/Ports:
Host InterfaceUSB 3.2 (Gen 1)
Drive InterfaceSATA
Drive Interface StandardSATA/600
Physical Characteristics:
Color FamilySilver
Product ColorSilver
Drive TypeExternal
External Drive TypeDesktop
Height4.6"
Width1.4"
Length7.7"
Weight (Approximate)2.69 lb
Miscellaneous:
What's in the box
  • 8.0TB OWC Mercury Elite Pro USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) External Storage Solution
  • 1 x USB 3.2 (5Gb/s) Type-B to Type-A Cable
  • 1 x External Power Supply
  • 1 x US Power Cable
  • 1 x Quick Start Guide for OWC Mercury Elite Pro with USB 3.2 (5Gb/s)
  • 1 x Assembly Manual & User Guide for OWC Mercury Elite Pro with USB 3.2 (5Gb/s)
Device SupportedPlayStation
Desktop PC
MacBook
MacBook Air
MacBook Pro
iMac
Mac Pro
Mac mini
Compatibility

OWC

  • MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (14-inch, Late 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (14-inch, Late 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (14-inch, Late 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (14-inch, Early 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (16-inch, Early 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (14-inch, Early 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (16-inch, Early 2023)
  • MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2022)
  • MacBook Pro (14-inch, Late 2021)
  • MacBook Pro (16-inch, Late 2021)
  • MacBook Pro (Touch, 13-inch, Late 2020)
  • MacBook Pro (Touch, 13-inch, Mid 2020)
  • MacBook Pro (Touch, 16-inch, Mid 2019)
  • MacBook Pro (Touch, 13-inch, Mid 2019)
  • MacBook Pro (Touch, 15-inch, Mid 2019)

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Operating System CompatibilitymacOS Sequoia 15.x
Warranty:
Warranty3 Year

What Can Your Device Hold?

Desktop HDD

1Photos based on a 10-Megapixel camera producing images 5MB in size
2Songs based on average length of 4 minutes, 4MB size
3HD video based on 720p or 1080i video
4Blu-ray HD Movie was calculated at 16.2Gb per hour recording rate

Date Inserted: Monday July 21, 2025

This product was last updated on Thursday April 23, 2026

All products are brand new and factory sealed unless otherwise stated.
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    Other World Computing (OWC) has been a trusted name in the Apple ecosystem since 1988. Founded by Larry O’Connor in Woodstock, Illinois, OWC has grown into a global leader in Mac and iOS upgrades, offering over 3,000 products and shipping to more than 190 countries.

    What OWC Offers

    • High-performance SSDs and memory upgrades for Macs
    • External storage solutions including RAID arrays and portable drives
    • Docking stations, cables, and accessories for Apple devices
    • Software tools and educational resources to empower DIY upgrades

    Why Choose OWC?

    OWC is known for its commitment to quality, innovation, and sustainability. Their LEED Platinum-certified campus runs on renewable energy, including solar arrays and a wind turbine that makes them a net energy producer. Their products are designed and assembled in the USA, and they offer industry-leading warranties and customer support.

    Why Buy OWC from Compsource?

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    We want this to be as easy and stress-free as possible. CompSource is here to help with your OWC purchase. We're here to help you decide. Chat with us or give our professionals a quick phone call (800)-413-7361, we can assist with the best OWC solution for your needs and budget.

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    A hard drive is the hardware component that stores all of your digital content. Your documents, pictures, music, videos, programs, application preferences, and operating system represent digital content stored on a hard drive. Hard drives can be external or internal.

    Everything stored on a hard drive is measured in terms of its file size. Documents (text) are generally very small whereas pictures are large, music is even larger, and videos are by far the biggest. A hard drive determines the size of digital files in terms of megabytes (MB), gigabytes (GB), and terabytes (TB).

    There are 3 major versions of hard drive technologies. All of them have pros and cons and reasons for owning each versions;

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      Pros -- Cheapest per GB, very reliable and easily replaceable.
      Cons -- Much slower than newer technologies.

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