One or Two SSD on 27‑inch iMac with Retina 5K display (mid 2017)?

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One or Two SSD on 27‑inch iMac with Retina 5K display (mid 2017)?
 
I understand that such iMac has two different ports for two different disks inside (eg., one SSD or une Fusion drive from Apple). Questions:
 
1. Is it possible to install this disk inside to boot such iMac?
Samsung 960 PRO Series - 2TB PCIe NVMe - M.2 Internal SSD (MZ-V6P2T0BW)
Sequential R/W (read/write) speeds up to 3,500/2,100 MB/s and random R/W speeds up to 440/360K IOPS, respectively.
 
2. Is is possible to have two SSD at the same time inside such iMac?
For instance, the one SSD from Apple (or the one above, if possible) and other like this (now 2TB, soon 4TB)?
Samsung 850 PRO - 2TB - 2.5-Inch SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-7KE2T0BW)
Sequential Read/Write Performance: Up to 550MB/s and 520MB/s, respectively. Random Read/Write IOPS Performance: Up to 100K and 90K, respectively.
 
Thanks!

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 2
    Mike WuertheleMike Wuerthele Posts: 6,917administrator
    1: No.

    2: Sure, but you need the temperature monitoring cable and drive cable from OWC. And, this will violate your warranty something fierce.
  • Reply 2 of 2
    appexappex Posts: 687member
    Thanks for the information, albeit that is shocking. Why does Apple not offer such addition when purchasing is beyond understanding. Two SSD inside are very useful.
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