Looking at putting a ssd into my mac book what brands should I he looking at for a ssd ?
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Looking at putting a ssd into my mac book what brands should I he looking at for a ssd ?
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Personally I'd go with a Samsung, what size are you looking for? And is it SATA or mSATA?Quote:
Originally Posted by fluffmister
I've one of these in my desktop:
http://www.komplett.ie/samsung-ssd-850-pro-128gb/20450171/details.aspx
Use it to host the OS and hard disks to store movies and music.
SSDs are brilliant so good call :) I have a 120gb in my machine and if I was buying again I'd probably go for twice that.
250GB Samsung Evo 850:
http://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B00P736UEU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A1H5P9JL5SQ05
That's €98.65 inclding delivery to Ireland, seems like a great deal
the plan is to move it to the standard hdd bay in my mac and put the hdd in the optical bayQuote:
Originally Posted by Ketron
wow thats a great priceQuote:
Originally Posted by Mark
just wondering but presume this will be a lot better speed upgrade then ram?
How much RAM do you have? Speed is subjective, but if the SSD hosts your OS you'll have vastly improved boot times, and any programs that operate from it, even with a cheap SSD will load at a factor of 10x quicker, presuming its PCIe SATA III.Quote:
Originally Posted by fluffmister
Went with the one I was liked there the Samsung 250gb sata 3.
Have 4gb of ram would like to upgrade but ram prices have gone up along in last year
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RAM is generally cheap, you're borderline at 4gb, but it really depends on what you use your PC for. I've 16gb thats overclocked, but its a gaming PC, unless you do similar (or CAD) high RAM is unnecessary. I'd bump it up to 8 considering you're going for an SSD upgrade.Quote:
Originally Posted by fluffmister
Yeah mostly video and photo editing photoshop lightroom etc so be fairly heavy on ram
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have my new sad installed. any idea how i move my operating system from my hdd to my ssd i have both them installed in my mac now
What model ssd did you go for? Any tools come with it? If not use acronis to clone your old hdd and restore it onto the ssd.Quote:
Originally Posted by fluffmister
Got a Samsung 850 250gb
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Carbon copy cloner is probably the most user friendly, you can use the trial version. Clone your old HDD to the SSD keeping everything intact then boot into the SSD.
When you're sure everything is working just go ahead and format the HDD and move any data you like to it.
You should also run a program called TRIM enabler to make the SSD perform optimally and last longer.
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Should be no need with Win 7 +, it should automatically detect its running and and SDD and makes the adjustments.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cisk
Handy tricks for SSD and windows:
http://www.overclock.net/t/1156654/seans-windows-7-install-optimization-guide-for-ssds-hdds
Aye but I believe we're talking about a MacBook running OS X unless I'm mistaken.
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:surprised::hehe!:Quote:
Originally Posted by Cisk
Haha yes osx nearly all good now spent the night downloading the new os software and now another hour transferring all my documents and applications
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any of your any good on ram? next step is 16gb of ram. but not entirely sure what the 1300 or 1600 numbers mean
Clock speed of the RAM, in Mhz. It's dependant on what your motherboard can support, but generally will default back to the lowest suitable speed, or if you mix sticks they will all run at the lowest clock speed :)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16GB-Memory-KINGSTON-KTA-MB1600-8G-DDR3L-SDRAM-PC3-12800-MacBook-2012-iMac-Mini-/151852991231?hash=item235b24c2ff:g:9jEAAOSwj0NUdeC O opinions on this kingston ram?
That should be spot on providing its correct for your mac model.
Crucial have a handy utility that will check what ram is compatible for your machine, obviously you don't need to buy from them.
http://eu.crucial.com/eur/en/systemscanner
yeah thats what i found and said up to 1600 and 16gb so think ill go with that kingston oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Cisk