Rep: 1
1
Hello!
I'm going to change my old and slow HDD drive to the new SSD.
I chose Kingston V300 SSD disc (due to it's cost, of course). Here is a description: http://www.kingston.com/us/ssd/v#sv300s3
Does anybody know, is this disk suitable to Macbook Pro 13" mid 2009 unibody?
If not, maybe there is other options in the similar price range?
Thank a lot in advance!
Questa è una buona domanda?
Rep: 685,3k
3,4k
1,1k
2,6k
Make sure the drive is backward compatible to 3 GB/s. That's an incredibly cheap price but a good brand. 60 GB is very small by todays standards, you might consider the 120GB.
Questa risposta è stata utile?
I took it from description:
Interface: SATA Rev. 3.0 (6Gb/s) – with backwards compatibility to SATA Rev. 2.0
Is it what is needed? (Sorry for such questions, i just didn't found any mention about 3gb/s).
And I'm also dreading of its compatibility by proportions and connectors, because i don't know such specifications of my HDD.
SSDs dimensions are 69.8mm x 100.1mm x 7mm.
SATA II is 3 GB/s. SATA III is 6 GB/s.
In my system report i found that information:
Link speed - 3 gb
Negotiated Link Speed - 1.5 gb
Does it mean that mac supports SATA II? Or SATA I maybe?
Thank in advance.
You'll need to update the systems firmware to gain SATA II (3.0 Gb/s) if your logic board is able to support it.
I agree with Mayer here, try to get a larger unit. I wouldn't go with anything less than 256GB my self. That way you have room for apps and needed swap files and a few loose files. Remember you want to leave at least 1/4 of the drive free and smaller drives really need 1/3.
Rep: 2,6k
5
6
4
Yes, the Kingston V300 works fine in this Macbook. I've used it several times. As mentioned, get a larger drive - you want about 50% free space on an SSD or you'll have performance issues. Also enable TRIM. If you're using Yosemite or El Capitan you can use the built-in command line Trimforce command to enable TRIM support. Otherwise for previous versions of OS X look for OSX Trim Enabler. Note that you will have to re-enable TRIM if you use Trim Enabler and later have any OS updates. Trimforce is persistent (it'll stay enabled)
Questa risposta è stata utile?
Ultime 24 Ore: 0
Ultimi 7 Giorni: 0
Ultimi 30 Giorni: 0
Tutti i Tempi: 794
