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    Best 3rd party SSD for 17 inch Macbook Pro (2011)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Jdizzle, Oct 4, 2011.

  1. Jdizzle

    Jdizzle Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,

    So I have a 17 inch MBP (Early 2011 edition) with a 750GB 5200rpm HDD. I'd like to get a SSD in it, as it's painfully slow loading applications with this hard drive.

    Does any one have any recommendations for a reliable and fast SSD to get for a MBP?
     
    Jdizzle, Oct 4, 2011
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  2. Karamazovmm

    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    crucial m4, intel 320 and the samsung 470 possibly the samsung 830
     
    Karamazovmm, Oct 4, 2011
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    diggy Notebook Deity

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    Another vote for the Crucial M4
     
    diggy, Oct 4, 2011
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    Have you ever used a SSD before? If not, you'll be fine with a SATAII SSD like the Intel 320. Even a "slow" SATAII SSD will run laps around a 7200RPM drive.

    Also, note that higher capacity SSDs tend to be faster than lower capacity SSDs of the same model line. for example, the 160GB Intel 320 is faster than the 120GB Intel 320.
     
    Jarhead, Oct 8, 2011
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    xfiregrunt Notebook Evangelist

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    How do you get Trim support on a non Apple installed SSD?
     
    xfiregrunt, Oct 9, 2011
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    via trim enabler, sometimes its plain not worth it. I dont use it anymore, I just go and use disk utility to write some zeros on the empty space
     
    Karamazovmm, Oct 9, 2011
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