MAC Pro SSD upgrade

Jack1991 · 1 May 2020 at 12:07

Hi all,

my old man has an Mac Pro from late 2009/2010.

Now I can’t get to his house to take a look and can’t see much online regarding it but he would really like to upgrade from the hdd to ssd.

could anyone recommend to me an ssd and I believe that for the Mac Pro it might need some sort of caddy?

Thanks

EsaT · 1 May 2020 at 13:40

Might indeed need mechanical adapter if all it has is HDD:
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/akasa-ssd-and-hdd-adapter-2.5-ak-hda-03-cm-019-ak.html
While 2.5" and 3.5" SATA drives all use same connectors and SATA communication, physical drive size is different.
Though if case case has 2.5" bay SSD would fit directly.

What amount of storage space he would need?

Jack1991 · 2 May 2020 at 03:09

Thanks and no idea on size I’ve not looked at parts for a long time, budget of around £150 so whatever gives him best value

Darryn · 2 May 2020 at 21:48

The 2009/2010 Macpro uses slide out trays to hold the HDDs and bolt to the underside 4 mounting holes on the drive, so you will need an adapter that has those rather than the side mount holes. I have an Icybox Mb882sp-1s-1b or similar which works perfectly.

As for SSD I'd imagine a decent branded 1tb drive is easily within budget.