MBP 13" upgrades.

leoncc · 31 Jan 2012 at 11:21

Just about to order an OptiBay, Crucial RealSSD, Crucial 8GB DDR3 1333MHZ and a Samsung 1TB 9.5mm SATA II HDD.

As the Samsung is going into the OptiBay, do I need to buy some kind of caddy for the SSD or will it "just" fit like a normal 2.5" drive?

Thanks

MacRS4 · 31 Jan 2012 at 11:32

Nah, it fits right in to the OptiBay or the primary HD bay.

Depending on where you got the OptiBay from you may get an external caddy for the SuperDrive?

leoncc · 31 Jan 2012 at 11:36

Awesome, thanks!

It was just the OptiBay I ordered, I just can't remember the last time I really needed to use an optical drive, if I'm burning games thats going to be on my main PC at home.

MacRS4 · 1 Feb 2012 at 13:54

Yeah, me too. I don't even bother carrying a DVD drive anymore.

bigredshark · 1 Feb 2012 at 15:10

Don't put the HDD in the optibay, it has a vibration thing going on and is annoyingly loud at times. Put the SSD in there and the HDD in the intended place...

PaulyD · 1 Feb 2012 at 15:25

bigredshark said:
Don't put the HDD in the optibay, it has a vibration thing going on and is annoyingly loud at times. Put the SSD in there and the HDD in the intended place...

What I came into say

leoncc · 1 Feb 2012 at 20:37

That seems pointless to me running the SSD at 3GB/s instead of 6GB/s though? I will test it out tomorrow and see how loud it is in the 13" model.

Nymins · 1 Feb 2012 at 21:44

Was going to say that I thought the Optibay was connected via Sata2. Not sure if they updated that in the Late 2011 models though?

Vibration shouldn't be too bad if its securely fitted in the Optibay. The SSD should also fit right in the hard drive slot.

Si. · 1 Feb 2012 at 22:33

My HDD is in he Optibay and I don't get any vibration problems. Also sure the Optibay SATA is slower than the internal one so seems potless to put an SSD there.

leoncc · 2 Feb 2012 at 23:56

Installed everything today and no vibration problems at all, was very nervous disconnecting the antennas etc, the build quality is so intricate! but followed a guide online at it went fine!

Rameses · 3 Feb 2012 at 03:07

Bet it feels super quick now! Not that it was a slow machine but I always feel SSD takes away that bottleneck that all computers have been struggling with for years! No matter how fast the CPU and how much memory, when your HDD is spluttering out at 50-75mb compared to 250+ its easy to see how much of a gain you get switching to SSD.

8GB & a SSD would make any laptop fly, so enjoy!