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Upgrading my macbook HDD and ram help

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Trueafrican

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What's the max size harddrive and ram can i put in a MacBook ,and what else can i upgrade i want it to be fast ?
 
That depends on the MacBook model.

The white pre-Unibody MBs can handle any 2.5" S-ATA HDD with a maximum height of 9.5mm, so that's 640GB.
The Unibody MacBooks (aluminium and white) can handle any 2.5" S-ATA HDD with a height of up to 12.5mm, so that's 1TB.

The maximum RAM can be from 2GB to 8GB.

Look here to see what the maximum RAM for your specific model is.

Also MRoogle will find you one or two thousand threads about the same issue.

There is nothing else you can upgrade, besides the HDD and RAM, but you can use an SSD instead of an HDD to speed things up a bit.
 
Thanks for the quick reply, how do i know the model of my macbook ?

spinnerlys said:
That depends on the MacBook model.

The white pre-Unibody MBs can handle any 2.5" S-ATA HDD with a maximum height of 9.5mm, so that's 640GB.
The Unibody MacBooks (aluminium and white) can handle any 2.5" S-ATA HDD with a height of up to 12.5mm, so that's 1TB.

The maximum RAM can be from 2GB to 8GB.

Look here to see what the maximum RAM for your specific model is.

Also MRoogle will find you one or two thousand threads about the same issue.

There is nothing else you can upgrade, besides the HDD and RAM, but you can use an SSD instead of an HDD to speed things up a bit.
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spinnerlys said:
That depends on the MacBook model.

The white pre-Unibody MBs can handle any 2.5" S-ATA HDD with a maximum height of 9.5mm, so that's 640GB.
The Unibody MacBooks (aluminium and white) can handle any 2.5" S-ATA HDD with a height of up to 12.5mm, so that's 1TB.
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I might add that the sizes stated are the current offerings by the HDD manufacturers. The storage size really has no limitation but the height (9.5mm or 12.5mm) and width (2.5") restriction will not change. For instance, I suspect that in the not too distant future there might be a 1TB internal 2.5" that is 9.5mm.
 
spinnerlys said:
That depends on the MacBook model.

The white pre-Unibody MBs can handle any 2.5" S-ATA HDD with a maximum height of 9.5mm, so that's 640GB.
The Unibody MacBooks (aluminium and white) can handle any 2.5" S-ATA HDD with a height of up to 12.5mm, so that's 1TB.

The maximum RAM can be from 2GB to 8GB.

Look here to see what the maximum RAM for your specific model is.

Also MRoogle will find you one or two thousand threads about the same issue.

There is nothing else you can upgrade, besides the HDD and RAM, but you can use an SSD instead of an HDD to speed things up a bit.
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The 2nd generation 750GB Scorpio Blue is double platter thus it has height of 9.5mm and will fit in any MacBook.
 
here are the specs for my macbook

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.13 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB52.0088.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.38f5

I want to upgrade my ram to 4gb and HDD to 500gb ,i need to know the best ram and hardisk b4 i go buy .thanks in advance
 
Trueafrican said:
here are the specs for my macbook

Model Name: MacBook
Model Identifier: MacBook5,2
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.13 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MB52.0088.B05
SMC Version (system): 1.38f5

I want to upgrade my ram to 4gb and HDD to 500gb ,i need to know the best ram and hardisk b4 i go buy .thanks in advance
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RAM
Hard drive
 
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