It took me quite some time to finally get this project off the ground, but my dream of cramming 1TB of SSD storage and a Blu-ray burner into an iMac has finally been realized.
I cracked open my 27" 2010 iMac yesterday and:
The end result? Damn, it's fast! Incredibly fast. Switching users and waking from sleep are where it's most noticeable. Those two actions are instantaneous; less than one second. Booting is, of course, very speedy. Loading up Final Cut Pro (which used to take a good 15 seconds) now takes approximately 3 to 5 seconds.
* I'm having problems with the Blu-ray burner and will need to open it back up to diagnose. It's failing to grab the disc and will only pull it in if I open Disk Utility on the iMac (odd, eh?). It may actually be that the eject button (which the stock optical drive does NOT have but the Panasonic DOES) is being permanently depressed in the iMac optical drive bracket.
I'll post back when I figure out how to get the Blu-ray drive functioning properly.
Nathan
I cracked open my 27" 2010 iMac yesterday and:
- Installed a pair of 512GB Samsung 830 series SSDs (in a 2x2.5 to 3.5 adapter; replacing the stock Seagate HDD)
- Shorted out the temp sensor in order to avoid full-RPM fans
- Swapped out the stock optical drive for a Panasonic UJ-235a Blu-ray burner *
The end result? Damn, it's fast! Incredibly fast. Switching users and waking from sleep are where it's most noticeable. Those two actions are instantaneous; less than one second. Booting is, of course, very speedy. Loading up Final Cut Pro (which used to take a good 15 seconds) now takes approximately 3 to 5 seconds.
* I'm having problems with the Blu-ray burner and will need to open it back up to diagnose. It's failing to grab the disc and will only pull it in if I open Disk Utility on the iMac (odd, eh?). It may actually be that the eject button (which the stock optical drive does NOT have but the Panasonic DOES) is being permanently depressed in the iMac optical drive bracket.
I'll post back when I figure out how to get the Blu-ray drive functioning properly.
Nathan