Need help with SSD install in Mac-mini 2012

[mjoshi123]

I've picked Macmini 2012 from Bestbuy now I need help with adding SSD. I know it is complicated process and there are video online on OWC as well as on iFixit website. My question is this

I want to add SSD to my Mac-mini and use it as a primary drive and use 1TB HDD inside as a data-drive. I'm getting Samsung 840 500GB from Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electr...+840+ssd+500gb

Is there anything specific that I'd need to do for using SSD as my primary disc and HDD as secondary ? I know in PC world you could go into BIOS as well as set the jumpers on HDD to work as primary or secondary. How does it work with Mac ? I did similar thing with my macbook pro in past but at that time I moved existing HDD to DVD drive slot so there was no confusion with regards to which one is primary disc.

[stu.h]

You would need to purchase an additional SATA cable for the MM.
Why not upgrade your spinner to the SSD and use the spinner in a USB3.0 caddy?

[motrek]

Originally Posted by mjoshi123

I've picked Macmini 2012 from Bestbuy now I need help with adding SSD. I know it is complicated process and there are video online on OWC as well as on iFixit website. My question is this

I want to add SSD to my Mac-mini and use it as a primary drive and use 1TB HDD inside as a data-drive. I'm getting Samsung 840 500GB from Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Electr...+840+ssd+500gb

Is there anything specific that I'd need to do for using SSD as my primary disc and HDD as secondary ? I know in PC world you could go into BIOS as well as set the jumpers on HDD to work as primary or secondary. How does it work with Mac ? I did similar thing with my macbook pro in past but at that time I moved existing HDD to DVD drive slot so there was no confusion with regards to which one is primary disc.

I plan to buy a Mini soon and will be adding an SSD by putting it in an external enclosure and connecting it via USB3. Should be way more than fast enough for my needs. I have seen YouTube videos of people transferring over 450 MB/s via USB3 which I believe is faster than my SSD is even capable of.

As for the master/slave settings you're referring to, that's for IDE drives, not SATA. You shouldn't have to do anything special to get an SSD working with a Mac Mini other than connecting it.

[stu.h]

Originally Posted by motrek

I plan to buy a Mini soon and will be adding an SSD by putting it in an external enclosure and connecting it via USB3. Should be way more than fast enough for my needs. I have seen YouTube videos of people transferring over 450 MB/s via USB3 which I believe is faster than my SSD is even capable of.

As for the master/slave settings you're referring to, that's for IDE drives, not SATA. You shouldn't have to do anything special to get an SSD working with a Mac Mini other than connecting it.

Dont consider using the SSD as the main boot drive over USB3.0.

[mjoshi123]

Originally Posted by stu.h

You would need to purchase an additional SATA cable for the MM.
Why not upgrade your spinner to the SSD and use the spinner in a USB3.0 caddy?

I'm planning on getting data doubler kit from OWC, they also supply SATA cable along with it.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DIYIMM11D2/

Reason for not upgrading spinner to USB3.0 is than it will take away one USB 3.0 port.

[stu.h]

Originally Posted by mjoshi123

I'm planning on getting data doubler kit from OWC, they also supply SATA cable along with it.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/OWC/DIYIMM11D2/

Reason for not upgrading spinner to USB3.0 is than it will take away one USB 3.0 port.

So what are you doing with the other 3 USB3 ports?

[mjoshi123]

Originally Posted by stu.h

So what are you doing with the other 3 USB3 ports?

Why would I waste one port for a drive when I already have space inside mini for it ?