2011 17" MBP supports 6Gbps SATA

[kfscoll]

To be honest, I'm not sure about those Hybrids. They seem like a stopgap solution to me, and I'm not sure if they offer that much of a benefit over a regular HDD. If you're giving up on SATA-III, you could still get a fast, tried and proven SATA-II SSD - I think that would be a better value than a Hybrid.

I'm not sure how you can argue that an SSD is a better value than a hybrid. I bought a 500GB Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive for an older MBP of mine for only $130. An SSD with that capacity would run well over $1000. I'm not suggesting that a hybrid drive performs like a true SSD; God knows my OWC SSD is lots faster than my Momentus XT. But hybrids like the Seagate have been well-reviewed, certainly perform better than standard spinning-platter HDDs, and are TONS cheaper than true SSDs.

 

[Tyrion]

I'm not sure how you can argue that an SSD is a better value than a hybrid. I bought a 500GB Seagate Momentus XT hybrid drive for an older MBP of mine for only $130. An SSD with that capacity would run well over $1000. I'm not suggesting that a hybrid drive performs like a true SSD; God knows my OWC SSD is lots faster than my Momentus XT. But hybrids like the Seagate have been well-reviewed, certainly perform better than standard spinning-platter HDDs, and are TONS cheaper than true SSDs.

Yeah, I'm sorry, they're probably not bad drives or anything, didn't mean for my post to come across that way. Personally, I'm just trying to get away from spinning platters as quickly as possible, but for someone who needs the space and doesn't want to shell out for an SSD, Hybrids are a good choice.

 

[mobilehavoc]

Here's my results... BTW, I don't have any problems with my C300.

2011 MBP 13" i5
8GB Ram
C300 128GB SSD

Here's my results from a 2.2 i7 MBP and an OWC SSD. Doesn't seem much slower.

 

[apolloa]

I thought I would add that my mac in my sig reports a negotiated link speed of 1.5 for my hard drive. It's an apple drive too but I'm not sure if it's a sata 2 or not?
Really itching for an ssd too this year but these speeds aren't good.

 

[hystery]

Has anyone tried RAID 0 with 2011 models yet?
Which would perform better do you think, RAID 0 with 2 SSDs (SATA II) or single SSD (SATAIII)?

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Has anyone tried RAID 0 with 2011 models yet?
Which would perform better do you think, RAID 0 with 2 SSDs (SATA II) or single SSD (SATAIII)?

I had Raid 0 in my box last week and it ran fine but still at Sata 2 speeds . I have OWC Extreme Pros. I actually sold one and just running single until the Sata 3 drives come out. Bottom line Sata 3 will make Raid 0 pretty useless now. Especially with the Optical bay only doing Sata 2 so you can't Raid 0 Sata 3. Best bet get a Sata 3 drive it will smoke Raid 0 Raid Sata II. I have my finger on a buy button if I see one coming up. Its killing me not making use of that Sata 3 port.

So my plan is keep my Sata II in the Optical bay for backup and storage than put a Sata 3 in the HD area with the OS on it. Its the best we can do

 

[hystery]

I had Raid 0 in my box last week and it ran fine but still at Sata 2 speeds . I have OWC Extreme Pros. I actually sold one and just running single until the Sata 3 drives come out. Bottom line Sata 3 will make Raid 0 pretty useless now. Especially with the Optical bay only doing Sata 2 so you can't Raid 0 Sata 3. Best bet get a Sata 3 drive it will smoke Raid 0 Raid Sata II. I have my finger on a buy button if I see one coming up. Its killing me not making use of that Sata 3 port.

So my plan is keep my Sata II in the Optical bay for backup and storage than put a Sata 3 in the HD area with the OS on it. Its the best we can do

Yes it's too bad it has only one SATAIII port. But still it's nice improvement, at least we can use SATAIII drives now. Thanks for your opinion. I think I decided to click buy button...

 

[Guy Mancuso]

Yes if these drives can get us up to the 500 read/writes areas that they are promising we will not get much faster than that. Just attach some wings on it, we will fly.

 

[firmansolutions]

MBP 2011 2.2ghz, 8gb RAM, 256gb SSD (boot) + 500gb 7200rpm data

Here are my xbench results. Really happy with the performance and the ease of setting all this up. None of the reported issues with this MBP.

 

[uptownnyc]

Here are my xbench results. Really happy with the performance and the ease of setting all this up. None of the reported issues with this MBP.

Was curious whether you'd encountered any problems with your C300 since you posted your benchmarks. I'm looking to pull the trigger on an SSD soon, and am trying to narrow down my options.

 

[firmansolutions]

Was curious whether you'd encountered any problems with your C300 since you posted your benchmarks. I'm looking to pull the trigger on an SSD soon, and am trying to narrow down my options.

Hi, All good so far. No problems whatsoever. I am using it everyday, primarily for Windows VM's, but some Photoshop & Dreamweaver and plenty of normal iTunes, iPhoto and Mail activities.

Cheers
Firman

 

[ynewmarc]

Hi, All good so far. No problems whatsoever. I am using it everyday, primarily for Windows VM's, but some Photoshop & Dreamweaver and plenty of normal iTunes, iPhoto and Mail activities.

Cheers
Firman

Is this 17 inch model ?

 

[samterm]

I figured out how to run SATA III/6Gbps in the optical bay!

Yes it's too bad it has only one SATAIII port.

There is nothing wrong with the optical bay running SATA III in the late 2011 Macbook Pro. If the the system profiler says that the Link Speed and Negotiated Speed are "6 Gigabit" then they probably are. That said, I think I am the first person to get reliable 6Gb SATA speeds in my optical bay. I have a walk through on my google site with the title: themacbookproproject.

https://sites.google.com/site/themacbookproproject/

And its not for the faint of heart.