13" MBP Upgrade Tonight - 4GB of RAM, 500GB HD - Feedback

[zw-gator]

The mailman just dropped off 4GB of RAM (Crucial) and a 500GB HD (WD Blue).

I'm going to be installing it in a base model 13" MBP later tonight (see sig for current specs.

I know this a popular upgrade for a lot for 13" MBP users. What benchmarks should I run before and after? I'd like to see how my performance increased or deceased.

 

[uberamd]

XBench is always an option.

 

[NC MacGuy]

X Bench gives a nice point of reference and checks the disk performance. GeekBench is pretty much all processor.

You could also use AJA but X Bench should suffice.

 

[zw-gator]

Just finished putting in the 4GB of ram and HD, now waiting for osx to install.

I was surprised that I didn't need 10.5 on the HD before installing 10.6 with only the upgrade disc.

bad news, I think the Blue is a little louder than I thought (I was wishing for dead silent)...but at least it's not DOA *knock on wood*

 

[GoCubsGo]

I don't recall the Blue being that loud. Are you putting your ear up to it or something?

 

[zw-gator]

I don't recall the Blue being that loud. Are you putting your ear up to it or something?

haha yes

I'm just being very picky

 

[NT1440]

I actually just did the same upgrade except my drive is a 5400 Hitachi 500gb

 

[zw-gator]

xbench results

Before

After

 

[zw-gator]

geekbench (@ 32bit demo)

Before

After

 

[GoCubsGo]

Remember Xbench is going to give you the results you're looking for mostly because geekbench does measure mostly processor.

Edit: Just saw that mentioned above. I got nuttin then.