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Can anyone confirm the 500GB HDD in 2012 13" MBP is 6G

Wicked1

Wicked1

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I am interested in knowing only because I am wondering if it will be faster or my Seagate Hybrid 500GB Sata II HDD.

I was going to give the Seagate to my son, but wondering which will be faster or if you would even notice the diff.

I want to get him an Intel 520 128SSD but just spent a lot of $ on him for xmas, so thinking this would be a good upgrade especially with the 4G NAND partition for OS/APPS
 
I don't think that a pure mechanical hard drive will see any real improvement from being on SATA 6G.
 
we have the 500 and the 750 (toshiba, 5400 rpm) and they are both 3G

not that it matters, as said.
 
The Momentus XT 1stGen is likely to be faster. Even with only 4GB NAND flash, that's better than none. I think that's a 7200rpm drive as well.
 
It is a 7200 RPM drive with the 4gb hand, and 500gb disk drive running at 16mb cache, I am thinking of getting the 750gb hybrid with 32mb cache, 8gb nand, and 750gb disk, it is also 6G so might be better for $129 at new egg :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
Wicked1 said:
It is a 7200 RPM drive with the 4gb hand, and 500gb disk drive running at 16mb cache, I am thinking of getting the 750gb hybrid with 32mb cache, 8gb nand, and 750gb disk, it is also 6G so might be better for $129 at new egg :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:
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It is. I put one of each in my and my wife's laptops because we need more than 256GB (she needs a lot more) and we still actually use the Superdrives for the moment. They're not SSD fast, but in day-to-day use, they're MUCH better than the stock 5400rpm drives, and our computing is much snappier as a result.
 
T5BRICK said:
I agree with this here. Standard HDDs, even hybrids, just don't compare to current SSDs.
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SSD's are great if you can afford to drop $400-$500 on storage, if you want any decent amount of space.(512GB)

I would more than happily get a 256GB, but after partitioning, it just isn't worth the lack of space. Even the 750GB hybrid is significantly cheaper than even the 256GB SSD.

I think hybrids are good median ground, it may not be as fast as a pure SSD, but for the average user it's going to make a huge difference either way, especially if you coming from a 5400rpm drive like the OP is.
 
Wicked1 said:
I am interested in knowing only because I am wondering if it will be faster or my Seagate Hybrid 500GB Sata II HDD.

I was going to give the Seagate to my son, but wondering which will be faster or if you would even notice the diff.

I want to get him an Intel 520 128SSD but just spent a lot of $ on him for xmas, so thinking this would be a good upgrade especially with the 4G NAND partition for OS/APPS
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Although the 2012 MBP13 Supports 6Gbps, you will find the link speed for the stock 500GB drive negotiates at 3Gbps. See here

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TechZeke said:
SSD's are great if you can afford to drop $400-$500 on storage, if you want any decent amount of space.(512GB)

I would more than happily get a 256GB, but after partitioning, it just isn't worth the lack of space. Even the 750GB hybrid is significantly cheaper than even the 256GB SSD.

I think hybrids are good median ground, it may not be as fast as a pure SSD, but for the average user it's going to make a huge difference either way, especially if you coming from a 5400rpm drive like the OP is.
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240GB SSD's are $150 right now (was a deal on a Sammy 840 yesterday, with a free game). Also putting your HDD in the optibay is a no brainer.

Who the hell needs extra 250GB of space on an SSD for a 13" laptop? First 100GB for Apps and OS, fine, I understand, then you have 150GB more space for other stuff...then you have your stock HDD (750GB?) in the Optibay...that's a gig worth of storage.

512GB SSD's are not worth it right now and don't make sense, unless you do a lot of video work and need to capture high datarate video...but on a 13" laptop? C'mon.

thatsmega.net said:
Although the 2012 MBP13 Supports 6Gbps, you will find the link speed for the stock 500GB drive negotiates at 3Gbps. See here

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Seems like that HDD is a SATAII HDD, so that's why it's not running at SATAIII.

So in other words, the optibay on the 2012 will definitely support a SATAIII device like an SSD drive.

I know for a fact that the 2011 MBP didn't support SATAIII speeds in the optibay. Ivy Bridge transition must have fixed that.
 
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SDAVE said:
240GB SSD's are $150 right now (was a deal on a Sammy 840 yesterday, with a free game). Also putting your HDD in the optibay is a no brainer.

Who the hell needs extra 250GB of space on an SSD for a 13" laptop? First 100GB for Apps and OS, fine, I understand, then you have 150GB more space for other stuff...then you have your stock HDD (750GB?) in the Optibay...that's a gig worth of storage.

512GB SSD's are not worth it right now and don't make sense, unless you do a lot of video work and need to capture high datarate video...but on a 13" laptop? C'mon.
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WTF does the size of the laptop size have to do with anything? I have a 2012 15" Macbook Pro, I don't see how that means I automatically use more storage.

Anyway, I like my optical drive, so I don't see me taking it out. Like I said before, if you want to partition windows the 256GB doesn't offer allot of storage at all. However, if I planned on using just Mac only, A 256GB would be enough, I guess.
 
TechZeke said:
WTF does the size of the laptop size have to do with anything? I have a 2012 15" Macbook Pro, I don't see how that means I automatically use more storage.

Anyway, I like my optical drive, so I don't see me taking it out. Like I said before, if you want to partition windows the 256GB doesn't offer allot* of storage at all. However, if I planned on using just Mac only, A 256GB would be enough, I guess.
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A lot*
 
7200RPM drives won't saturate SATA II bandwidth. If your original drive is SATA II, connecting it to an SATA III bus won't do anything to speed. It'll just negotiate a lower link speed that matches the SATA II standards that your drive is capable of running at.
 
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