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Early 2011 17" MBP SSD Upgrade

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Lucagfc

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Hi

I' m an happy Early 2011 17" MBP with the standard 750 GB HDD (In my case in a Toshiba drive). I wan' t to with to a fast and silent SSD solution.

In the last month I' ve not followed the SSD world but few month ago I read that the OCZ Vertex 2 was a really good and fast SSD.

Wich is the situation now? What is the best 256 GB SSD value for money? I wan' t a really fast drive but I' m not prepared to spend a lot of money to buy the BEST drive in the market. I' m searching for something that has good performance but also a good price! Thanks!
 
If you look at the Vertex 2 reviews on Newegg, 60GB, 90GB and 120GB, you'll see many failures.

Reliable SATA II drives: Samsung 470 now and Intel 320 when the new firmware comes out.
 
Thanks for answer. I' m searching for a 256 gb SSD model. Is Samsung and Intel also good in performance?
 
I just installed a Crucial M4 in my 17" 2011 I7 today.
Just make sure you upgrade firmware.

Its SataIII and no problems , its insanely fast, and surprised how much cooler my laptop is on my lap now. (Wasn't expecting that.)
 
Jazwire said:
I just installed a Crucial M4 in my 17" 2011 I7 today.
Just make sure you upgrade firmware.

Its SataIII and no problems , its insanely fast, and surprised how much cooler my laptop is on my lap now. (Wasn't expecting that.)
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How is the battery life? Was it easy to upgrade the firmware?
 
Firmware was easy to update.

Downloaded Firmware, burnt it to a CD, rebooted, it auto updated and was done.

Can't comment on the battery yet, Spotlight has been indexing and Time machines been backing up so I been on AC all day.

From what I've read, it is a nice bump in battery time, especially since I had a 7200 rpm drive before.

The laptop is definitely much cooler.

I'll update later on real usage battery life.
 
Jazwire said:
Firmware was easy to update.

Downloaded Firmware, burnt it to a CD, rebooted, it auto updated and was done.

Can't comment on the battery yet, Spotlight has been indexing and Time machines been backing up so I been on AC all day.

From what I've read, it is a nice bump in battery time, especially since I had a 7200 rpm drive before.

The laptop is definitely much cooler.

I'll update later on real usage battery life.
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I'm also interested in the battery life as I have the exact same setup as you and thinking about ditching the Intel 320 (due to reliability concerns).
 
It's significantly more than my 7200 RPM drive.
Been on battery just using Safari for the 1/2 hour and its saying over 8 hours still. My 7200 rpm drive would of been around 5 - 5 1/2.

Seems to good to be true (Ill be honest, was expecting 30-45min.). I'll post back in a few hours.
 
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to return in topic:

At this moment there' s no a drive with good performance like the Crucial M4 with a lower price? Thanks!
 
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