Good SSD under 350 dollars for the new 13" MBP?

[Pesper]

Hi there.

I just bought a 2011 low-end 13" Macbook Pro. Instead of buying the high-end i figured I'd use the money for a nice SSD.

Now, could you all-knowing guys out there please recommend a good SSD to replace the 320 Gb HDD with? I'm looking to spend maximum $350, and if you could paste a link to the store aswell it'd be awsome! OCZ? Intel? Kingston? Samsung 470...? I need 160 Gb or more. The more the merrier.

I appreciate all kinds of responses, as long as it's any help...


Thanks!

 

[Pesper]

I am ALSO interested in what RAM you'd recommend to buy when upgrading from 4 Gb to 6 or 8 Gb ($400 in store is a bit too much)...?

I know that there are some previous posts about SSD and RAM, but the SSD market is moving fast and these MBP's have just been released so that's why I'm making a new post about it. I think many are planning to do just as me so

Again, thanks!

 

[Peterpot]

I would like to know as well! Also, would an SSD be worthwhile with a 2.66ghz C2D macbook pro?

 

[henrikrox]

Kinda stupid to buy ssd's now. When new ones are on the release door.

Vertex 3 (when its coming out) will be awesome it seems

And you cant go wrong with

the next line of intel ssd's

they should be out very soon, i

 

[nytrav]

For RAM, try Crucial, I have a lot of friends who upgraded their MBPs with memories from them and were very satisfied. http://www.crucial.com/store/mpartspecs.aspx?mtbpoid=AF6FD410A5CA7304

They sell some SSDs as well, but I know too little about SSDs to try to suggest any.

 

[wrightc23]

Well I've just dropped a Corsair F240 (240gb) and 8gb DDR3 into a base spec 13" with i5 for a mini-vmware development platform. It absolutely flies, it's noticeable quicker than the 2010 Core 2 MBP. CPU can now keep up with the SSD and RAM when virtualising and I've got 4 logical cores in a tiny laptop.

 

[Pesper]

So Corsair F240, the new Vertex 3 or the new Intel then right?

How much does/will these cost?
How do I check if my 2011 13" MPB support SATA III 3 ?