Help choosing an SSD for mid 2009 MBP

[1Instinkt]

For a lay person I have done quite a bit of research about SSD's for my 2009 MBP, and I am completely stymied by the lack of agreement about which are reliable and what factors play into choosing an SSD. I have heard everything from the "Crucial G4 working perfectly fine", to don't waste money on a 6 GB SSD since my MBP will only be able to use 3 GB. Some have said to go with intel, or samsung for reliability, but most of those people where not upgrading a 2009 MBP. Who out there has upgraded their 2009 MBP to an SSD successfully, and what brand did you go with? Any special considerations?

 

[Duckypoos]

here's details of my mid 2009 mbp with 64gb SSD installed with 250gb HDD replacing the optical drive :

Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,4
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.53 GHz
Number of Processors: 1
Total Number of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 8 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP53.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.49f2


NVidia MCP79 AHCI:

Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP79 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.20 Supported

OCZ-PETROL:

Capacity: 64.02 GB (64,023,257,088 bytes)
Model: OCZ-PETROL
Revision: 3.120000
Serial Number: OCZ-MS6GSE07O*******
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Medium Type: Solid State
TRIM Support: Yes
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified


I've had no problems since installation 3 months ago.

Hope that helps a little.

 

[1Instinkt]

thanks

Yes, thanks. 3 months not that much time just yet, but certainly appreciate the specs.

 

[emacna1]

I'm also in the market for an SSD. For what it's worth, it seems SATA II (3GB/s) SSDs are going for more than SATA III (6GB/s). I'm keeping my eyes on these two, watching for price drops:

1) Samsung 830 Series 128GB SATA III SSD on Amazon for $149.92.

2) Crucial 128GB m4 SATA III SSD on Amazon for $113.99.