Hey guys
I have a late 27" 2014 5k iMac - 3.5GHz i5 - 32GB RAM - AMD R9 2GB. It had the fusion drive setup with 128gb NVME & 1TB HDD. The HDD failed when I bought it so I put in a 240gb SSD.
I don't know whether to replace the NVME or the SSD for a 500GB version basically. Costs seem roughly the same. That's using the adapter mind you which some say works where as others seem not to :s
I run the o/s off the NVME and always thought it was slow on strtup. Although just testing is 32 seconds probably is OK. It was when I tried a bit of lght editing on it, the files actually played back smoother from the SSD than they did the NVME. I mean is it possible for it to have slowed down but still be working fine?
I want to sell it on as I already have a monitor and the used prices on M1 Mini's for editing is just too good at this point
Not sure about the drive setup 128gb/240gb though.
The NVME speed test gets write 291MB/s Read 600MB/s
The SSD varies from write 355 MB/s at the start then drops to 120MB/s after a few cycles. Read 526MB/s
So just as a clean machine to sell I don't know whether I should go the simpler route of SSD or bit of hassle with the NVME... I mean it's not a powerhouse machine or ever will be so maybe there's no benefits either way but I'm just wondering.
thank you
I have a late 27" 2014 5k iMac - 3.5GHz i5 - 32GB RAM - AMD R9 2GB. It had the fusion drive setup with 128gb NVME & 1TB HDD. The HDD failed when I bought it so I put in a 240gb SSD.
I don't know whether to replace the NVME or the SSD for a 500GB version basically. Costs seem roughly the same. That's using the adapter mind you which some say works where as others seem not to :s
I run the o/s off the NVME and always thought it was slow on strtup. Although just testing is 32 seconds probably is OK. It was when I tried a bit of lght editing on it, the files actually played back smoother from the SSD than they did the NVME. I mean is it possible for it to have slowed down but still be working fine?
I want to sell it on as I already have a monitor and the used prices on M1 Mini's for editing is just too good at this point
Not sure about the drive setup 128gb/240gb though.The NVME speed test gets write 291MB/s Read 600MB/s
The SSD varies from write 355 MB/s at the start then drops to 120MB/s after a few cycles. Read 526MB/s
So just as a clean machine to sell I don't know whether I should go the simpler route of SSD or bit of hassle with the NVME... I mean it's not a powerhouse machine or ever will be so maybe there's no benefits either way but I'm just wondering.
thank you
