That's a pretty good idea. I'm going to see what the $/GB of the new OWC 256 (240) GB drive will be compared to the 300 GB G3.
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That's a pretty good idea. I'm going to see what the $/GB of the new OWC 256 (240) GB drive will be compared to the 300 GB G3.
What is the Over-Provision Percentage?
By how much are the Intel 320 SSD's over-provisioned?
Are they over-provisioned at all?
By how much are the Intel 320 SSD's over-provisioned?
Are they over-provisioned at all?
When OWC switches all their drives to 25 nm, will that mean the 240 GB will actually be even less? Maybe 230-235 GB?
Yeah that's what I thought. Man, G3 would give you about 45-50 GB more for about the same price or less. I guess I'm just going to have to see the prices on OWC's new drives whenever they get here.
Just showed up on their site, not even listed when browsing SSDs yet...found it through a search:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167050
Can't find any other capacities available yet. But 120GB is the one I wanted, so I ordered mine!
God dammit I want one. Any european resellers have these yet?
Can anyone explain how full disc encryption works?
Sounds like a pretty awesome and super useful feature.
Can anyone explain how full disc encryption works?
Sounds like a pretty awesome and super useful feature.
Hmmm, well I'm glad tese have come out as it means I shall be buying the Intel 510 as it will work with my 2010 model and my 2011 model when ever I get it.
But in the 2011 models do the 510 work at full SATA 3 speeds now? In the 15" models. And what garbage collection does the 510 have?
But in the 2011 models do the 510 work at full SATA 3 speeds now? In the 15" models. And what garbage collection does the 510 have?
Wow, Newegg is out of stock already! And they are limiting orders to 1 per person. These might be very hot items and hard to find for a while.
Still waiting for my MBP15" should arrive on Friday.
It's my first SSD so don't know what kinda review I'll be able to produce, but i could do a benchmark test thing...
I have a 15 2.3 and just installed the Intel 510 and it is clearly Sata 3. I also added the TRIM hack that is floating around here. You can see TRIM is enabled. Running well too
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I am thinking of doing the same thing... I have a 2010 MacBook Pro however... How easy is it to install the SSD in the MacBook Pro?
Here is a step by step video. You will need a #00 Phillips head screwdriver to remove ten screws from the case and a Torx #6 driver to remove four screws from the old drive and reinstall them on the new drive.
Thanks for the reply mate. Great to hear it is recognised as Sata 3. I'll be buying this one.
Thanks for the reply mate. Great to hear it is recognised as Sata 3. I'll be buying this one.
Here is how I installed it if interested
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1126812/
Yes it should with no issues. I have one myself and I know folks go after the e-bay units to save money. I say don't , OWC is very nice and well designed and fits really nice in the system.