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Macbook Pro 17" with Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hard Drive - 15,000rpm

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robertwijaya

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Hi guys,
I am just in the midst of my research of whether the new MBP 17" is accepting the new SAS drive with 15,000 RPM? What's the fastest can it fit other than SSD? Because SSD are just too expensive. I was looking for something like the Seagate Cheetah.

And also another question with the 8GB DDR3, does anyone know where I can get the cheapest and most reliable product from? Please give me some advice. Thanks in advance!
 
You have to look for 2.5" drives, as the cheetah one is 3.5" (for desktop and server use).

Seagate released a 2.5" drive, which has 7200 rpm and 465GB (500 GB for marketing purposes).
 
spinnerlys said:
You have to look for 2.5" drives, as the cheetah one is 3.5" (for desktop and server use).

Seagate released a 2.5" drive, which has 7200 rpm and 465GB (500 GB for marketing purposes).
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Thanks for the reply guys.
What about this link?
http://www1.au.shopping.com/xPO-Hew...-10K-2-5-Small-Form-Factor-Hot-Plug-Hard-Disk

It's 2.5 SAS drive. So is that 100% confirmed that SAS won't work in macbook pro but only mac pro does? What about the 8gb kit memory, does anyone know where is the best deal I can get them?
 
As far as I know, SATA is kind of subset of SAS. So SATA drives may be connected to SAS backplanes, but you need at least a SAS controller to use SAS drives. Apparently your MacBook Pro doesn't have it inside, I think the only option is to simply swap your HDD with one of the fastest 2.5" SATA drives out there unless you physically install a SAS controller in the chassis, which I don't know if anyone can.
 
Thanks alot for the replies guys. Really appreciate it. I'll do some more hunting, when I do find the best deals and whats best to make an extreme MBP, will let you guys know. Cheers!
 
You can't use a SAS drive in a MBP. Its disk controller doesn't support SCSI.

The Hitachi 7K200 and the newer WD Scorpio Blacks (BEKT/BJKT models) are generally considered to be the fastest all-around mechanical notebook hard drives.
 
Why dont you look into getting a cheaper, smaller SSD drive? or like me two 250GB SSD drives in a Raid array, (basically one 500GB SSD) with the CD/DVD Drive removed?
 
I can't imagine what kinda heat a 15k rpm drive will put out. Have you ever thought about the cooling mechanism of the mbp?
 
Fastest setup would be a small SSD and use the optibay kit to replace the DVD drive with a 7200rpm drive. That way your OS and apps all run on the SSD and you keep your media and files on a faster HD.
 
SAS is not an option for a MacBook, don't waste your time listening to bad advice in this thread.

I can't believe some of the posts in this thread... makes me want to hang my head in shame! :eek:
 
robertwijaya said:
Thanks alot for the replies guys. Really appreciate it. I'll do some more hunting, when I do find the best deals and whats best to make an extreme MBP, will let you guys know. Cheers!
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Uhhhhh - you are trying to put an unsupported SCSI drive in a MBP and are planning on letting us know "...whats best to make an extreme MBP..."?

:rolleyes:
 
James Cole said:
Wont there be a lot of vibration from the drive?
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SAS drives won't work on your laptop. Certainly the connections of SAS and SATA look almost identical, but you can use SAS drives only when your machine has a SAS controller. Also, installing a SAS controller is as infeasible as swapping your CPU.

Sorry if my previous post was confusing. I just didn't think anyone would think it was possible.
 
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