Macbook pro 2010 upgrade

[Matthieu...]

Hi.

my mac is getting old. It’s 2.4Ghz, 4 GB ram, Nvidia 320M 256MB mid2010.

Although I know i need to replace the battery and the fan.

I want to improve the overall performance as well.

what should I get? Ram/hard drive…?

Do I need to change the hit sink as well?

I’m on the budget so i try to prioritize.

thanks.

 

[vince22]

Hi.

my mac is getting old. It’s 2.4Ghz, 4 GB ram, Nvidia 320M 256MB mid2010.

Although I know i need to replace the battery and the fan.

I want to improve the overall performance as well.

what should I get? Ram/hard drive…?

Do I need to change the hit sink as well?

I’m on the budget so i try to prioritize.

thanks.

1. cheapest SSD drive due to sata2 limitation
2. at least 8gb ram , for 16gb ram ( OWC store available)
3. just clean CPU heat sink and use artic-mx4 thermal paste.
4. use OWC newer tech battery it’s worth, stay away eBay junk.

 

[magbarn]

Hi.

my mac is getting old. It’s 2.4Ghz, 4 GB ram, Nvidia 320M 256MB mid2010.

Although I know i need to replace the battery and the fan.

I want to improve the overall performance as well.

what should I get? Ram/hard drive…?

Do I need to change the hit sink as well?

I’m on the budget so i try to prioritize.

thanks.

Get 16gb of ram here: 16gb ram
I just installed on my son's 2010 MBP 13.
Works great
you'll only save $15 to go with just 8gb of ram.

OWC charges too much for their ram
but their batteries are good

If you're really limited on SSD money and 120gb is enough
get this $20 SSD here

If you can spend $50 get this one: here

agree with cleaning heatsink/fan for sure

 

[iFan86]

I've gone through the upgrade process. It is definitely worth it. I maxed out the RAM to 16gb and put a 500gb SSD drive in. I also used DosDude's CatlinaPatcher so that I'm running 10.15.4 currently. It runs great! Although I have been wanting to upgrade to a new Mac I really don't have a good reason to now. Maybe once the new ARM machines start coming out and it looks like there aren't issues, maybe then I will, but currently I am quite happy still using the 2010 MBP.

 

[MultiFinder17]

I have the plastic version of your machine, the 2010 white MacBook. Mine has 16GB of RAM and an SSD in it, and for general usage, it's a fine little computer. Get those few hardware upgrades, redo the thermal paste and clean dust out from the heatsink and fan, and you'll have a fine little Mac on your hands there!

 

[TheSkywalker77]

As said above, an SSD and RAM will certainly help improve the speed of your machine. But, in my opinion, an SSD is more important than RAM for speeding up a machine. If you're on a tight budget I'd recommend upgrading to an SSD before you upgrade your RAM.

 

[macagain]

Hi.

my mac is getting old. It’s 2.4Ghz, 4 GB ram, Nvidia 320M 256MB mid2010.

Although I know i need to replace the battery and the fan.

I want to improve the overall performance as well.

what should I get? Ram/hard drive…?

Do I need to change the hit sink as well?

I’m on the budget so i try to prioritize.

thanks.

read this thread https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...mba-2020.2240958/?post=28556797#post-28556797
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[s0m0teitbe]

I agree with all the above statements. I did the above upgrades except I did use a WD 1TB Sata3 SSD since they are downward compatible, it will just operate at Sata2 speeds.