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Maxupgrades optibay

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L2gbrian

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Just got the maxupgrades optibay kit and finished the install, may I say freakin kit is nice and easy to install, the DVD enclosure it comes with is also nice and it has a tool kit with extra screws!!! And only $89.00 can't beat that
 
L2gbrian said:
Just got the maxupgrades optibay kit and finished the install, may I say freakin kit is nice and easy to install, the DVD enclosure it comes with is also nice and it has a tool kit with extra screws!!! And only $89.00 can't beat that
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I have been debating on the optibay or the OWC data doubler. I really do like the DVD enclosure that optibay offers. Was it easy to install the super drive into the enclosure? Good to know that they include tools and extra screws...
 
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digitalfuzion said:
I have been debating on the optibay or the OWC data doubler. I really do like the DVD enclosure that optibay offers. Was it easy to install the super drive into the enclosure? Good to know that they include tools and extra screws.
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The enclosure was easy the only problem I see that people might have would be the bottom piece of the enclosure because you really need to put some force on it to snap it together other than that it's awesome if I have some time tonight I will post some pics of the enclosure also has a apple USB attached to it so it looks good like from the manufacturer, and also doesn't need 2 usb's to power it up
 
L2gbrian said:
The enclosure was easy the only problem I see that people might have would be the bottom piece of the enclosure because you really need to put some force on it to snap it together other than that it's awesome if I have some time tonight I will post some pics of the enclosure also has a apple USB attached to it so it looks good like from the manufacturer, and also doesn't need 2 usb's to power it up
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Please post some pictures. I've been looking for any pics of the MaxUpgrades kit.
 
Only issue I have with the super drive case is that mine seems to put pressure on it in such a way that the dvd rubs slightly and makes an unpleasant noise when spinning.
 
I couldn't agree more. The guy was helpful at his end and is really nice if you were to talk to him and ask him about advices on what to get and how to install. I got the intel 320 ssd with the enclosures and optibay. Installed it into my mbp and is working wonders now.
 
This is the enclosure
 

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and here is the optibay enclosure and the tools they send with it
Remember this is the kit from www.maxupgrades.com
 

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bozz2006 said:
Only issue I have with the super drive case is that mine seems to put pressure on it in such a way that the dvd rubs slightly and makes an unpleasant noise when spinning.
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that sucks sorry to hear that
 
man i want one,thanks so much for the pics of the usb external enclosure,max upgrades is the best kit i reckon,as far as i know,they have the vertex 3 too.good one!
 
mediasorcerer said:
man i want one,thanks so much for the pics of the usb external enclosure,max upgrades is the best kit i reckon,as far as i know,they have the vertex 3 too.good one!
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yeah they do have the vertex 3 I so tempted to get one but Im spendin too much money on this MBP its addicting gotta stop
 
The Maxupgrades looks sweet! I ordered one a few days ago to put my Apple 128GB SSD in there, and my 256GB SSD in the hard drive bay.
 
L2gbrian said:
yeah they do have the vertex 3 I so tempted to get one but Im spendin too much money on this MBP its addicting gotta stop
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know what you mean,i just got a icarbons skin for mine,another 60$ odd bucks,
ps saw the avatar vid on utube,seems to work really well.
 
L2gbrian said:
yeah they do have the vertex 3 I so tempted to get one but Im spendin too much money on this MBP its addicting gotta stop
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know what you mean,i just got a icarbons skin for mine,another 60$ odd bucks,
ps saw the avatar vid on utube,seems to work really well.
 
I just received one of these in the mail. I was surprised at how heavy it is. Seems like it will add a significant bit of weight to the MPB.
 
I'm going to put my 7200 RPM stock drive in the optibay and see how it handles. Using a Vertex 2 SSD as my main drive now, in the regular HD slot.

Will likely move my bootcamp partition to the 2nd drive.

Looking forward to seeing how it works.
 
ninjamoby said:
I'm going to put my 7200 RPM stock drive in the optibay and see how it handles. Using a Vertex 2 SSD as my main drive now, in the regular HD slot.

Will likely move my bootcamp partition to the 2nd drive.

Looking forward to seeing how it works.
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I would be careful using the apple HDD in the optical bay because the HDD does not have any type of sudden motion sensor in it. so if you move the laptop quickly your could run the risk of touching the platters and destroying the drive.
 
battery

now in doing so, the battery life will obviously decrease - question is, does anybody know how much the additional hard drive will eat?
 
Merkyworks said:
I would be careful using the apple HDD in the optical bay because the HDD does not have any type of sudden motion sensor in it. so if you move the laptop quickly your could run the risk of touching the platters and destroying the drive.
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Thanks for this info. I believe it's covered in this post.

With that in mind, is there a detriment to putting the SSD in the optibay (that will be my OSX / main drive)? I've heard that sometimes the optical bay doesn't operate at full SATA II speeds... (I'm using a Late 2008 Unibody MPB).
 
Well it's not necessarily true that the stock Apple HDD doesn't have a motion sensor built in. It depends on the drive, and I believe that most, if not all, of Apple's stock HDDs now have built in SMS. I have the base model 15" MBP and my HDD has built in SMS. What kind of HDD do you have?
 
bozz2006 said:
Well it's not necessarily true that the stock Apple HDD doesn't have a motion sensor built in. It depends on the drive, and I believe that most, if not all, of Apple's stock HDDs now have built in SMS. I have the base model 15" MBP and my HDD has built in SMS. What kind of HDD do you have?
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Hitachi Travelstar 7K320-320

Model: Hitachi HTS723232L9SA62

I believe it doesn't have a built in SMS but I could be wrong.
 
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