MBP Mid 09' slower with new SSD and Ram

[jhawkin1]

I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro Mid 2009 to OS X El Capitan as well as to this new hard drive and ram: Crucial MX500 8GB RAM


This has actually slowed my computer down a bit. Is it the hard drive, ram, or OS X (or combination)?


Thanks in advance!

 

[Audit13]

Could it be a bad SATA hard drive cable?

Is the hard drive a 5400 or 7200 RPM?

 

[Fishrrman]

OP:

Use Blackmagic Speed Test (free download from Apple Store), then test the SSD and post the read/write speeds here.

 

[jhawkin1]

I could only download the Black Magic Raw Speed Test. Picture attached. @Fishrrman

 

[mdgm]

I recently upgraded my MacBook Pro Mid 2009 to OS X El Capitan as well as to this new hard drive and ram: Crucial MX500 8GB RAM

The MX500 is a SATA III (6Gbps) SSD. I think Mac models of that vintage only operate at SATA I (3Gbps) speeds with a SATA III drive (you can check the speed in System Information). You're better off using a SATA II (3Gbps) SSD that will operate at SATA II speeds in your machine, though those SSDs are probably becoming increasingly hard to find with limited options.

Were you using a SSD or hard drive before the new SSD? Do you do a lot of large file transfers?

 

[MultiFinder17]

You mentioned that you upgraded to El Cap - what OS were you upgrading from?

 

[jhawkin1]

You mentioned that you upgraded to El Cap - what OS were you upgrading from?

Sorry, I misspoke. My old hard drive went out and I was informed that a new hard drive would be able to run El Capitan so I downloaded and older version of El Capitan and was able to put it on a bootable drive, install the new hard drive, and install OS X El Capitan on it.