L lu0s3r322 macrumors 6502a Original poster Nov 28, 2005 747 29 Aug 1, 2008 #1 The MBP comes with a SATA 1.5 gb/s hard drive, can I replace that with a SATA 3 gb/s hard drive?
Cave Man macrumors 604 Feb 12, 2007 7,188 366 Neander Valley, Germany; just outside Duesseldorf Aug 1, 2008 #2 You can, but it won't do you any good. The chipset is 1.5 gbps.
bplein macrumors 6502a Jul 21, 2007 538 197 Austin, TX USA Aug 1, 2008 #3 Wouldn't matter if the chipset was 3Gbps. A single 2.5" drive won't saturate a SATA-150 link. Don't sweat it, get a good 1.5 or 3.0Gbps drive.
Wouldn't matter if the chipset was 3Gbps. A single 2.5" drive won't saturate a SATA-150 link. Don't sweat it, get a good 1.5 or 3.0Gbps drive.
alphaod macrumors Core Feb 9, 2008 22,194 1,260 NYC Aug 1, 2008 #4 bplein said: Wouldn't matter if the chipset was 3Gbps. A single 2.5" drive won't saturate a SATA-150 link. Click to expand... Tell that to my SSD.
bplein said: Wouldn't matter if the chipset was 3Gbps. A single 2.5" drive won't saturate a SATA-150 link. Click to expand... Tell that to my SSD.