non-Apple SSD's that work 100% for Macs & Macbooks

[jalyst]

i.e. 3rd-party & not officially sanctioned by Apple, is there a list maintained somewhere?

Right now I'm interested in my late 09' Mac Mini & the range of current SSD's that work fine with it.
But later I may upgrade some other Macs/Macbooks...

Thank-you.

 

[leman]

The Mac mini uses a SATA connection, which is an industry standard - therefore, any SATA SSD drive should work with it. Stick with a quality brand like Samsung and you should be fine.

 

[jalyst]

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[jalyst]

Supposedly UEFI's broken & not properly maintained/supported for anything beyond standard Sandforce fw, at least for that Mac.
Read this entire thread... Best performing SSD out there nowadays for Mac Mini?

Also, some Macs/MacBooks from around that time use the Nv MCP79 ATA controller (SATA I & II only), supposedly it has issues negotiating down to SATA II for SATA III drives & instead drops them to SATA I, that's the case for at least one SSD I've read about so far (Sandisk Extreme).

 

[MCAsan]

Get a Samsung 840 EVO and turn on trim enabler. You trim enabler with any non Apple SSD.

 

[jalyst]

Why? I don't need the "most uber" performer, it's not like it's a new machine.
Sandisk Extreme II looks like the most interesting...
It's near or at the top in most metrics (except or a few), but not priced like that.
Plus it has a 5yr warranty, I'm just not sure if it'll work 100% fine on the MCP79.

 

[jalyst]

Placed an order on Amazon for the Extreme II, be mighty annoyed if it doesn't work but there's a dearth of info anywhere.
Called Sandisk & they can't help as their SSD experts are only available from 8am-2pm AEST, supposedly they'll call tomorrow or maybe later today.
At least Amazon usually has a pretty generous return policy, even for us Aussies...
When it comes to SATA III, the Extreme II's at (or very near) the top overall performance-wise, despite that price is still very decent.
It's overkill for ~90% of usage on that machine, but that machine will be sold this year & the drive salvaged.
The other thing that worries me is that it uses an odd form-factor, it's quite a bit smaller than standard 2.5" & even with the spacer it's loose in some Macs/MacBooks.
But my machine's not a MacBook so it's not like it's being moved around much, if at all...

 

[maflynn]

Please review this sticky. SSD Buying Guide

Since this thread is redundant, in that its discussing the same topic, I'll be closing it.