I am upgrading to SSD (finally). My question is about the various ones on the market. I have seen the Samsung Evo, but also OWC Mercury 6G. And then there is crucial? What would you recommend?
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OWC vs. Crucial vs. Samsung SSD for MacBook Pro? Best brand SSD?
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I like and use Samsung 850 EVOs, so that would be my first pick. Followed by the Crucial MX200. I do not recommend the OWC SSDs since I think they are overpriced and older technology.
Here is a long thread "SSD Buying Guide" that might have some useful information for you:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ssd-buying-guide-part-2.1898945/
Here is a long thread "SSD Buying Guide" that might have some useful information for you:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/ssd-buying-guide-part-2.1898945/
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Samsung 850 Pro. Installed in my company's 2012 Mini Servers, just bought another for my Mini Server on sale at Fry's last weekend. Benchmarks we've run keep us coming back to that SSD as an OS drive. SSDs are great upgrades, the 850 Pro is the perfect upgrade - I really don't notice much fall off from my PCIe SSD in my rMBP...
Me and my colleague use adata drives.
the 240GB in my macbook has a read and write of 540 and was on offer at £45.
Most seem to have very similar read and write speeds.
But it all down to quality of chip and controller.
the 240GB in my macbook has a read and write of 540 and was on offer at £45.
Most seem to have very similar read and write speeds.
But it all down to quality of chip and controller.
Don't buy the OWC... overpriced and no better than the alternatives.
IMO the Crucial MX300 or the Samsung EVO 850 are about the best bang for the buck. Just grab whichever you can find the cheapest.
Thanks everyone. I ended up finding an 'open box' evo for a really good deal. Going to install it tonight!