PCIe Flash Storage?

[JoelChristopher]

Hello All,

Does anyone know if a PCIe flash drive can be installed in an older MacBook, particularly a late 2009 white unibody MacBook? If so, would it be advantageous to install one of those as opposed to installing a regular solid state drive? I realize PCIe flash storage is faster, but I don't know if my hardware can support it.

 

[T5BRICK]

Hello All,

Does anyone know if a PCIe flash drive can be installed in an older MacBook, particularly a late 2009 white unibody MacBook? If so, would it be advantageous to install one of those as opposed to installing a regular solid state drive? I realize PCIe flash storage is faster, but I don't know if my hardware can support it.

The 2009 white unibody MacBook has a regular SATA interface, a PCIe flash drive won't work.

 

[brdeveloper]

Maybe a hack would allow installing some kind of PCIe storage (or by using an eSata to PCIe adapter).
http://blog.fosketts.net/2010/09/07/howto-add-esata-imac/

It's probably a 1-lane PCIe slot, so you'd be limited to 250MB/s. No reason to do this since you can install a SATA-II SSD and get similar speeds.