Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Samsung 840 SSD 500GB

C

Calltrex

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Sep 24, 2012
28
0
Ordered a Samsung 840. 500gig

I would have got the pro but can't get right now. I'll get it later and use this one as the second drive

I'm installing this in the newest 2.6 Macbook Pro 15" non retina


Anyone know if these come with a spacer for install?
 
Last edited:
Yeah what above user said. There are mounting screws that attAch to the drive that make it for perfectly. No need for an extra spacer.
 
Cool thanks

I thought about the 830 but it uses more power

My goals are
Less heat then my 750hd
Faster
Quieter
Use a 2nd one in the optic bay. Have the stuff already



Only other question I have right now is when I put the 2nd one in later will it always be on or will it be in sleep mode in there? Just thinking power consumption overall...
 
What's the best cloner to use?

Got a external enclosure with usb3

Don't know if I have to update the firmware yet. Is there a label on it that says what version is on it?
 
I don't know about cloning software, but a clean install is always better. I just ordered a Samsung 830 and plan on a clean install. The only app I really added is Mac Offce, which is easy to reinstall. I backed up all documents, and I should be able to see old hd in a USB enclosure .
 
Calltrex said:
What's the best cloner to use?

Got a external enclosure with usb3

Don't know if I have to update the firmware yet. Is there a label on it that says what version is on it?
Click to expand...

Don't use it as a second drive.

Put it as the main OS drive then put your internal drive in the bay using an adapter.

USB3 does not exceed SATA 6.0, so you're not going to push the SSD to it's limits.

Also don't need a spacer.
 
SDAVE said:
Don't use it as a second drive.

Put it as the main OS drive then put your internal drive in the bay using an adapter.

USB3 does not exceed SATA 6.0, so you're not going to push the SSD to it's limits.

Also don't need a spacer.
Click to expand...

Was only using the usb enclosure to clone the to ssd before I switch out the main hd

I'm getting another 500 ssd to put in the second drive bay

Don't want a hd in Macbook Pro at all. Noisy, heat, powersucking

----------
Irock619 said:
Are you in the U.S.? If so you should have waited until Black Friday.
Click to expand...

In canada
 
Just purchased a 256Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD, and relegated the old mechanical drive to the superbay slot.

Best move I ever did.

I'm seeing 467Mb/s write and 515Mb/s read.

I reckon if it wasnt for the SATA 3 bottleneck this thing could go even faster :D
 
shmonkus said:
Just purchased a 256Gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD, and relegated the old mechanical drive to the superbay slot.

Best move I ever did.

I'm seeing 467Mb/s write and 515Mb/s read.

I reckon if it wasnt for the SATA 3 bottleneck this thing could go even faster :D
Click to expand...

How did you clone the SSD as the boot drive from your original HD?
 
Rhinoevans said:
How did you clone the SSD as the boot drive from your original HD?
Click to expand...

I used Carbon Copy Cloner - it has a 30 day free trial, more than enough time to get your system up and running.

http://www.bombich.com/

before you clone it, you may want to install SSD Magician onto a windows PC and make sure the firmware is up to date. there's no Mac version of the firmware update tool, however I tried updating mine and it said the firmware was already up to date.
 
You can enable trim by installing and running Trim Enabler - available here :-

http://www.groths.org/?page_id=322

You may need to right click your ssd and select "get info", then enable reads and writes to the ssd at the bottom of the info page first. To do that, click the lock icon at the bottom of the info page, and enter your password. Then enable reads/writes to everyone.

Once you install and run TRIM Enabler, you will need to reboot in order for the changed to take effect. The only other thing to check then is to make sure the link speed to the SSD is running at 6Gbps, and not 3Gbps. You can see this within About My Mac > system report > SATA

Good luck!
 
Last edited:
Xmas time today
ahu9uzen.jpg

9eny9ysu.jpg
 
Nice, my Samsung 830 256G is in the mail with delivery on the 19th in Vegas, except I am in Saudi Arabia.

However, will be home on the 21th, and doing Black Friday (Thursday night, @ Midnight for Best Buy). Should be fun, although I didn't see anything I needed in their flyer. :)

Although I am sure I will find something!
 
No matter what I couldn't get the firmware checked or updated

Both of my windows machines would not read the drives with magician

Wish the was a way to check the firmware at least. U would think it would have been on the box the drive came in

My best guess is it would need to open up my pc and use an adaptor for ssd to the ssd

I'm guessing it has the newest firmware. Hopefully

----------

Started cloning
ny2amu8u.jpg
 
Last edited by a moderator:
Calltrex said:
No matter what I couldn't get the firmware checked or updated

Both of my windows machines would not read the drives with magician

Wish the was a way to check the firmware at least. U would think it would have been on the box the drive came in

My best guess is it would need to open up my pc and use an adaptor for ssd to the ssd

I'm guessing it has the newest firmware. Hopefully

----------

Started cloning
Click to expand...

Once you install the drive go to "About This MAC" and check here....

Screen Shot 2012-11-15 at 8.17.42 PM.png
 
Pretty simple job

Cloned to ssd in usb3 enclosure
Swap drives out
Started it up

Whole thing with cloning took about 20min

All u need is a T7 torx and PH00 Phillips

Its like nothing happened. Computer wise. Clone worked perfectly. Only thing I had to do was set the desktop picture I had before.

Same thing happened when I restored whole computer with time machine. Just never kept the desktop pic on. Weird

Anyways it way faster and no noise.

gamasyvu.jpg

a3usene6.jpg
 
Last edited:
Before and after. This is not the pro model so the write isn't as fast

be5a7yde.jpg

5uvenahy.jpg


3yva8eqa.jpg


4yhe3ybu.jpg


----------

Now I have no idea if that's the newest firmware. Probably

----------

i just put the original drive away. incase i need warranty or something. swap it back in so they can't refuse warranty


This is cool!! :D


now i just need another 840 pro 512G for the optic drive bay....
 
Calltrex said:
Before and after. This is not the pro model so the write isn't as fast

Image
Image

Image

Image

----------

Now I have no idea if that's the newest firmware. Probably

----------

i just put the original drive away. incase i need warranty or something. swap it back in so they can't refuse warranty


This is cool!! :D


now i just need another 840 pro 512G for the optic drive bay....
Click to expand...

Cool numbers!

Next thing to do is enable TRIM and you might be able to squeeze a little more speed out of it :)

Also, if the firmware is a concern, I hooked my Pro up to my windows laptop and ran SSD Magician, it informed me that the FW it had was current, so if you purchased it very recently, you should have the latest Firmware. I meant to take the firmware revision down when I checked it but you should have the latest FW on there.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back