SSD advice

[oyyen]

Hi all,

There is a special discount on Sandisk SSD 240 Gb SATA 3 in my country. I want to upgrade my mid 2010 MBP 13" 7,1 with this SDD. Is this hardware good for my device?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B006EKJ8UI

13" Mid 2010 mbp 2.4 GHz
2x2 Gb ram
250 Gb 5400 rpm HDD

NVidia MCP89 AHCI:

Vendor: NVidia
Product: MCP89 AHCI
Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
Negotiated Link Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.30 Supported

 

[T5BRICK]

It'll probably work fine, Sandisk makes pretty good stuff. Personally I'd stay away from any Sandforce controller based drives, but they're not nearly as terrible as they used to be.

 

[oyyen]

Sandisk 240gb SSD price is same with OCZ 120gb vertex or agility 3 solid state disks. Is it worth to sacrifice 120gb of capacity only for the brand? Should i choose one of the OCZ's?

 

[T5BRICK]

I'd just go with the Sandisk drive. Your MBP can only do SATA II, so that will limit the maximum read/write speeds on any of the drives.

 

[oyyen]

Is there any known incompatiblity between sandisk and my mbp?

 

[Weaselboy]

Is there any known incompatiblity between sandisk and my mbp?

I have seen several posts on here from other users with that drive, so I don't believe there is any ongoing issue with it.

 

[natesymer]

I have two Crucial 256GB M4's in my MacBook Pro. They were $200 each, but they are arguably the most reliable SSD. I also have a 128GB OCZ Vertex 4 in my hackintosh. Both are good drives. Hell, the OWC drives aren't bad either, I would buy them before any other Sandforce drive.