SSD for 2008 Unibody?

[Ploki]

I have bought Intel 520 series and negotiated speed link is 1.5Gbps no matter what I do.

Are there any that work? Samsung 840 Pro?

 

[Ploki]

come on guys there must be someone who has an SSD in his 2008 unibody?

 

[Munkypoo7]

come on guys there must be someone who has an SSD in his 2008 unibody?

Yep, sorry, never saw your thread :x.

I've so far had the following SSDs in my Late 08 Unibody Macbook, results.

Corsair Force 3 120GB ------ 1.5Gbps
Samsung 840 120GB ------ 3.0Gbps
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB <Current> ------ 3.0Gbps

So I'd guess the 840 Pro would also work just fine, I have never tried one :\

Cheers 😀

 

[brdeveloper]

I have a late-2009 Macbook White which has nearly the same specs as your aluminium one. It has a 840 EVO SSD and works fine. I don't see any reason for buying a new laptop after this upgrade. Maybe that's why Apple is soldering everything they can on the logic board so users can't upgrade their machines.

Put a SSD, Mavericks and 8GB of RAM. See you in 2015 asking if it's worth upgrading 😛

 

[Ploki]

Thanks both. I'm returning the Intel tomorrow and getting a Samsung 840 Pro.

Ironically I bought the Intel because of the acclaimed reliability, 840 Pro was actually cheaper.

 

[JPamplin]

Whoa! I just bought a refurb Corsair Force F120 off Amazon. It's a SATA2 drive - are you saying you didn't get any more than SATA1 speed out of it?

Um.

Yep, sorry, never saw your thread :x.

I've so far had the following SSDs in my Late 08 Unibody Macbook, results.

Corsair Force 3 120GB ------ 1.5Gbps
Samsung 840 120GB ------ 3.0Gbps
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB <Current> ------ 3.0Gbps

So I'd guess the 840 Pro would also work just fine, I have never tried one :\

Cheers 😀

 

[Munkypoo7]

Whoa! I just bought a refurb Corsair Force F120 off Amazon. It's a SATA2 drive - are you saying you didn't get any more than SATA1 speed out of it?

Um.

I had a Corsair Force 3, it's an SATA 3 drive... so I have no idea about the older F120 drive...