Hello,
I'm thinking of removing my optical drive (which I never use) and adding an SSD in its place, which I would then either use as my system drive or make into a fusion drive with my current 500GB HD that shipped with the Macbook.
I'm a musician who plans on storing some of my most used sample libraries on my macbook for portable performance. I also use the macbook as my "internet computer" where I surf the web, watch youtube / tutorial videos, etc. I also play the occasional game of Civ, but dont really care about improving gaming performance, mainly improving my music making and general macbook performance. So for me, its not about how fast it can write files, but how fast it can read and access a bunch of small files (i.e. thousands and constantly changing as I play different notes / combinations)
Any ideas on a capable SSD? I was thinking in the 240-256GB range would be the sweet spot for me (not too expensive, but large enough to house my most used sample libraries). I would move all other "non performance" files like my itunes library, iphoto, etc to the 500GB. Or perhaps just setup a Fusion drive and let the system figure it out?
It seems you can get a Sandisk Extreme 240GB SDSSDX-240G-G25 for around $160 which seems like a good deal. Should I just pull the trigger on one of these, or is there something that would be better for my needs?
Thanks in advance for your help and reply. It is very much appreciated!!
Jon
p.s I dont know if I should post a new thread or post here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1177020/ Mods if you feel its best in the other thread please feel free to move it
I'm thinking of removing my optical drive (which I never use) and adding an SSD in its place, which I would then either use as my system drive or make into a fusion drive with my current 500GB HD that shipped with the Macbook.
I'm a musician who plans on storing some of my most used sample libraries on my macbook for portable performance. I also use the macbook as my "internet computer" where I surf the web, watch youtube / tutorial videos, etc. I also play the occasional game of Civ, but dont really care about improving gaming performance, mainly improving my music making and general macbook performance. So for me, its not about how fast it can write files, but how fast it can read and access a bunch of small files (i.e. thousands and constantly changing as I play different notes / combinations)
Any ideas on a capable SSD? I was thinking in the 240-256GB range would be the sweet spot for me (not too expensive, but large enough to house my most used sample libraries). I would move all other "non performance" files like my itunes library, iphoto, etc to the 500GB. Or perhaps just setup a Fusion drive and let the system figure it out?
It seems you can get a Sandisk Extreme 240GB SDSSDX-240G-G25 for around $160 which seems like a good deal. Should I just pull the trigger on one of these, or is there something that would be better for my needs?
Thanks in advance for your help and reply. It is very much appreciated!!
Jon
p.s I dont know if I should post a new thread or post here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1177020/ Mods if you feel its best in the other thread please feel free to move it
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