In choosing the location of SSD and HDD, what about the issue of speed. Both SATA controllers in my 2009 MBP 17 unibody are SATAII, but my MCE optibay says speed of 1.5 (meaning SATAI). Is the connection then overall 1.5 rather than the 3.0 capable by the controller; and if so, do I sacrifice speed of the system by having my SSD with the OS in the optibay rather than the HDD bay? I run an OCZ vertex and have a WD 1TB in the HDD bay, but may forgo the SFS protection if it means quicker speed (and the ability to hibernate). This would mean squeezing the 12.5 HDD into the optibay too
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SSD plus 1tb HD optibay HOW TO?
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I want to make a thread but I'm afraid of people losing it because there are so many threads about this, but I was wondering if there was or could be some definitive guide/FAQ/wiki about the optibay. I am interested in this, but trying to read through all the comments of people figuring it out is really hard.
What hard drives work/don't work? Does the actual optibay not work sometimes? Are there multiple producers of these? Warranty information? going back and forth between optical and hard drives? How's the external for the optical drive? etc. Thanks!
What hard drives work/don't work? Does the actual optibay not work sometimes? Are there multiple producers of these? Warranty information? going back and forth between optical and hard drives? How's the external for the optical drive? etc. Thanks!
i have a very extensive thread on this
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/680228/
which is in the process of being converted into a guide.
also looking into the optibay option, but i was wondering about the sms drive. Is is really important to have a hd with sms if you are to put that into the optibay? How bad is it for the drive if you put a non-sms into the optibay? Appreciate the help!