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The Samsung 830 SSD thread

mcstain said:
I recently purchased a Samsung 830 64GB SSD, which I wanted to install into a black Macbook 2,1 (2.16GHz) to use as a Plex server. It is not recognised by the Macbook, but can be recognised on a newer MBP 15". Apparently there is an issue because the drive is SATA III and the Macbook is SATA I. Is there any way to get around this? If not, what SSDs are compatible with that model?

If anyone can help out I would be so grateful!
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If I remember correctly, back in the day everyone used Intel X25 drives in Macs, so as said above try an Intel 320, if not then maybe a Crucial M4?


And thanks to this thread I now know I need to enable TRIM on my Samsung 830 when it arrives, as stated if it's good enough for Apple.....
 
mcstain said:
I recently purchased a Samsung 830 64GB SSD, which I wanted to install into a black Macbook 2,1 (2.16GHz) to use as a Plex server. It is not recognised by the Macbook, but can be recognised on a newer MBP 15". Apparently there is an issue because the drive is SATA III and the Macbook is SATA I. Is there any way to get around this? If not, what SSDs are compatible with that model?

If anyone can help out I would be so grateful!
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I just tested out a Samsung 830 in a Macbook Pro 1,1. It worked fine despite being SATA I. It's complete overkill and it's not staying in there but it worked fine and I wanted to test out if it would.
 
latestmonkey said:
I just tested out a Samsung 830 in a Macbook Pro 1,1. It worked fine despite being SATA I. It's complete overkill and it's not staying in there but it worked fine and I wanted to test out if it would.
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Interesting, thanks for this! I have also posted this on Reddit and someone there suggested that it may be because the Samsung 830 is thinner than the stock drive, and may not be joining with the SATA cable properly. They recommended removing the top case and installing it that way instead.

EDIT: After taking off the topcase I noticed there was a piece of loose rubber (that normally guides the torx screws on the side of the hard drive) blocking the SATA connection. The rubber was removed and this drive is now running Lion.
 
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shortcut3d said:
Go into system configuration and boot options, then select the drive again. reboot. Long boots can be caused by EFI searching for a bootable device. Assigning it in OSX skips the search unless option is held down.
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Do I have to do t this even if I did a clean install of OS X? Or it selects the SSD by default and skips the search?
 
Can someone please, please, please help me sort this out.
There are so many SSD topics but I can't find the right answer.

I have a mid 2010 MBP 13" and ordered a Samsung 830 26GB.
I have an optibay ready to be used so when my SSD arrives tomorrow its rock and roll.

Now comes the tricky part;
do I put my SSD in my optibay or main HDD spot?

Since the 2010 model doesn't have Sata 6Gb/s it should not make a difference right?
I currently have a Seagate Momentus XT 500GB hybrid drive and I'm not sure if this drive supports build in motion sensor. Since the main HD spot supports sms I'm was thinking about putting the SSD in de optibay.

Does it mather if I put my SSD in de optibay?
Will sleep and hibernate still work while my OS X is being booted from the optibay?
Does sms work only in the HD spot or is it build into the unibody?

Can someone please help me with clear answers?
I hate pulling apart my baby 10 times if I can keep it to 1 or 2.
 
Got a 2012 2.6ghz 15" non retina macbook pro, put in 16 gb ram, and a samsung 830 256gb ssd in the optical bay. i guess these speeds are good...

DiskSpeedTest.png
 
sup sup, i just installed my samsung 830 256GB today as a replacement to my crucial M4. I simply did a superduper clone and replaced the drives.

I noticed that the start up time is somewhat slower than the crucial (about ~15s) and my samsung was taking (~30s). It stayed at the blank gray screen for a bit before showing the apple logo. Is this normal is should I be concerned? i thought it was supposed to be faster than the crucial.


***edit found a fix**
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-20051759-263.html
 
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Hi guys, I just installed a Samsung 830 in my brother in law's 2009 MBP. It has SATA II.

I'm getting about 250 read and write. Does that sound right? This is the first time I've installed a SSD into a SATA II MBP.

thanks
 
latestmonkey said:
Hi guys, I just installed a Samsung 830 in my brother in law's 2009 MBP. It has SATA II.

I'm getting about 250 read and write. Does that sound right? This is the first time I've installed a SSD into a SATA II MBP.
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Yup that sounds about right, indeed good. I just installed a 512GB Samsung 830 in my mid 2009 13" MBP and I'm getting about 200 for write and about 240 for reading. (I haven't enabled trim, not sure if I should or shouldn't)
 
He guys.
Just installed a 830.
Did a clone with my 830 in my main hd spot, then moved it to the optical bay.
All works fine.

Geting a boot time of 28 seconds, can't this be faster?
Shall I erase the drive and then re-clone it with it being in the optical bay?
 
tarasis said:
Yup that sounds about right, indeed good. I just installed a 512GB Samsung 830 in my mid 2009 13" MBP and I'm getting about 200 for write and about 240 for reading. (I haven't enabled trim, not sure if I should or shouldn't)
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thanks. just wanted to make sure I was within range.

Sairo said:
He guys.
Just installed a 830.
Did a clone with my 830 in my main hd spot, then moved it to the optical bay.
All works fine.

Geting a boot time of 28 seconds, can't this be faster?
Shall I erase the drive and then re-clone it with it being in the optical bay?
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did you go to your system prefs / startup disk and set it to the SSD?
 
SDAVE said:
RAID 0?

Hitting that SATAIII limitation :D
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If caldron was running them in RAID 0 his figures would be almost twice what he posted. Two SATA III SSDs in RAID 0 in a MBP potentially have a limit of ~1200MB/s. OWC achieved read/write speeds of approaching 1000MB/s with two SSDs in RAID 0 in an MBP; clearly not limited by "that SATAIII limitation".
 
Urban Spaceman said:
If caldron was running them in RAID 0 his figures would be almost twice what he posted. Two SATA III SSDs in RAID 0 in a MBP potentially have a limit of ~1200MB/s. OWC achieved read/write speeds of approaching 1000MB/s with two SSDs in RAID 0 in an MBP; clearly not limited by "that SATAIII limitation".
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Uh, thanks captain obvious...err spaceman :)

My point was that if he ran that in RAID 0 mode, he'd be hitting the SATA III limitations, which is 6Gbps, an equivalent to 768MB (without overhead).

There is no way you can hit 1200MB/sec. Maybe with SATAIV or V. Or Thunderbolt, which is 10Gbit.
 
chevalier433 said:
In a non raid setup how you prove it?
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I am not doubting you. Everything I have read suggests that you cannot do Trim while in RAID.

Can you just post some screens of your RAID configuration and that TRIM is enabled?


SDAVE said:
Uh, thanks captain obvious...err spaceman :)

My point was that if he ran that in RAID 0 mode, he'd be hitting the SATA III limitations, which is 6Gbps, an equivalent to 768MB (without overhead).

There is no way you can hit 1200MB/sec. Maybe with SATAIV or V. Or Thunderbolt, which is 10Gbit.
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If chevalier is correct, I will be testing this tonight.
 
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