Hey guys finally decided to upgrade to SSD on my 2011 iMac, which one do you guys think will be the best to use Intel 510 or Vertex 3?
Hey guys finally decided to upgrade to SSD on my 2011 iMac, which one do you guys think will be the best to use Intel 510 or Vertex 3?
WTH are you using it for?
If you plan on doing firmware updates the 510, if not, the Vertex 3.
So basically Intel 510 is more stable down the road, but will the updates increase the SSD speed ? What if OCZ is also able to provide firmware updates in the future?
That's a big 'what if' because: what if a new SSD came out that was faster than the OCZ now? Are you really going to notice the difference in read/write and is the firmware update a big deal to you? I would get the OCZ because they're fast and proving to be a dominant player in the SSD market.
I think I will go with Crucial M4
So basically Intel 510 is more stable down the road, but will the updates increase the SSD speed ? What if OCZ is also able to provide firmware updates in the future?
Can you point me the reasons for going with M4?
Can you point me the reasons for going with M4?
OWC Mercury extreme 6Gb. Made in the USA and one of the fastest drives on the market. My first gen OCZ has died 3 times and they have terrible customer service.
The Anandtech tells the good reasons:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4253/the-crucial-m4-micron-c400-ssd-review/10
Hmmm that's the concern I have. OCZ has good benchmarks but in day to day usage Crucial or Intel seems a better option to go with. With Intel having support for firmware updates and 5 year warranty and a well known chip provider we can't go wrong with them I guess.
I have around 150GB of data in my hard drive now, so not sure which size to get and how to manage the user folder and OS? is there a guide / format that I can take a look at? I mean which folders gets in SSD and HDD
Intel 510 is quite slow:
http://macperformanceguide.com/blog/2011/20110505_2_Intel510--ssd.html
I don't know about Crucial latest SSD's but the old ones sucked pretty bad:
http://macperformanceguide.com/SSD-RealWorld-SevereDuty.html
OCZ uses off-spec (cheap) flash memory:
http://blog.macsales.com/9438-not-all-ssds-are-created-equal-the-story-continues
I suggest everything, except big media files and libraries, on the SSD. Some people suggest putting the home folder on the hard drive, but it contains preferences, caches and application support data which is accessed while launching and using apps, so you want it on the SSD.
All iTunes, iMovie and iPhoto can all be reconfigured to access their libraries on a HDD.