Want to thank Macrumors members

[jharvey71884]

For suggesting the Best Buy Movers Coupon from post office.

Today I got a:

Late 2013 iMac with a 3.2 GHz processor
1 TB
Upgraded ram to 24 GB
32 GB PNY Flash Drive

For $1820 total at Best Buy. In addition, I have a $170 to $180 coming my way in rewards points, which I will use to buy a SSD drive, throwing in a USB 3 enclosure, and make myself a nice external SSD boot drive.

Without Macrumors, I would have never known about the coupon.

 

[Weaselboy]

Congrats... that's a great machine and it will really be nice with the SSD.

 

[h9826790]

Congradulation!

For your info. There is nothing wrong to use USB 3 to boot, except you can't enable TRIM. Please make sure you get the most modren SSD which can live longer (and perform better) without TRIM.

 

[jharvey71884]

Congradulation!

For your info. There is nothing wrong to use USB 3 to boot, except you can't enable TRIM. Please make sure you get the most modren SSD which can live longer (and perform better) without TRIM.

Haven't done any research or searches on TRIM, so not that familiar with what it is. But, wondering if this might be a good SSD to buy?

http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=7796063&pid=1218860216851&pcatId=abcat0504001

 

[Will-Do]

Haven't done any research or searches on TRIM, so not that familiar with what it is. But, wondering if this might be a good SSD to buy?

http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=7796063&pid=1218860216851&pcatId=abcat0504001

Yes it is; but seriously consider to get a 250GB

 

[Weaselboy]

Haven't done any research or searches on TRIM, so not that familiar with what it is. But, wondering if this might be a good SSD to buy?

http://m.bestbuy.com/m/e/product/detail.jsp?skuId=7796063&pid=1218860216851&pcatId=abcat0504001

For most consumer level work, the cheaper Samsung EVO here it the better deal. The EVO uses chips that have shorter lifespan in terms of write cycles, but will still likely outlast your computer. Give this a read.

 

[jharvey71884]

Yes it is; but seriously consider to get a 250GB

Okay the samsung EVO would allow for that. It's about $135 at BB.

Any recommendations for enclosure? They have a dynex one there. But it needs CPU power. Which I heard I want one that is separately charged.

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For most consumer level work, the cheaper Samsung EVO here it the better deal. The EVO uses chips that have shorter lifespan in terms of write cycles, but will still likely outlast your computer. Give this a read.

Thank you for that. Very informative.

 

[Weaselboy]

Okay the samsung EVO would allow for that. It's about $135 at BB.

Any recommendations for enclosure? They have a dynex one there. But it needs CPU power. Which I heard I want one that is separately charged.

You don't need external power for the SSD, a USB powered one will work fine. You want to make sure you get an enclosure that supports UASP and the Dynex does not appear to. Look at something like this Inatech from Amazon that does support UASP for top speeds.

 

[jharvey71884]

You don't need external power for the SSD, a USB powered one will work fine. You want to make sure you get an enclosure that supports UASP and the Dynex does not appear to. Look at something like this Inatech from Amazon that does support UASP for top speeds.

Okay, thanks. Going to do some reading up on the subject. To be honest, I know it will speed up my computer A LOT, but I don't feel like this 7200 RPM is really that slow. Definitely faster than I'm used to with my old 21.5 that sported a 5400.

 

[Weaselboy]

Okay, thanks. Going to do some reading up on the subject. To be honest, I know it will speed up my computer A LOT, but I don't feel like this 7200 RPM is really that slow. Definitely faster than I'm used to with my old 21.5 that sported a 5400.

An SSD does speed up the boot and launching of apps, but once you have everything up and running, it does not really make that big a difference during routine usage. Now if you are launching huge videos or large photos for editing, that will make a difference. But just browsing the web or typing Word docs and reading email... not much difference.

I have a 2013 MBA with very a very fast built in flash drive and recently used my daughters 21/5 2013 iMac with a hard drive, and like I said, once everything is up and running it is not much different.

 

[jharvey71884]

An SSD does speed up the boot and launching of apps, but once you have everything up and running, it does not really make that big a difference during routine usage. Now if you are launching huge videos or large photos for editing, that will make a difference. But just browsing the web or typing Word docs and reading email... not much difference.

I have a 2013 MBA with very a very fast built in flash drive and recently used my daughters 21/5 2013 iMac with a hard drive, and like I said, once everything is up and running it is not much different.

Yeah been comparing launched apps and what not with my Macbook Pro 13 with a SSD, and the laptop is a tad faster, but nothing that I'm thinking will just destroy my iMac experience.

Maybe I wait a year or so, to really make it feel like I got a new iMac down the road.