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Who's going for an SSD in the new MP?

ValSalva said:
I plan on buying the OWC Mercury 200GB SSD. The only regret I have about the new Mac Pro is that it is only SATA-II. That's not a problem for today's SSDs but it will be in a couple of years if one wants a newer and faster SSD that will likely saturate the SATA-II bus.
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And with the OWC SSDs with the SF controller hitting 285 MB/s, SSDs saturating the SATA-II bus is not far off at all!
 
Mp Ssd

I am planning on getting a MP as a long term solution (I figure that price/days of use will be less in the long run than an imac).

But can't you add an SSD in 1-2 years? Either the adapters will somehow become available (like customs), or you can get an adapter and use one of the 3.5 inch bay drives or maybe mount it where a CD drive would go?
 
redkamel said:
I am planning on getting a MP as a long term solution (I figure that price/days of use will be less in the long run than an imac).

But can't you add an SSD in 1-2 years? Either the adapters will somehow become available (like customs), or you can get an adapter and use one of the 3.5 inch bay drives or maybe mount it where a CD drive would go?
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You can get an adapter (ICY dock) for like $20. Or you could put one in the empty optical bay and you wouldn't need an adapter.
 
strausd said:
You can get an adapter (ICY dock) for like $20. Or you could put one in the empty optical bay and you wouldn't need an adapter.
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Yea, just ordered my Intel SSD and icy dock. Their new model 2B adapter is currently selling for about $11 on Amazon :D
 
Roman23 said:
is the 2009 mac pro.. nothing has changed.. except for the firmware update which apple should have just given to us rather than make us by a whole new 2009 box look-alike.. But, everything from the processor tray to the logic board is the same.. same part numbers, same everything.. even an Apple tech told me that is what Apple did because it wasn't worth the effort building a new logic board and costing money..

SO, yes its the same thing, except using OUR needed firmware!
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Are you serious? So could someone with a 8-core 2009 Mac Pro buy the new 6 core chips and install it themselves?

Also the 2010 Mac Pro states its running slightly faster ram (I think 1333mhz opposed to the previous 1066mhz ECC ram?). Wouldn't that require a whole new board to support that?
 
Why do some of you keep insisting on worrying about adaptors? There are several high speed SSD's out right now that are 3.5" native drives in all size capacities. Corsair, OCZ, etc.
 
xgman said:
Why do some of you keep insisting on worrying about adaptors? There are several high speed SSD's out right now that are 3.5" native drives in all size capacities. Corsair, OCZ, etc.
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Personally I don't see myself buying a 3.5" SSD drive until a time comes where memory chips are so cheap that physical space becomes a limit on drive capacity. Right now 3.5" drives have no benefit that I can see over 2.5" drives other than not requiring adapters. As such I'd rather buy a 2.5" SSD drive and an adapter. When spending this kind of money on a hard drive I like to think of potential uses for the drive in the future.

E.g. when SSD drives get large enough and cheap enough per GB that it becomes worthwhile for me to replace my current 256GB SSD drive then I'll probably want to put my old SSD into my MacBook Pro. When the MacBook Pro eventually get a newer SSD after that this one will probably end up in my media centre Mac Mini. That's one of the same reasons why I'd rather go for one larger capacity SSD than two smaller ones in a striped RAID setup.

With SSD prices and capacities the way they are it doesn't make sense to carry on using them in the same machine when replaced since secondary drives are usually about maximum storage capacity. It makes far more sense to reuse them in other computers. If you don't ever plan on buying or using a computer other than your Mac Pro or you only ever plan on using full sized desktops then maybe a 3.5" SSD is a reasonable choice, however, you'd probably want to be sure that you don't change your mind otherwise you'll probably regret having such a big physical drive.
 
jjahshik32 said:
Not sure about the OWC brand SSDs but I read an article on the Intel G2 SSD that its new algorithm is so efficient that it only shows a maximum of 5% degradation over the long period usage and this is without the use of garbage collection or TRIM. This is what has sold me on the intel SSD but I'm not too sure if this is true for the OWC SSDs.

I'm kind of weary of buying the OWC as its not a big company compared to Intel.

I'm sure the OWC runs a bit faster but I look at the long term reliability where I have my money on the Intels.
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OWC is the main supplier for Mac Upgrades, not going out of business soon
 
Does anyone know if there is any performance difference between the OCZ Vertex V1 and V2 120GB drives?

Google doesn't give an answer. And it's a fairly large difference in price over here.
 
sOid said:
Does anyone know if there is any performance difference between the OCZ Vertex V1 and V2 120GB drives?

Google doesn't give an answer. And it's a fairly large difference in price over here.
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Yes, the Vertex 2 is faster and has more recent firmware, components etc.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc...ate-drives/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-2-5--ssd.html
Look under the specs tab. Also they are coming out this month with vertex 2 3.5 inch drives so you won't need adapters. As you go up in capacity though, the rated speeds frop from 275/285 to 240/250 for the largest capacities. The only way to get over 300GB and maintain 275/285 would be to go with the Vertex 2 "Pro" 400GB version which only comes in 2.5" and is wildly expensive, even compared to the plain vertex 2. (as in $2,250 newegg ouch expensive!) Almost double what I can get a 480gb 3.5" regular vertex 2 for.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc...ate-drives/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-2-5--ssd.html

3.5"
http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc...2-3-5--ssd/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-3-5--ssd.html
 
xgman said:
Yes, the Vertex 2 is faster and has more recent firmware, components etc.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc...ate-drives/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-2-5--ssd.html
Look under the specs tab. Also they are coming out this month with vertex 2 3.5 inch drives so you won't need adapters. As you go up in capacity though, the rated speeds frop from 275/285 to 240/250 for the largest capacities. The only way to get over 300GB and maintain 275/285 would be to go with the Vertex 2 "Pro" 400GB version which only comes in 2.5" and is wildly expensive, even compared to the plain vertex 2. (as in $2,250 newegg ouch expensive!) Almost double what I can get a 480gb 3.5" regular vertex 2 for.

http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc...ate-drives/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-2-5--ssd.html

3.5"
http://www.ocztechnology.com/produc...2-3-5--ssd/ocz-vertex-2-sata-ii-3-5--ssd.html
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Okay, thanks for the reply man. Appreciate it!
 
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