#Solid state drive for mac mini 2011 how to
#Solid state drive for mac mini 2011 pdf
#Solid state drive for mac mini 2011 install

You can always keep your HDD and just add the SSD which is what I did. An SSD is WAY faster than an HDD, period. I wasn't concerned about speed compared to cost. The Crucial SSDs are not the fastest race horse as far as SSDs go. I think the M500 is over provisioned for performance. And the M550 is 512GB, but the M500 is 480GB. Remember, the M550s are a bit more in cost since they're the new line of SSDs. Their new line of M550s are higher priced compared to their current stock of M500s. I think they're now $119 before shipping. I paid $116 (US- after shipping cost) for the M500 240GB directly from. I chose to upgrade to Crucial because of cost, not compatibility. Intel, Samsung, OWC, Crucial are all compatible. Boot times are cut in half or more and apps load quickly. My Crucial 240GB SSD is much faster than the Samsung 840 Pro 128GB. The larger the drive storage capacity, the faster. You will see a HUGH performance increase with an SSD drive. OWC () also has excellent video guides along with dual drive kits.

#Solid state drive for mac mini 2011 how to

They have excellent guides on how to add an SSD and their kits come with a nice tool kit. I used the dual drive kit from which includes a SATA cable to use in the upper bay. The upper bay has to have all the 'guts' taken out to get to the drive bracket.

#Solid state drive for mac mini 2011 pdf

You can view the different drive bay orientations from this OWC PDF guide. I kept my 500GB HDD, moved it to the upper bay (closest to the top of the unit) and use it for storage. Intel doesn't matter and I don't know about Crucial as I replaced a Samsung 840 Pro 128GB (lower bay) with a Crucial M500 240GB. They like to be hooked up to the Apple SATA cable (at least with my experience) which is the lower bay. *Some* SSD brands do not like using a 3rd party SATA cable.

#Solid state drive for mac mini 2011 install

If you're going to replace the 500GB HDD that's in your Mini now with an SSD, make sure you install it in the lower bay (bay closest to the bottom of the unit).

( 500gb version is very expensive!).Д®ast West complete composet collection 2, containing following. Maybe i can buy a external Lacie 256gb SSD thunderbolt instead?. I have to do a clean install Lion, which i have to buy on appstore ( its still is available on appstore). That installing a normal internal 7200 rpm would'nt gain any performance over a 5400 rpm internal hdd?, i found that hard to believe!. Mac mini 2011 Sata controller can only provide max up to 3gb, because the mac mini 2012 dosent have Sata3?.ДЄbout mac mini 2011 only have sata2 with 1.5 gb transfer rate?. I am thinking about installing a internal Samsung evo 512gb SSD, which is fairly cheap in Denmark.Д«ut i have seen lots of complain about Samsung evo performance being slow.

These spec should be enough for cubase and virtual instrument, execpt the slow HDD.Д«ut the internal HDD is properly to slow for virtual instrument?. Let me explain, but first of all, here is my Mac mini spec below: Hi, long time since i have been here in this forum!.ДЄ powerfull pc or mac with a fast hdd for streaming, i am conideringД«uying a SSD for mac mini, either a internal or external SSD via Thunderbolt!.Д«ut i am in doubt, i mean what should i do, regarding buying SSD.