Optibay, SSD Combo Setup

[Some Guy 555]

Link to full sized pic: http://www.harddrivebenchmark.net/high_end_drives.html

Thanks, I messed up the link to the full image... fixed it now... I think...

 

[nightfly13]

I'm very interested in doing this - but price is a concern for me. The eBay options seem better value than those from MaxUpgrades. I think I'd buy a small and cheap and moderate performing 32gb SSD for the OS and apps and just put all media files on the stock 320gb that comes with my new 15" MBP. Thinking about heat, I imagine it'd be best to put the SSD in the Optibay (since it doesn't run hot) and leave the HDD where Apple planned for it to be.

The other thing I've thought of is buying a second 320gb and running a RAID 0 (with external Time Machine backup of course). Probably the former option is preferably - any thoughts?

 

[haircrime]

Constant Spinning

My question is, will the hard drive be spinning constantly or only when files on the hard drive are accessed? I plan on using an X-25 80GB just for my OS and programs, and use a 500GB 7200RPM drive in the optibay for time machine backups and storing large files(videos, etc.).

Hi all,

this is the setup I have in my macbook. The SSD as main drive and a large 500GB with optibay. I love it and it really is the best of both world.

One problem however remains. I tried many different ways to stop the 2nd harddrive from spinning. With several unmounting ways it will stop for 2-3 minutes and then start spinning again, even though the drive is still unmounted in the system.

Can anyone help? For noice and battery it would really be great to prevent the 2nd drive from spinning.

Cheers,
Mario

 

[Smacky]

The intel is way on top (The extremes first, and the m's not too far behind).

For boot times I really don't see any difference as the read times are almost all the same in high end drives (240 - 250mb/s) its where the write times come in that makes a difference.

The x25-m is barely faster then the Falcon on that graph yet costs like twice as much

 

[MacModMachine]

The x25-m is barely faster then the Falcon on that graph yet costs like twice as much

its faster then barely in real world, i own 2 falcon 128's , 2 intel ssd's , 1 summit....

the intels are by far better...benchmarks or not.

 

[MacModMachine]

And barely any storage space! Which is why many users look into getting an Optibay

na, speed...and reliability,

the space is useless if its slow,

i run alot of virtual mAchines....and i cant wait...not even a second

these bad boys in a raid load most of my virtual machines in less then 10 seconds...including windows 7 and i dont have to worry about platter's and bad sectors...

 

[nightfly13]

BTW guys I got an Optibay on eBay by making offer of $70 (plus shipping) but there's a cheaper option:

http://newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=220

Haven't used any of 'em yet so can't say for sure. Optibay seems really intended for MBP, but since it's slot loading, nothing's gonna show on the outside so probably doesn't matter.

 

[freediro]

i really want a SSD but i just seams to much money for the increase in speed, what hard drive (7200) would you guys recommend?

 

[hashholly]

i really want a SSD but i just seams to much money for the increase in speed, what hard drive (7200) would you guys recommend?

Mark my words, they're expensive, but defiantly worth every penny for the increase in speed.