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Recommendations on SSD
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I'm using the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G in my 15" Macbook Pro and have used the previous generation in my 27" iMac.
The OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G is super fast. Better than RAID performance.
The OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G has been reliable and does not fade in performance.
Finally, the service from OWC is great. They are responsive, no tax in CA, fast reasonable shipping, etc.
Of course, I am using spare 256GB Apple SSDs for my future mini once I can decide server vs i7. These are good because they support native TRIM and tend to wear well over time because of this. Also, the incompressible data rate is fairly good.
The OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G is super fast. Better than RAID performance.
The OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 3G has been reliable and does not fade in performance.
Finally, the service from OWC is great. They are responsive, no tax in CA, fast reasonable shipping, etc.
Of course, I am using spare 256GB Apple SSDs for my future mini once I can decide server vs i7. These are good because they support native TRIM and tend to wear well over time because of this. Also, the incompressible data rate is fairly good.
Here's an excellent article talking about specs, performance, and reliability from all the major players: http://www.anandtech.com/show/4604/...rsair-patriot-ocz-owc-memoright-ssds-compared
Even Intel hasn't been doing that well in the reliability department of late (the dreaded 8MB bug). But the same source still lists them as one of the most reliable in the world of general consumer SSD products (Samsung still king in OEM land). OCZ followed and is listed as being incredibly good to their customers in the field of RMAs. I believe all come with standard 3 year warranties.
I own a 120 GB Vertex2 for almost a year now. Works just fine.
Even Intel hasn't been doing that well in the reliability department of late (the dreaded 8MB bug). But the same source still lists them as one of the most reliable in the world of general consumer SSD products (Samsung still king in OEM land). OCZ followed and is listed as being incredibly good to their customers in the field of RMAs. I believe all come with standard 3 year warranties.
I own a 120 GB Vertex2 for almost a year now. Works just fine.
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G drives carry a 5 year warranty, which I believe is industry leading. Not to mention you can actually reach someone at OWC. I've had horrible experiences with other manufacturers with warranty. The only issue with OWC I had was a 4x4GB kit in my iMac which they happily exchanged for OEM Samsung units. I know its not related to SSD but its an example of their service.
OWC Mercury Electra 6gb/s 3 year warranty or OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6gb/s 5 year warranty. They provide the absolute best support, always just a phone call away and totally stand behind what they sell. They are very pro Mac and generally take care of us Mac owners pretty well. I highly recommend them.
They have some speed comparisons on there web site, which indicate their drives are faster than the competition. I have no idea by how much and if the difference is enough to even be concerned about that. I just know I have purchased 3 SSD's and RAM from them many times.
They have some speed comparisons on there web site, which indicate their drives are faster than the competition. I have no idea by how much and if the difference is enough to even be concerned about that. I just know I have purchased 3 SSD's and RAM from them many times.
That is correct there is no need to according to OWC, garbage collection is handled within the device itself with no trim needed.
Can someone explain or link to an article explaining how a mac mini reads dual configuration? How does the mac mini know where the Mac Operating system is installed. I've just never had a dual configuration type computer....
Of course in actual use it probably won't make a big difference for most people even compared to slow SSDs.
On top of that they said they found issues when they tested the TRIM Enabler, so don't bother with it with their drives at least.
Have you used an external drive (FireWire/USB) in before? It's basically like that, just another drive.
I'm not sure where to go. I hear things of Crucial, Intel, OWC, and OCZ.
I guess I'll just roll the dice and hope for the best.
I guess I'll just roll the dice and hope for the best.
which has been the case for along time on most ssd's (intels , indilinx , marvell controllers), people are fascinated with trim and have no idea how it even works, drives with garbage collection DO NOT need trim period.
That is simply not true. The Trim hack does complicate things, as some drives can have issues with it (Crucial M4) in OS X. However that cannot be said for Windows. Most reviews from Anand recommend not running several drives that have GC without Trim. Considering Trim and GC are complementary, in normal circumstances there's absolutely no reason to NOT have both.
Trim isn't even the same thing as Garbage Collection, so there's no reason to rag on others when you clearly do not have as well a grasp as you claim.
lol ok.....good luck, trim IS the same as GC , have fun with your anandtech articles.....
i don't really want to waste my time with you explaining it, but trim is a command set used to inform the os of pages that are blank or full so it can manage data being written, don't trust everything you read.