2008 Alu 2.4ghz C2D iMac SSD choice.

[farrance]

Hey all!

I have the aformentioned iMac and the hard drive recently failed. I'm wanting to put an SSD in it, I'm looking to get a 128GB one!

I have a budget of £150 max, I'm looking for the insane SSD speed and reliability. I've no idea about the Sandforce/ other chip pro's and cons..

I just need/want an SSD for my Mac and I don't want it to break in the first 2 seconds

 

[neil_g]

First off make sure you have lion so you have trim support, otherwise it'll slow down pretty quick

 

[farrance]

First off make sure you have lion so you have trim support, otherwise it'll slow down pretty quick

OSX 10.6.7/8 have trim support. Lion has native trim support, the newest builds of OSX Snow Leopard have trim support too

 

[jimbo_wa]

I used a 128GB OCZ Vertex 2 in an early 2008 MBP 17" with no issues - some people have had issues with OCZ but I've been OK with the larger versions. Samsung are reliable too and it
May be worth trying a 6GBps drive if you intend to upgrade your hardware in the next few years?