SSD Upgrades for my Macbook Pro

letmesingh on 08/01/2018 - 14:30
Last edited 08/01/2018 - 14:57

Need help upgrading my MacBook Pro (Mid 2015) SSD (256gb) to 500GB. Can anyone suggest please which brand is best and where to buy them?

Thanks

Computing

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  • scrimshaw on 08/01/2018 - 14:46
    +1

    There's no such thing as the 'best brand' when it comes to SSD's, generally speaking.

    You actually have to determine which model you have and look to see if there are compatible SSD's for your specific Pro model.

    https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pro-r…

  • psyren89 on 08/01/2018 - 15:16
    +1

    If you have a mid 2015 MBP, it should have PCI storage, not an SSD.

  • goshywaziri on 08/01/2018 - 15:17

    I recently upgraded my Macbook Pro 2012 512Gb HD to a 1TB Samsung SSD. I have to say I'm very impressed, you will notice a significant performance upgrade.
    It's fairly easy to do it yourself too, just YouTube guides and follow the instructions.

  • Elwes on 08/01/2018 - 15:53

    Check out the read and write speeds.

    Samsung 850 Evo is good - write 520MB/s, read 550MB/s.

    NB sometimes size affects speed, e.g. Crucial M550 writes 500MB/s at 256GB but only 350 at 128GB.

    I've heard that certain Kingston and PNY models are bait and switch. They build good ones when they start the line and send samples for testing, then drop the quality 6 months later.

  • StickMan on 08/01/2018 - 16:18

    Jfc these replies, no clue.

    OP: tl;dr it's complicated an expensive, just use a USB3.0 portable dock with SSD/HDD inside.

    Long story: It uses a custom PCIe interface SSD, of which the only popular store stocking them is OWC and their australian stockist: https://www.macfixit.com.au/drives-storage/hard-drives/owc-s…

    A 480GB SSD upgrade is like $600 as you can see. Batshit insane pricing as you can see.

    Use the previously linked URL here to read about it: https://everymac.com/systems/apple/macbook_pro/macbook-pro-r…

    At the end of the day it's not worth it at all. Use external storage, or sell and get a new one.

    • letmesingh on 08/01/2018 - 16:45

      Thanks StickMan. Cheers, I think I should just upgrade to new MacBook pro

      • StickMan on 08/01/2018 - 16:55

        They hold their value pretty well, so yes that's an option for sure.

        • letmesingh on 08/01/2018 - 22:40

          my computer says the installed ssd on my laptop(MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015) - MacBookPro11,4)
          is "APPLE SSD SM0256G "

          does that make any difference ??

          Thanks

        • StickMan on 09/01/2018 - 11:21

          @letmesingh: Any difference to what? Your options havent changed

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