Advice needed on choosing the best SSD for 13-inch macbook 5,1.

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Advice needed on choosing the best SSD for 13-inch macbook 5,1.

I'm thinkning about to upgrade my macbook. It's a late 2008 aluminum version. I want to replace the old HD with a nice SSD. I'm struggling to choose from the following two SSD.

1. Crutial M500 (960G) SATA III 6Gbps

2. Intel dc s3700 (800G)

I can get both of these at similar price around 300pounds just for this 2 days. But I don't know which would work the best on my macbook. Need advice please.

MacBook (13-inch Aluminum Late 2008), Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Oct 6, 2013 7:22 AM

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Eustace Mendis

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Oct 6, 2013 7:26 AM in response to XpatC

Either will work fine. If you want a comprehensive comparison, take a look at this site:

http://www.ssdreview.com/review/solid-state-ssd/

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Oct 6, 2013 8:48 AM in response to Eustace Mendis

Thanks for the link, unfortunatly there's no option for intel dc s3700.

After seeing crucial M500's score there, I'm not that empressed. I heard that the Intel dc s3700 (800G) worth over 1000pounds, is it worth it just for the sake of getting the intel at a much cheaper price? I don't know Why I've got the impression that Intel dc S3700 acturallly better than crucial M500.

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Oct 6, 2013 9:02 AM in response to XpatC

Please check me, I'm not sure. The MBP5,1 has SATA II. If that is the case, the Crucial SATA III will slow down to work as a SATA II.

Not sure about the specs of the Intel.

All that being said, I do not believe that these speed diferences will show up in normal everyday use.

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