Upgrading SSD for Mid-2009 Macbook Pro
What are my options for upgrading to an SSD for my Mid-2009 Macbook Pro?
I've ran into a lot of information that involves the link speeds of 3 gb/s being negotiated to 1.5 gb/s (mine is currently the original HDD and the link speed is being negotiated to 1.5 gb/s)... so I was looking for an SSD that would be 3 GB/s (with an updated firmware driver to make sure it is so).
What are my options, and what would be compatible with my macbook pro? I wanted to also stick the original HDD into the optical drive and use it for backup and media data.
So far I have checked out a few, and I am not sure if all of these listed will be compatible with my mac:
Mac SM0412G PCIe 500 GB speed rank 10th/734
Evo Pro?
+++++Samsung 850 Evo Pro
+++++Samsung 840 Evo Pro 120 GB = $75, 250 GB $100-105@slickdeals, 500 GB = $200-210 -- speed rank 220th/770
+++++Crucial MX-200 250 GB $100, 500 GB = $180 -- speed rank 217th/770, 1TB = $350
PNY CL4111 240 GB = $65
+OWC Mercury Extreme Pro -- link speed 3 gb/s ?
++++++OCZ Vector 150 120 GB = $55, 240 GB = $125-140, 480 GB = $220 -- speed rank 46th/770 -- link speed 3 gb/s
---works on my mac?----
Crucial BX-200 240 GB = $65, 480 GB = $130, 960 GB - $300, 1 TB - $350 -- speed rank 391st/770
-Seagate XT500 hybrid -- link speed 3 gb/s
--Seagate Momentus XT 500 SataII 32 Mb Cache, 7200 rpm Hybrid SSD with jumper cable
Western Digital?
Samsung?
Intel?
Any ideas?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), null