Hey guys, I recently sold my 2010 15" MBP for a 2011 15" MBP. I have my "old" WD Scorpio Black 750, and 8gb (2x4gb) 1333mhz ram from the 2010 still. I was wondering, should I install these two into the new 2011? I was reading I can use 1600mhz ram with the 2.2 Core i7 in my MBP, but will I notice a speed difference between 1333mhz and 1600mhz? I was thinking if there is a difference I would sell my 1333mhz for the 1600mhz ram. Also whats the best way to setup the hard drive if I swap my Scorpio Black in? This one came with Snow Leopard rather than lion, should I just pop the Scorpio in and use my Lion CD (home made) and install lion fresh?
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According to the link below, the 2GHz 2635QM supports 1066MHz/1333MHz memory.
http://ark.intel.com/products/53463/Intel-Core-i7-2635QM-Processor-(6M-Cache-2_00-GHz)
If you have the 2.2GHz 2720QM(or the 2.3GHz 2820QM), it does support 1600Hz memory.
http://ark.intel.com/products/50067/Intel-Core-i7-2720QM-Processor-(6M-Cache-2_20-GHz)
Either way, I wouldn't spend the money for new ram, I doubt the difference would be noticeable. -
I have the 2.2Ghz, so I wont notice a difference from 1333mhz to 1600mhz?
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gaming, and photoshop mostly.
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RAM speed makes practically zero difference in any real-world scenarios (apps, OS, or games). -
And that is about the extent of the boost from 1333mhz ram to 1600 mhz ram. -
Thanks y'all, I don't care about benchmarks, so I'll just use y 1333mhz ram. But what about the hard drive? If I use carbon copy client will it clone the hidden recovery partition?
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ClearSkies Well no, I'm still here..
To get the benefits of the recovery partition back, just make a Lion Recovery Assistant on any 1GB+ USB flash drive or a full Lion Installer on a 8GB drive or regular DVD. When you boot the notebook using any of these, you access everything that was contained in the partition. Instructions for both of these can be found online - MacWorld has some nice tutorials. -
I installed my old Western Digital Scorpio Black, I used internet recovery to re-download and install Lion on the drive. Everything is much faster now with the 750GB 7200RPM and 8GB 1333mhz DDR3
2011 MBP and Ram/Hard Drive
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by GP-SE, Oct 20, 2011.