At the moment I have a 240GB SSD in my MBP.
Im considering purchasing an Optibay to install a second 500GB HDD to use as storage space for iMovie projects etc. At the moment I use an external HDD via Firewire800.
I very rarely use CD/DVDs any more TBH.
The only concern I have is the added heat.
For those that have an optibay drive, did you notice an increase in heat from the system?
Also, did you notice a reduction in battery life?
Thanks.
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Yes, you will have a lower battery life, you're running two harddrives instead of just one.
As for heat, where the drive is it will be physically hotter on the case, but I can't say if it will increase the cpu heat or not. -
I haven noticed no additional heat.
as for battery life...a little less. I created a couple of automator processes that allow me to dismount my 500GB HDD when I'm not using it.
I've not actually timed what my battery life is like with or without the HDD mounted. Might give it a try later and report back. -
You're adding an HDD, so there has to be some of heat increase when you are pulling files from the HDD.
Battery life will decrease most likely, unless the superdrive operates at a higher idle power consumption than the HDD. -
I've not noticed more than a few minutes of loss. this is probably why:
WD Scorpio Blue Power Dissipation
Read/Write 2.50 Watts
Idle 0.85 Watts
Standby 0.25 Watts
Sleep 0.10 Watts
she's using less than a watt most of the time. -
Did you guys mount the HDD in the optibay or the primary bay? Is the secondary bay bootable?
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I have my HDD in the primary bay. SSD in the Superdrive bay.
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Optibay - heat?
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by ifti, Jun 18, 2010.