- #Upgrades for 2012 mac mini install#
- #Upgrades for 2012 mac mini update#
- #Upgrades for 2012 mac mini archive#
- #Upgrades for 2012 mac mini upgrade#
- #Upgrades for 2012 mac mini pro#
#Upgrades for 2012 mac mini upgrade#
I am not regularly doing heavy read/write options though and from my experience people who do have to perform such operations are quite happy with the faster drives that Apple has been using in the 2015 MacBooks.Īs far as CPUs go, Skylake is more or less an incremental upgrade of what was already an incremental upgrade.
#Upgrades for 2012 mac mini pro#
When I compare my 2014 Macbook Pro to my mini, the Pro is certainly faster though by maybe 1 1/2 seconds, so for me it is not significant. Great company! Their upgrade kit also includes all of the screw drivers, bits, and other things you will need.Īssuming they use the same flash memory in a potential Skylake mini that they are using in the current MacBooks, read/write times would be significantly improved.
#Upgrades for 2012 mac mini install#
One thing I really appreciated about ordering my upgrade kit from OWC is that they sent it out with a full color manual explaining the install process. I purchased my parts from OWC and they have very useful instructional videos for doing the upgrade This was a very hard upgrade for me because I am a big dude with big godzilla hands and the bits you are working with are very small.
If you can use the lower bay, you'll still have to partially remove the logic board in order to give yourself enough space to work. If your HDD is installed in the lower drive bay, you'll have to remove the logic board in order to get to the upper bay. It was a great upgrade but is also fairly difficult because it involves disassembling the logic board to get to the drive bays. It is still lightning fast compared to the old 500 GB drive. This is a significant upgrade for the 2012 Mac mini that will eliminate almost all of your memory issues.įor the SSD, performance is slightly below that of the Macbook's flash memory. If budget is a concern you can go with just an 8 GB RAM kit and will likely see all the performance gains you want. My Mini can run more apps and handle virtual machines better because of all the extra RAM and storage space it has. In day to day operation these two machines are functionally identical. I own a 2014 Macbook Pro with 8 GB of RAM. RAM kit offers a significant and noticeable performance boost.
#Upgrades for 2012 mac mini archive#
I use the old 500 GB drive to archive media mostly. My 500 GB factory drive was installed in the upper bay so I just left it there and installed the 960 GB SSD in the lower bay and set it as my primary drive. I own the exact same model as you and have performed the following upgrades: 960 GB SSD, 16 GB RAM kit. 75TB fusion drive but for your machine I'd say the 120GB gives real bang for buck. A 250GB Mercury Extreme Pro might be a little faster and give you a full. That will give you a 620GB boot drive which should be pretty zippy and give you more than adequate capacity. External storage is easy with either USB 3 or TB so I'd set up a Fusion drive with the OWC SSD. I have an Extreme Pro and would recommend this one since it's not terribly more expensive and you will be booting from it. The Mercury Electra 120GB is currently 65.99 while the Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 120GB is $91.75. You probably won't need this, as they have downloads available with instructions and they will provide excellent support in the unlikely event that you get stuck. You won't need to for a while, but they also provide upgrades for firmware/driver that are easy to install, or you can buy an inexpensive usb drive from them with the installer if you want 0 hassle. You can probably go with a 120GB SSD and I'd recommend an OWC SSD drive as their firmware obviates the need to enable trim for a non-Apple SSD. 4GB is really light if you are using the machine for anything but web surfing, word processing, spreadsheets, etc.
#Upgrades for 2012 mac mini update#
I would update the RAM first if you can't just go for everything right away, preferably to 16GB. I have the same setup and I concur with danb1979. I bet within a year, we will see 1TB or 2TB SSDs at $0.20/GB, which will be quite affordable if you need it.
Much later, third, I would replace the HDD with a second SSD (hence putting the HDD in the lower bay in the first step). DDR3 RAM prices are finally falling right now after a being stuck pretty high for a while, so the longer you wait to do this the less it will cost. Later or at the same time as above, second, I would upgrade the RAM to either 8GB or 16GB if you want to spend the cash. (Also totally optional and not for those who cannot afford the risk, while you have the MM open, if you're up for it on a technical level, I would also clean out and replace the thermal paste.) Further, take this opportunity to clean out the Mac of dust. Put the SSD in the upper bay, and put the HDD in the lower bay, since the lower is easier to access later on and the HDD is likely the one you will want to access sooner. You can either set it up as a fusion drive, or keep it separate as a boot drive and manage which files are on which drive manually.
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