iMac 2011 SSD+Normal drive


hi,

i'm considering buying used imac (mid 2011 model) comes 500mb 7200rpm internal drive. intended swap internal drive ssd (samsung 840 evo, own) , use external usb drive media, dropbox, etc. meanwhile read dropbox doesn't work on external drives, looked solution have 2 drives inside imac.

so, question is: should replace imac 500mb internal drive ssd , buy new 1tb or 2tb 2.5" "normal" drive replace optical drive (where put media, dropbox, etc.), or should leave 500mb drive untouched , install ssd on optical drive bay instead? far know optical drive uses sata ii interface, while internal drive uses sata iii interface. samsung 840 sata iii, i'm afraid limited sata ii interface.

solution mount ssd underneath optical drive , use "spare" sata iii port out of question because it's way risky , complicated.

appreciated.


best regards,
pedro
 

connect ssd unused sata connector on logic board. can leave hdd is, keep optical drive , have added ssd. (this did in 27")

search. there's plenty of posts on this.

oh... why risky, if you're going open imac? watch 1 of these videos on adding ssd (the 1 applies imac, see how easy/complicated is.
 


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