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Hardware General Mac Upgrade Discussion, Ram, HHD, OS/updates, Cable, Driver etc

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post Nov 11 2015, 11:36 AM

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QUOTE(kokhoong0624 @ Aug 24 2015, 11:37 AM)
Help needed. I'm thinking of upgrading my Macbook pro 15 early 2011 Ram.
1. Should I upgrade to 8GB or 16GB?
2. Will there be a significant difference between the performance of 8 and 16? Which is more worth it performance-price ratio (considering it's only 1333MHz..)?
3. Will changing my HDD to SSD significnatly improve my performance while playing games or rendering?
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1. if price difference is significant, go for 8GB should be enough, given that yours is no longer a new laptop. 8gb is more than enough for current app needs.
2. 4gb vs 8gb - very significant in performance. 8gb vs 16gb for most application, the performance is not prominent, unless you are running many many VMs at the same time or doing video editing.
3. You should upgrade to SSD + 8GB. if budget is a constraint, go for 8GB + SSD first.

 

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