Howdy…I happened upon this thread as I have an iMac 17,1 (late 2015) with a fusion drive set up and I’ve been thinking of buying an upgrade kit, and a 4TB SSD with bracket to replace the 2tb spinny-noise making drive I currently have. It occurred to me that the upgrade videos that are out there don’t say anything about the original SSD that’s part of the iMac and I didn't realize (until this thread) that it’s a separate component which would still be there if I went through all the trouble ups upgrading the HHD to SSD.
Since I haven’t done or purchased anything yet, I’m wide open to what the best thing to do is to get a 4TB SSD inside my Mac…should I remove the HHD AND SSD? Should I “break” the connection of the 2, leave the SSD in and just replace the HHD with the new SSD?
Is using the SSD with an adapter bracket with a SATA sacrificing any SSD drive speed which wouldn’t be an issue if I removed the original fusion SSD and replace it with the 4TB SSD? Is that even possible?
Also, with enough training do you think we could get a cheetah and an elephant to have lunch together?
Thanks in advance!
Howdy…I happened upon this thread as I have an iMac 17,1 (late 2015) with a fusion drive set up and I’ve been thinking of buying an upgrade kit, and a 4TB SSD with bracket to replace the 2tb spinny-noise making drive I currently have. It occurred to me that the upgrade videos that are out there don’t say anything about the original SSD that’s part of the iMac and I didn't realize (until this thread) that it’s a separate component which would still be there if I went through all the trouble ups upgrading the HHD to SSD.
Since I haven’t done or purchased anything yet, I’m wide open to what the best thing to do is to get a 4TB SSD inside my Mac…should I remove the HHD AND SSD? Should I “break” the connection of the 2, leave the SSD in and just replace the HHD with the new SSD?
Is using the SSD with an adapter bracket with a SATA sacrificing any SSD drive speed which wouldn’t be an issue if I removed the original fusion SSD and replace it with the 4TB SSD? Is that even possible?
Also, with enough training do you think we could get a cheetah and an elephant to have lunch together?
Thanks in advance!
Howdy…I happened upon this thread as I have an iMac 17,1 (late 2015) with a fusion drive set up and I’ve been thinking of buying an upgrade kit, and a 4TB SSD with bracket to replace the 2tb spinny-noise making drive I currently have. It occurred to me that the upgrade videos that are out there don’t say anything about the original SSD that’s part of the iMac and I didn't realize (until this thread) that it’s a separate component which would still be there if I went through all the trouble ups upgrading the HHD to SSD.
Since I haven’t done or purchased anything yet, I’m wide open to what the best thing to do is to get a 4TB SSD inside my Mac…should I remove the HHD AND SSD? Should I “break” the connection of the 2, leave the SSD in and just replace the HHD with the new SSD?
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Is using the SSD with an adapter bracket with a SATA sacrificing any SSD drive speed which wouldn’t be an issue if I removed the original fusion SSD and replace it with the 4TB SSD? Is that even possible.
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Is using the SSD with an adapter bracket with a SATA sacrificing any SSD drive speed which wouldn’t be an issue if I removed the original fusion SSD and replace it with the 4TB SSD? Is that even possible?
Also, with enough training do you think we could get a cheetah and an elephant to have lunch together?
Howdy…I happened upon this thread as I have an iMac 17,1 (late 2015) with a fusion drive set up and I’ve been thinking of buying an upgrade kit, and a 4TB SSD with bracket to replace the 2tb spinny-noise making drive I currently have. It occurred to me that the upgrade videos that are out there don’t say anything about the original SSD that’s part of the iMac and I didn't realize (until this thread) that it’s a separate component which would still be there if I went through all the trouble ups upgrading the HHD to SSD.
Since I haven’t done or purchased anything yet, I’m wide open to what the best thing to do is to get a 4TB SSD inside my Mac…should I remove the HHD AND SSD? Should I “break” the connection of the 2, leave the SSD in and just replace the HHD with the new SSD?
Is using the SSD with an adapter bracket with a SATA sacrificing any SSD drive speed which wouldn’t be an issue if I removed the original fusion SSD and replace it with the 4TB SSD? Is that even possible.
Also, with enough training do you think we could get a cheetah and an elephant to have lunch together?
Thanks in advance!