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Given the choice, I'd max out memory first, get 512gb SSD, then use the remaining budget for CPU. The price of a 1TB SSD isn't worth it. If you need extra stor
by kevinherron 9y ago
Given the choice, I'd max out memory first, get 512gb SSD, then use the remaining budget for CPU.
The price of a 1TB SSD isn't worth it. If you need extra storage you can buy a Samsung 850 SSD and an enclosure and get full speed transfers over the USB Type-C / TB3 ports.
- Afforess 9y ago> full speed transfers over the USB Type-C / TB3 ports. The NVMe SSDs in the Macbooks are significantly higher throughput than USB-C ports support.
- kevinherron 9y agoShould have clarified, I meant full speed in regards to both the SATA3 interface (6Gbps) and what the 850's are capable of, which is something like ~500-550 MB/s.
- otterley 9y agoThe access latencies are quite different, though, are they not?
- kevinherron 9y agoI don't know. The throughput seems to be there: https://imgur.com/a/hhvZ2 https://imgur.com/a/hhvZ2 For my use case, which is storing and running VMs directly off the external drive, it works better than I had ever hoped. The whole setup feels very fast.