Imac 27" 2011 + Vortex 3
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:08 pm
For those who are intrested if its possible to mount an SSD into the imac 27" , the answer is yes!
I could mount the SSD pretty easy with the OCZ bracket, just needed some modification to make it sit tight to the mac.
There are no problems with the fan speed of the HD fan with the OCZ Vortex 3 128GB, the only problem I have so far is that the mac is showing a 120° temp for the SSD but the fans don't ramp up much more only like 100RPM then goes down again (hovering between 1000RPM/1100RPM) ... still trying to solve the temp showing problem, might have to use some other temp related programs as im currently using Istat pro.
Older SSD's like the older 256GB crucial did make the fan ramp up to 6000RPM pretty much directly on power on, have to check out if its because these SSD's don't have Smart.
I will post some pictures later on for those intrested...
greetz
I could mount the SSD pretty easy with the OCZ bracket, just needed some modification to make it sit tight to the mac.
There are no problems with the fan speed of the HD fan with the OCZ Vortex 3 128GB, the only problem I have so far is that the mac is showing a 120° temp for the SSD but the fans don't ramp up much more only like 100RPM then goes down again (hovering between 1000RPM/1100RPM) ... still trying to solve the temp showing problem, might have to use some other temp related programs as im currently using Istat pro.
Older SSD's like the older 256GB crucial did make the fan ramp up to 6000RPM pretty much directly on power on, have to check out if its because these SSD's don't have Smart.
I will post some pictures later on for those intrested...
greetz