If you keep bottle necks in a machine whatever improvements are at one end will never be entirely satisfactory.
I do not know what you use your maching for. But if for graphics or video you are always better off with an expandable model with some fast card slots. If it is for some general light work and money is tight do whatever you can. But just realize you will spend more and get less. I have been there and done that. I found it to be a waste of time after many years of trying. Alternates for your situation. Put the ( expensive_) SSD right in the iMac. or install a 7200 or 10,000 rpm drive in the iMac. 5400 just does not make it. Never really did. Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer fluxstrin...@gmail.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/fluxstreamcommunication/ http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer https://www.youtube.com/user/fluxstringer http://www.linkedin.com/in/fluxstreamcommunications On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Eric B. Volker <evol...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’ve been looking for ways to improve the responsiveness of my old iMac > (24” mid-2007). I’ve upgraded the hard drive already to a Samsung 5400RPM > 2TB model, but I still get the beachball fairly often. I’m not complaining > - it’s amazing that this thing can still run the latest OS. However, I > would like something that responds better. > > Which leads me to my question. I had a hard time replacing the hard drive > in this Mac, and don’t want to repeat the experience, if possible. Can I > put an SSD in Firewire 800 or 400 enclosure, and would I experience a > significant improvement in responsiveness? Most people focus on the > improvement in raw speed, which would be lost due to the relatively slow > transfer rate of Firewire. However, one of an SSDs big advantages is in > seek times/IOPs/latency, which I’d still get with Firewire. So has anyone > tried using an SSD in a Firewire enclosure, and did they see an improvement > in performance? Firewire 800 is also a good bit more expensive than FW400; > would it make a big difference? > > Thanks, > > Eric > > -- > You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a > group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com > To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "iMac Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
