The Super MacBook Pro Upgrade (1TB RAID SSD Upgrade + RAM Upgrade 2013)
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Wow. This Lew from the past is so calm compared to the 2017 one. I prefer the calm one. The 2017 Lew behaves so hyper active.
I like his 2017
Cuz he is swimming in dat utube money
Hes back to his glory days , tha man is calm now
Are you in 2019 and still thinking of upgrading your macbook pro 13" mid 2012?
15" but yes
Still can upgrade n good performance while editing video or photo in era 2019 ?? Someone help me ?
I've just bought 2010 pro 15 for a good price like is it even worth upgrading
sam wilson core 2 duos are pretty slow thats why many upgrade mid 2012s and core i7 will be good option and wont need to be changed for another couple of years
Muhammad Muizz yup. I edit most of my CZcams videos on a mid 2012 just fine. The others I’ve done with the iPad Air 2. Just bought a 12.9 iPad Pro (2018) and will try to make that my main workhorse.
Wow, you actually used to do stuff.
Damm
Wow the first time I see this
🤣🤣🤣
LMAO
I miss this
Dammnnn 600 bucks for an 480gb ssd. That ssd better be able to make my breakfast.
Lol hahahah
+Axe Racing they cost around 120 to 150 now
+578 af9 it's still $600 for the 480 ssd on Amazon. Where is it cheaper?
+578 af9 that one is cheaper. Thought you meant that particular brand. I actually have that drive. Kind of want to upgrade to the 500gb now though
I meant ssd's in general, though brands dont really matter as most of them are good
Woh, I didn't know you did tutorials, please do more ❤️
Did you notice any weight reduction after removing the optical drive?
Upgraded my a1267 late 2011 to 1tb and 16gb and lemme tell you. Worth every penny. Only like $150 in total for all parts and It runs like a freaking dream
am not crying, i actually like this project. just throwing an idea to consider for those who want to buy a new mac
i have a macbook pro late 2011 i7 2.5 Ghz 8mb cache l3 , with 16gb ram and 240gb ssd and running very fast!!
About to implement this in 2019, on my 2011 17 inch MBP
zeczam same.
just recently did an upgrade thats Simular to this, i have an HP Envy 17 that came out in 2011... just recently it was overheating like CRAZY!!! and it had two 7200 rpm hard drives installed (one wasnt working properly)... i switched to SSD, opened up the laptop cleaned the CPU & GPU, put artic 5 thermal paste... Now my laptop is a Beast!!!!!! went from a rating of 5.9 to 7.1, and its really quiet and Way Cooler. No more overheating!!!
I did this conversion recently it was as described very simple and the performance improvement was very noticeable. I used the OWC CD converter (nice blue color) and i put in two 1TB drives and an external 2TB. the laptop now acts as a server
2018 anyone?
ya
R3 Gaming me is from 2018
me
i know we deserve a prize
Hey me to
best macbook pro
mid 2012 15 inch
2.7 ghz quad core i7 up to 3.7 ghz with 8mb l3 coache
16 gb 1600 mhz memory
nvidia gt 650m with 1gb
2 Samsung 850 PRO 2TB (4 TB total in RAID)
+charles chan 950 pro 2 TB does not exist ;)
+Mikat sorry typo i meant 850
+Zaczann you cant upgrade gpu on notebooks... he was talking about a mid 2012 macbook pro ALREADY WITH 650m
+4ndY252 Do you know the number of the mac book pro that he is talking about?
+4ndY252 but you can! It's called an eGPU (external graphics card). It goes through the thunderbolt.. I recommend looking up MacBook Pro eGPU
doing this today instead of getting the macbook pro 2013 because i still love the look and feel of the 2012 :) thanks so much
Good going. Today we can get two 2TB SSDs to form RAID 0 to get 4TB capacity within the MBP. That's some serious capacity for laptops (though may not be in a few years),
Have a few RAID 0 2TB system on my hand. Bought many 1TB HDDs so making it to use as a back up to a single 2TB in my Mac Pro 3,1. Yep, considering getting MBP sometime soon.
Good old Unbox Therapy ...
My MacBook Pro
13 inch Mid 2012
Core i5 3210M 2.5Ghz
16GB RAM
480GB SSD
HD Graphics 4000
i still like this unbox therapy in this moment
it does, raid 0 puts the speed of both ssd's together. the original speed of one is about three ~ five times as much from a traditional harddrive. sp pretty much means that the speed can reach up to 10 times as fast.
Just had this absolutely crazy idea, but what if instead of installing a SSD in the optic drive you installed a mobile descrete graphics card and rewired the thunderbolt access inside so that you could run it. Have the fan vent through the old optic drive opening.
+Countryguy good idea. id like to see if this is possible
Countryguy any news ?
The perfectcionist Kenneth Cole Any news??
I approve of this upgrade project, rightfully named Hackenbook Pro. Don't forget to have your duct tape and tie wire and WD40 handy.
Wait, I actually use the Optical Drive on mine but since I'm seeing it's replaceable has anyone ever tried upgrading that to support Blu-Ray disks?
Luciano Martinez Yeah bro, the optical drive is completely capable of managing Blurays all day
I guess no one has but that's is a very good idea thanks!
+Sr Moreno Not the stock one. You have to buy a third-party one. Then use an app like VLC to playback the Blur Ray.
LightbulbTedbear2
It can play blueray discs... You just need to download two dencrypter codecs and place them in either %appdata% for windows or the application folder in mac.
Whats the point of having 4k videos if the actual screen is 1280*800?
dude I can actually watch this, he's not super hyper and doesn't "clickbait youtube" voice.
I just bought a 2012 MacBook Pro lol I’m here lol big up Trinidad and Tobago
Back then 480 gigs? 600 bucks, please
Now, 2 TERABYTES for 600 bucks.
Now, 4 Terabytes for 600 bucks.
Tyrone Nelson where?
Nooneknows 2017 nooneknows lol
$450 for 2TB Samsung Pro 860 SSD
600 bucks was for SSD 480 GB. Not HDD. For that price, you can get a HDD with 10 terabytes.
anyone in 2019?
I upgraded my early 2011 macbook pro back in 2016 used it throughout college for two years and then Uni for 3 years all with 4gb ram and 320gb hdd after completed uni I upgraded to 16gb ram and an ssd wish I'd had done this sooner! Damn was rapid. Used it up until 2018 then the keyboard died, tried to fix it with a new one but it was too hard.
this lew is actually trying to make the video good.. peak of this show
Anyone watching in 2019? 🤣
2020 man, stay in 2019. The future sucks!!!!
2021 mannn
will this helps the rendering in video editing?
no, you need a good processor or video card!
+RobinGameNL You can look up ways people have successfully hooked up external graphics card systems to beef up their laptops or MacBooks. Should help you a lot with raw footage.
Yes of course
Yes, video cards do not extend your rendering performance. However, processor is really important
this is a throwback
Don't forget the storage is flash chip soldered to the logic board, even faster than an SSD that uses standard SATA connection.
Anyone from the distant future of 2016?
+Bob Bolt $124.99 for 500gb SSD. 2016 baby!
+Bob Bolt yes and this is major reason why I've stopped buying a macbook pro, you can't flip'in upgrade shit any more.
we out here in 2017
I'm from 2017
2018
I have a mid 2012 MacBook Pro. Will this work?
Yes, I did this to my MBP and its a mid 2012 15" i7 2.7GHz
this guy Ok thanks :)
this guy What did you upgrade to?
Mathias Håkonsson 480Gig AMD Ratheon R7 SSD and 16gigs of Patriot RAM.
Mathias Håkonsson UPDATE: Don't use Patriot RAM or any RAM with a latency of 11 because it will occasionally cause kernel panics with Macs. Use RAM with a latency of 9.
Buy the items from ebay. The same exact MBP costed me 1489US while the same SSD costed me 225US. Both are used items and I won them in an eBay auction. Buying a used retina with top configurations costs around 1000US more. Also retina has its draw backs and I sold my retina and sticked with this.
Digging that iron man swag bandaid.
I still want a new 17 inch MacBook Pro
can i upgrade my macbook pro 2006??
Abban Siddiqui yes
Anything before 2016 can be upgraded lol.
Glenn Mathew Not really.
Glenn Mathew Most everything is soldered on.
let it go
the reason in flash memory deteriorates over time (hence a 480gb drive truly has 500, just 20gb is used to replace the deteriorated parts) not shutting down lets it deteriorate (not really faster, just giving it more time to do so)
Damn old ass video I didn’t even realize this was unbox therapy lol
Why would you remove the optical drive? i mean sure it makes space for a faster Mac but you can need to optical drive for certain purposes
He can just put it back in if needed.
He can use the external optical and not have to take it back out as well.. They're like 50 bucks... Opticals really are rarely used as most things are downloadable.. SO externals usually work pretty well for how seldom you'll probably be popping in a CD/DVD...
Ok, must just be me :P i just use cd's when buying games however i normally but games of steam
SSD's are energy savers, but constantly writing and reading will just damage them as more as a standard HDD.
So, either going for the speed and possibly losing your files if you don't back up, or just go to a standard HDD.
Woahhh 2 upgrades!!! That is the craziest upgrade I've ever seen! Ram?? And hard drive? Wow!
That only applies with the MacBook Pro Retina Displays. Those are very difficult to upgrade due to the fact everything is soldered down to the motherboard. The Non-Retina display MacBook Pro's have normal HDD so yes these would apply, bear in mind don't attempt to do this if you have no idea what you're doing. You should only attempt this if you have very good knowledge of this and have had previous experience doing something similar.
Good Luck.
Much like the process Lou shows, you could sacrifice your Optical drive and put in an adapter to add the ssd.
Yes it would, I would recommend building your own computer to combat the issue.
it's the high resolution screen for the macbook pro's. It was a screen option before the Retinas.
Completely agree, except the fact that any sort of upgrade will void your warranty.
The hard drive and the ram are user upgradable components (the DVD drive, however isn't)
And the retina macbook pro delivers lesser real life battery performance than the non-retina one.
Just wanted to point out the upgrading the ram and/or the hdd won't void your warranty.
I like your iron man bandaid.
pretty sure it will, the bluray reads the disk and sends the info to the computer, it doesnt need the computer telling it how.
I did this on my mid-2009 13'' Macbook Pro and it runs better than a lot of the modern alternatives. Only problem is I'm stuck with 3Gb/s SATA.
If someone has two solid reliable drives and a solid backup solution RAID is excellent. I'm running two neutron GTX drives in a striped setup and I'm obtaining ~1050MBps read speeds. High end drives likely won't fail for some time and even if they did I have a solid backup solution.
For the people who may be doing this make sure you make a recovery drive to reinstall mac os x. He forgot to mention that if you dont do it its a pain in the ass to reinstall the software.
Possible counterarguments:
1. 200$ cheaper
2. Almost 1TB storage in RAID 0 !
3. Non Glossy Screen !
4. Why should the warranty be lost ? Reversing the upgrade process is soo easy ! -> warranty not voided :)
5. Thunderbold SSD -> external! Extremely important since it should be a portable computer :)
Aside from that, i would have also picked the retina version.. :)
You don't need the recovery, Hold Command-R when booting even with new drives, and it will download the recovery tool. You do NOT need to use the old hard drive at all.
That Ironman band-aid doe....
Mr cool, calm and composed
😎😎😎
I just bought a samsung 840 Pro and it's on its way. I also purchased the screwdriver kit you listed in the description. I also purchased a different yet similar caddy for the optical drive bay. It is set to arrive Tuesday Jan. 7. Then I'm going to use this video to install it.
Yes, the easiest way is using the preinstalled software called bootcamp. what it lets you do is partition your hard drive(s)/SSD(S) to run both Windows or Max OS X. Then if you want to you can also buy a Third party program called Parallels which will let you install a virtual machine of Windows (Though I wouldn't do that for gaming) or even access the Bootcamp partition you may have made. PM me if you wish to know more.
Wow, back when Apple actually allowed you to update your laptop... lol
Awesome. My macbook pro is three years old now. I think I am gonna try it soon. Thank you so much for such a wonderful tutorial.
3 years already lol.. this is the video that made me subscribe to Unbox Theraphy XD
Wow its totally differents stuff that this guy were doing comparing to todays videos...
Definitely 😂
unboxtheraphy is the best thing ever to happen in my life. they are really awesome.they are my fav youtube channel. i love all there videos :)
you know LEW if your out there reading this i hope so. i hope you can still do this kind of video this is where you start and i hope you can still produce this kind of video upgrading macbook pro
that is true however the encoding for dvd is very different than the blu ray disk and apple has not written the bluray code into their OS. so you might as well wait untill they add it into their system
if your laptop can support something like the procedure of the MacBook pro, then go with that (google around to see if it's possible), if not, you may need a hard-drive enclosure so you can use the 1TB drive as an external drive. I have a mid 2010 MacBook and I have the seagate 1tb hybrid drive, so that's something to consider if you want storage and increased speed, not quite SSD speeds, but still reasonably fast.
he has a dell though, but yea, take out your optical and change it with the hdd and put the ssd in the original hdd slot. do this just in case your optical runs on SATA II
Nice band-aid.
Awesome!. I updated my 13 inch, Early 2011 MacBook Pro 13. I installed 2 500 gb Samsung 850 Evo with RAID 0. I used BlackMagic to test it and got 963Mb Read and 964Mb Write.. Thank you so much! this video was incredibly useful. Keep up with the video's...
It's very easy to do it yourself. All you need is to watch some tutorials and you'll be set! That's what I always do :) Never failed once! Just make sure to follow more than one tutorial.
Iron man plaster? Nice one lol
Now you should understand me.Am not trying to argue. You are actually right. RAIDing your drivers isn't really the best thing to do. yes it boost your speed but if one disk failed for whatever reason, you can kiss goodbye all your data. Raid drivers are two time more likely to fail. Anti-glare screens are good but glossy ones have deeper blacks and more vibrant color with is better for video,photo editing.Apple sure knows what their screws look like.Upgrading will sure leave marks on them.
Yes I have a early 2011 one and I upgraded it with 8GB of RAM, it makes a difference believe me! For even better results replace your HDD with a SSD!
Awesome video, everything clean, organized and crucial if you want to upgrade your build!
I'll be doin this soon. I think macs are next to useless when it comes to having any real control and flexibility but I need to use one for work. Better to have a hot rodded pinto than a stock one. Thanks for the vid.
No, you can use cd's and dvd's but you need a external optical drive.
it's a monster that comes just at night
I like your iron man band-aid
plus the storage of the retina is not sat 3 ssd but pci ssd which is faster due to the pci connection
It has the Anti-glare option. which comes in silver on the MBP.
Because the 480GB is a SSD (solid state drive). SSD are more reliable, up to 10 times faster, and can handle drops and physical abuse better than a mechanical (spinning) hard drive. So 2 480GB SSD is like 960GB or 1TB in RAID.
i just bought a macbook pro and im going to upgrade it just like this .. thanks big dawg for the upgrade help!
Cam you do a pc build where you take an average consumer case and max it out with the best stuff you can? This would mean including filling the drive cages, maxing those PCIE slots, and fitting so many fans in there you would feel like there's a tornado next to you. Best ATX board, best ram, server class cpu, more gpus than you will know what to do with.
I think the idea is that with upgrading the old macbook pro that then if you want to upgrade anything else later on in time when technology improves you can.
With the retina model as its all secured down you cannot change anything out so if you want to improve it later on you dont have much of a choice.
you should put a link for those screwdrivers, that set looks really good
Dat iron man band aid doe
Is it just me or your hands look really smooth and I love the plaster.
I love the audio on this vid. Sounds soooooo good...
that's absolutely ingenious
it is growing. and if u look at it most of the PCs r used for work. if u look at it for personal use Mac will win
mac is the #1 laptop on a college campus
The razer abussus is a great left handed mouse. Idk if you want a true left handed mode or ambidextrous is ok. This one is ambidextrous.
He actually ended up paying 3410.11$. Its actually 200$ cheaper getting the 15-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display with a 2.7GHz Intel Core i7 Processor, 16GB of Ram, NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M with 1GB of GDDR5 memory and 768GB of SSD. All you lose is 192GB but, you gain Retina display, a lighter laptop, longer battery life and you don't have to open up your laptop which means that you don't lose warranty.
My 2010 macpro...bout to be lit
I respect your work Lou
16gb ram 6tb ssd 6tb optical drive that macbook is very very strong
Nice iron man bandaid
Hey Lu may i suggest that you install both mac operating system and windows operating system on just that mac. My friend has it and its really cool you can like switch between mac and windows. I reckon that if you had that it would be a really good laptop. Everyone like This so he can see!!!
still avoiding the main issue, normal windows pc's are more common and every man and his dog has one. macs are awesome machines I've owned a few but for sheer ease I stick with a pc for everyday life.
watching this on my 2016 mbp feeling jealous af