@danj - can you provide reference material regarding your comments on CRC error count? How significantly did these errors affect performance? Did you A/B Gen 5. Apple SSD to third-party NVMe SSD with adapters?
I'm investigating the benefits of upgrading my mid-2015 15" MBP Retina SSD to one that supports NVMe.
Options for purchasing a salvaged Apple SSD are considerably more expensive than purchasing a Samsung SSD with adapter...
I have seen youtube videos showing successful upgrades to third-party SSDs. I did not see any comments on CRC errors, though.
I would love to hear your opinion/comments on this subject. Thanks!
Mike
Pt. 1
@mayer I would follow your recommendation, but the purchase cost is non-negligible.
Thanks for the information @danj. Yeah, I'd prefer to get a salvaged Apple SSD, but they're considerably more expensive.
I produce music with my MBP, and I'm currently experiencing overheating issues and the subsequent unraveling of Ableton Live at high sample rates and multi-track recording. I'm building a Hackintosh in the mean time, but I am curious to see if my MBP heat problem can be reduced.
For multitrack recording, reading/writing audio streams to an SSD is the main work-intensive task. This is the incentive for me to pursue this option to begin with.
Pt. 2
OWC sells Aura Pro X drives that do not require an adapter, but the user reviews on Amazon are split about 50-50 positive negative, with issues relating to increased heat & OS malfunctions post-install.
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/owc-aura...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=engdHBU7...
It also looks like Apple purposely attempts to ignore third-party drives.. Installing such an SSD may not be a future-proof option if Apple is actively fighting the third-party SSD community.
Going this route may be an exercise in frustration, a la "fixed one problem and made another.."
Pt. 3
The Beetstech HD site has this quote which I'm going off of for pursuing a new SSD option.
"Both the 13″ and 15″ MacBook Pros also support the NVMe protocol and upgrading to Gen. 5 SSDs can bring a modest speed boost to the 13″ model A1502, but the 15″ model A1398 with its PCIe 3.0 connection really allows the NVMe technology to shine. Read speeds increase by ~40% and write speeds can increase by ~60%."
I will message the author and see if he can shed some more light on options for better performance..
Thanks for your comments, guys!
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Here's the steps to get it to work.
https://medium.com/@MaestroVolis/samsung...
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