Macbook pro help?

[SanJoseSharks]

Hi I'm not sure where to post this so I'm posting it here under planning.

 

I'm planning to buy a 15" Macbook pro mid 2012 (model number MD103LL/A) I want to add more RAM as it only has 4GB  and I want to add a crucial MX100 512GB SSD as a second drive so I'm going to order these parts. If anyone sees any compatibility issues please let me know.

 

Macbook Pro

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0074712UY/ref=gno_cart_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3EFJZAFCGXTV0

 

Optical drive caddy

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KGEZ8ZC/ref=gno_cart_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2ORJQ9EJAMS59

 

RAM

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008LTBITY/ref=gno_cart_title_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

SSD

 

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KFAGCUM/ref=gno_cart_title_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

 

[Guest]

These all look compatible; good luck!

 

EDIT- for $50 more, you get the 750GB version, but what's important is the GPU; it goes from a 512MB to a 1GB GTX 650M when you get the higher-end model, PLUS THE RAM IS ALREADY AT 8GB! 

[SanJoseSharks]

These all look compatible; good luck!

 

EDIT- for $50 more, you get the 750GB version, but what's important is the GPU; it goes from a 512MB to a 1GB GTX 650M when you get the higher-end model, PLUS THE RAM IS ALREADY AT 8GB!

Thanks but the next tier one cost 400 dollars more and I won't be playing many games on it anyway. Thanks for the compatibility confirmation.

 

EDIT- If you found one for 1100 please let me know ty

[Guest]

Thanks but the next tier one cost 400 dollars more and I won't be playing many games on it anyway. Thanks for the compatibility confirmation.

 

EDIT- If you found one for 1100 please let me know ty

The one you linked to is $1795, is it not? If you click the 750GB tier button, some one is selling a 'like-new' one for $1799

[SanJoseSharks]

The one you linked to is $1795, is it not? If you click the 750GB tier button, some one is selling a 'like-new' one for $1799

Im buying a used one with for 1050 haha sorry for the mixup. Anyway thanks for the help.

[Guest]

Im buying a used one with for 1050 haha sorry for the mixup. Anyway thanks for the help.

Oh, that was just an example

 

Then never mind. But they should all work together! Good luck again

[Verthaa]

Good luck with your modifications! Not really on topic - are you from SJ? I live in San Jose, never been a Sharks fan though (don't follow hockey ). If I did follow hockey, they'd be my favorite just cause of being my home team.

[menendez1293]

Just as a piece of advice, if you plan on putting the SSD where the internal HDD is, know you will need a special (And very small) torq head for a screw driver. I didn't know this till I swapped out the drive on my 2011 15inch MBPro, luckily I had something around the house that worked. All your parts look like they will work. I have the 16GB kit of the Crucial ram, I have had to issue an RMA on it once already because after the Mavericks upgrade, I continued to get Kernel panics after every power cycle. Luckily after I got the new memory it hasn't happened since. 

 

But if you are going to have a second HD inside the laptop, why a SSD so large? I have a 120GB inside mine now, and while it isn't my main computer I have 70GBs left after the OS install, MS Office, and Adobe Design Premium CS5 along with some other minor programs and my documents.