OSX will run on 2gb.There are only a few Apple computers left that come with Intel processors, and most people shouldn’t buy them. This will allow for firmware updates and built in garbage collection "trim" support.Īnd "OWC SSD" or "Crucial MX300" is your best SSD purchase. Your best value and intelligent purchase to to buy and SSD that is supported in OSX. So endurance doubles as the gigabyte size of the SSD increases. SSD is warranted to endure ( last ) up to 100 years at 5gb. if you have allot of files to store like music, videos, photos, etc.Ī 256gb. if you want to run boot camp, dual boot OSX and MS-Windows ( Best purchase value )ġtb. will allow for most apps and OSX and leave you about 30gb.
You best performance improvement to make are to upgrade the rotational hard-drive for an SSD.ġ20gb. They benchmark twice that of a dual core i5 or i7 CPU.Ī dual core i5 or i7 CPU will benchmark score about 6000Ī quad core i5 or i7 CPU will benchmark score about 12000+ Not much CPU performance improvement in quad core i7 CPU's since 3rd gen Ivy bridge. You can then replace the hard drive with your Samsung Evo, and replace the 128GB Apple SSD with a 1TB one as long as it has the same Apple style connector. As I mentioned I am sure people like OWC MacSales will eventually offer a suitable kit but the safer, easier, quicker option is to get the cheapest Fusion drive configuration.
The problem is getting a PCIe SSD cable/mount if your Mac mini has not already got one. needed to fit a PCIe SSD as well and vice versa.
The Mac mini 2014 Fusion drive configuration consists of a 2.5" SATA III hard drive plus a 128GB PCIe SSD drive and therefore includes all the cables, screws and brackets needed for both.Īs you are probably aware the 2011 Mac mini instead has just two 2.5" SATA III bays.Ī hard drive only configuration will apparently not have all the screws etc. The 2014 Mac mini has a single 2.5" SATA III bay, and a single PCIe SSD slot for Apple proprietary style SSD connectors. the Samsung 850 Evo, then you could get this configuration with just the 1TB hard drive, then replace that hard drive with your 2TB Samsung 850 Evo. If you are happy to only have a 2TB SATA III SSD i.e. You could get a 2TB SATA III SSD but as I pointed out this is only a third of the speed of a PCIe SSD. SSD drives with this proprietary connector can now be bought from third-parties, however the biggest I have seen is only 1TB the same as Apple's.
The PCIe SSD in the Mac mini 2014 is the same as the MacBook Pro 2013/2015 and that means it uses a proprietary Apple connector and not the standard M2 connector. Third party companies may start selling PCIe SSD upgrade kits for the Mac mini but I have struggled to find one already available. In order to have all the required screws, cables and/or brackets so you can have your own SSD and hard drive fitted you do need to buy a Fusion configuration. It could be the price has been reduced.Īpple do not offer a 2TB SSD option or even a 2TB hard drive option, as you spotted the nearest option is a 2TB Fusion configuration. I have seen nothing to indicate the Mac mini has been changed so yes it is still the 2014 model.