Power Mac - Can you recommend a good internal Hard drive?

Pebble757 · Pebble757 #1 (**permalink**)

07-16-2007, 09:18 PM

Hi. Can anyone recommend a good serial ATA hard drive for a Powermac G5? 400-500 GB, or so. To be used as a 2nd internal drive for video editing.
Thanks.

cwa107 · cwa107 #2 (**permalink**)

07-16-2007, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Pebble757

Hi. Can anyone recommend a good serial ATA hard drive for a Powermac G5? 400-500 GB, or so. To be used as a 2nd internal drive for video editing.
Thanks.

I highly recommend Seagate products. Performance among 3.5" SATA hard drives doesn't vary significantly, so my chief consideration is how much confidence the manufacturer has in their product. The warranty length makes that evident. I believe Seagate is the only manufacturer offering a 5 year warranty on all of their products. They also tend to be extremely quiet. Check out the ST3500641AS-RK with NCQ (native command queuing). It runs around $150.

Beta1 · Beta1 #3 (**permalink**)

07-16-2007, 10:24 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148108

JUST bought 2 of these today for my G5. They come with a 5yr Warranty and are mega cheap.

From what I hear they are the perfect 2nd drive like your looking for.

Goodluck, and I will post what type of performance I get from them in the next few days if you still haven’t picked up a new drive.

Pebble757 · Pebble757 #4 (**permalink**)

07-16-2007, 11:19 PM

That sounds great. Thanks.

Sexy Patrol · Sexy Patrol #5 (**permalink**)

07-17-2007, 01:17 AM

Macsales has a 500GB 7200RPM Maxtor drive for $99. I was considering buying 2 of them for a G5 upgrade project I'm planning... Ya might want to check those out if you're still looking.

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Pebble757 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 08, 2007 Posts: 8 Mac Specs: Powerbook 1.25, 1 MB RAM	07-16-2007, 09:18 PM Hi. Can anyone recommend a good serial ATA hard drive for a Powermac G5? 400-500 GB, or so. To be used as a 2nd internal drive for video editing. Thanks.
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Pebble757 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 08, 2007 Posts: 8 Mac Specs: Powerbook 1.25, 1 MB RAM	07-16-2007, 11:19 PM That sounds great. Thanks.
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Sexy Patrol #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 13, 2006 Location: Upstate California Posts: 217 Mac Specs: '09 8-core MacPro \| '12 MBA \| iPad 2 16GB \| iPhone 5 16GB	07-17-2007, 01:17 AM Macsales has a 500GB 7200RPM Maxtor drive for $99. I was considering buying 2 of them for a G5 upgrade project I'm planning... Ya might want to check those out if you're still looking.
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