Hello all!
I've got my mind made up. I'll be ordering a CTO (Configure to Order) Mac Pro 2.8 GHz 8 core Mac Pro soon but I need your help as a few things are driving me crazy!
I have read at various sources that the 320 GB Seagate stock HDD is crap! Further, it can, relative to say, a Western Digital same-sized drive, one person took a 31% performance hit with the stock 320 GB Seagate drive!
I called Apple yesterday and asked what drive I would get if I upgraded my order to two 500 GB drives. They said they do not divulge this info to the public. I understand that as they may substitute one drive for another if supply issues are raised however this is frustrating not knowing what one will get!
Question one: Have any of you purchased a new Mac Pro in January 2008 with 500 GB drive or drives? I'd like to know a) what make and model HDD you got b) what you think if its performance / would you recommend?
Question two: If I bought the Mac Pro with the stock 320 GB drive and then added two more 500 GB HDDs what would be two stellar HDDs to get for performance, reliability, price, etc. I'm taking Serial ATA (SATA) drives BTW not RAID or other setups. If you added your own HDD 500 GB what did you chose and why?
Question three: I've read that for best performance one should a) use four sticks of RAM (versus two sticks) so choose 4 - 1GB of RAM vs. 2 - 2GBs of RAM for example. True that this will help performance - getting the 4 sticks?
Question four: I have read that if one uses 4 sticks of RAM they should be identical. This would mean that if I get 2 - 1 GB sticks from Apple and try to save money on another 2 - 1 GB sticks from a cheaper source like Crucial or OW, etc. I may take a performance hit. True? Should I just buy the overpriced Apple RAM and take my lumps? I don't want memory incompatibilities now or down the road.
I'm chompin' at the bit to buy that new Mac Pro but these issues give me pause. And researching "the best" HDDs is insane as everyone has such different opinions. I've always done fine with Seagate drives, for example, but I hear some of their recent stuff, like the stock 320 GB HDD is junk and unreliable. Help!
Thanks all,
SNazz123
I've got my mind made up. I'll be ordering a CTO (Configure to Order) Mac Pro 2.8 GHz 8 core Mac Pro soon but I need your help as a few things are driving me crazy!
I have read at various sources that the 320 GB Seagate stock HDD is crap! Further, it can, relative to say, a Western Digital same-sized drive, one person took a 31% performance hit with the stock 320 GB Seagate drive!
I called Apple yesterday and asked what drive I would get if I upgraded my order to two 500 GB drives. They said they do not divulge this info to the public. I understand that as they may substitute one drive for another if supply issues are raised however this is frustrating not knowing what one will get!
Question one: Have any of you purchased a new Mac Pro in January 2008 with 500 GB drive or drives? I'd like to know a) what make and model HDD you got b) what you think if its performance / would you recommend?
Question two: If I bought the Mac Pro with the stock 320 GB drive and then added two more 500 GB HDDs what would be two stellar HDDs to get for performance, reliability, price, etc. I'm taking Serial ATA (SATA) drives BTW not RAID or other setups. If you added your own HDD 500 GB what did you chose and why?
Question three: I've read that for best performance one should a) use four sticks of RAM (versus two sticks) so choose 4 - 1GB of RAM vs. 2 - 2GBs of RAM for example. True that this will help performance - getting the 4 sticks?
Question four: I have read that if one uses 4 sticks of RAM they should be identical. This would mean that if I get 2 - 1 GB sticks from Apple and try to save money on another 2 - 1 GB sticks from a cheaper source like Crucial or OW, etc. I may take a performance hit. True? Should I just buy the overpriced Apple RAM and take my lumps? I don't want memory incompatibilities now or down the road.
I'm chompin' at the bit to buy that new Mac Pro but these issues give me pause. And researching "the best" HDDs is insane as everyone has such different opinions. I've always done fine with Seagate drives, for example, but I hear some of their recent stuff, like the stock 320 GB HDD is junk and unreliable. Help!
Thanks all,
SNazz123