Extra Internal Drive for Power Mac G5

I've got a Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB SATA Hard Drive in my top bay of my G5 Dual 2GHz PowerPC... I wanted to get another for the middle bay .. what do you think of them in terms of capacity/speed vs cost? Seem cheaper than Maxtor thats all.
Is it better to stay with the same brand drive for the extra internal?


By the way does Seagate carry a 250GB or larger SATA Drive with Native Command Queuing (NCQ) as the 200GB has?

questions .... questions!

Without some sort of modification, I thought the G5's only had space for two HD's. I don't use Seagate so I can't help you there. There is no benefit (that I know) of using matching HD's unless you are using RAID.

tks bryphotoguy .. yes only 2 hard disk drive bays! Forgot... any reason you don't use Seagate?

I use Western Digital. That's what came in my Mac Pro. They're always the cheapest when I am in the hunt for a new HD. I picked up my 750GB on newegg.com for $155 in total. I haven't had one fail on me so I will continue to purchase them until I have a problem.

tks bryphotoguy... which model no was the Western Digital?
.. anyone know if its best to have one that runs at 7200 RPM like most G5 drives? or is it just a case of what you use it for?

If the G5's operate in a similar manner to G4's, get a 7200 RPM model. If you put say a 5400 RPM both drives would then operate at the slower speed. Likewise if you had a 10,000 it would reduce to 7200 if that speed went in.

harryb2448 said:

If the G5's operate in a similar manner to G4's, get a 7200 RPM model. If you put say a 5400 RPM both drives would then operate at the slower speed. Likewise if you had a 10,000 it would reduce to 7200 if that speed went in.

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Um...no. The speed of one hard drive has nothing to do with the speed of any other hard drive. On any system.

tks Technologist .. think you are right. Just checking .. never make hasty purchases. 7200 RPM is the right speed cause any slower would not work out for video editing (with Final Cut). My drive at the moment is a Seagate Barracuda 200GB 7200.7...

Any HD speed will work. A 5400 RPM drive will work slower than a 7200 RPM drive will so transfers will be slower and so on.
Link to the drive I recently purchased.