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Muscle up a G5
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<blockquote data-quote="mac57" data-source="post: 741132" data-attributes="member: 17052"><p>Re the hard drive, I would advise that you check out the specs, and get the one with the largest sustained transfer rate and the largest cache. The large cache in particular is really key. If you can get a disk with a 32 MB cache, go for it. You will REALLY notice the difference.</p><p></p><p>I am driving a Mac Pro, and it originally came with a fairly slow hard drive. I replaced that drive with one with a 32 MB cache and a high sustained transfer rate (105 MB/s I think) and it made a HUGE difference to the overall responsiveness of the machine. I almost halved the boot time and almost halved the average launch time of most applications. </p><p></p><p>A new, faster and more cache-heavy hard drive is an excellent investment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mac57, post: 741132, member: 17052"] Re the hard drive, I would advise that you check out the specs, and get the one with the largest sustained transfer rate and the largest cache. The large cache in particular is really key. If you can get a disk with a 32 MB cache, go for it. You will REALLY notice the difference. I am driving a Mac Pro, and it originally came with a fairly slow hard drive. I replaced that drive with one with a 32 MB cache and a high sustained transfer rate (105 MB/s I think) and it made a HUGE difference to the overall responsiveness of the machine. I almost halved the boot time and almost halved the average launch time of most applications. A new, faster and more cache-heavy hard drive is an excellent investment. [/QUOTE]
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