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<blockquote data-quote="harryb2448" data-source="post: 881124" data-attributes="member: 42497"><p>G'day and welcome to the forums.</p><p></p><p>You need a 3.5" SATA HDD. If you can only purchase a SATA 11 model, make sure it comes with jumpers to choke it back to operate at SATA 1 speeds as SATA 11 is not always backwards compatible despite what you read.</p><p></p><p>The MB indicates the cache speed, and the higher the better to a certain extent. 2MB used to be the standard. A 16MB cache will suit you just fine and with a G5 there is no great speed difference between the 16/32MB cache.</p><p></p><p>A 1TB drive would be the go, something like this:-</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001Q9EKU0/?tag=macforums0e4-20" target="_blank">Amazon.com: Hitachi 1 TB 16MB 7200RPM SATA Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 0A38016: Electronics</a></p><p></p><p>All top brands, WD, Seagate, Hitachi, Fujitsu are all pretty good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="harryb2448, post: 881124, member: 42497"] G'day and welcome to the forums. You need a 3.5" SATA HDD. If you can only purchase a SATA 11 model, make sure it comes with jumpers to choke it back to operate at SATA 1 speeds as SATA 11 is not always backwards compatible despite what you read. The MB indicates the cache speed, and the higher the better to a certain extent. 2MB used to be the standard. A 16MB cache will suit you just fine and with a G5 there is no great speed difference between the 16/32MB cache. A 1TB drive would be the go, something like this:- [URL='http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001Q9EKU0/?tag=macforums0e4-20']Amazon.com: Hitachi 1 TB 16MB 7200RPM SATA Bulk/OEM Hard Drive 0A38016: Electronics[/url] All top brands, WD, Seagate, Hitachi, Fujitsu are all pretty good. [/QUOTE]
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