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Apple Computing Products:
macOS - Desktop Hardware
Which thermal paste to use
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<blockquote data-quote="Geeky1" data-source="post: 599102" data-attributes="member: 34442"><p>I haven't done it, but I know it's been done. You need to stay with drives smaller than 128GB (which is getting difficult these days); the machine can't properly use anything larger.</p><p></p><p>You want a 7200rpm drive, ideally with 8MB or more of cache... Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor and Hitachi are all decent choices. I'd be mildly concerned about how hot the drive will get in there; it may not be a problem but desktop drives need to stay <= ~50*C usually; ideal for me is about 40*C or lower.</p><p></p><p>I'd almost consider putting a laptop drive in it with an adapter, but that may not just be a drop in thing, and it'd certainly be more expensive. I'll do some poking around when I have a minute and see what I can come up with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geeky1, post: 599102, member: 34442"] I haven't done it, but I know it's been done. You need to stay with drives smaller than 128GB (which is getting difficult these days); the machine can't properly use anything larger. You want a 7200rpm drive, ideally with 8MB or more of cache... Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor and Hitachi are all decent choices. I'd be mildly concerned about how hot the drive will get in there; it may not be a problem but desktop drives need to stay <= ~50*C usually; ideal for me is about 40*C or lower. I'd almost consider putting a laptop drive in it with an adapter, but that may not just be a drop in thing, and it'd certainly be more expensive. I'll do some poking around when I have a minute and see what I can come up with. [/QUOTE]
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