Questions (and a tip) about third hard drive in G4...

dwrek67dwrek67
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
1. Where do I get one of those U-shaped dealies to put a third hard drive into my G4?



2. What PCI IDE hard drive adapter would you reccommend? I was checking out the Sonnet Tempo 100 for 100 beans.



3. For "payment" for answering these questions, I will provide a pretty nice tip:

As if most of you don't already... check out Outpost.com. They're offering a $75 rebate on an 80gig, 7200RPM Western Digtial hard drive, bringing the price down to $125. Catch: you must buy by tomorrow.



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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    x704x704 Posts: 276member
    1. Check with a mac dealer. All them should have it. Personally I like Maczone.com.



    2. My friend has a Sonnet Tempo 66 & it works well. No drivers required & OS X compatable. $100 sounds like a reasonable price for the Tempo 100.
  • Reply 2 of 4
    dwrek67dwrek67 Posts: 11member
    Good idea... I'll check with a Mac dealer.



    Another quick question, should I be worried about heat issues with three drives in the case?



    Derek
  • Reply 3 of 4
    gigawiregigawire Posts: 196member
    i have 4 hard drives in my mac with no problems. watch that none of the cables block the fans.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    you only really run into heat issues when you're putting 10,000+ RPM SCSI drives on top of one another. IDE drives are nothin'
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