Any Recommendations on an internal HD

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chikarachikara
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I have a G5 1.6(my G4 exploded a year ago and I got this thing).



I am slowly trying to make it more like my G4 was.



The thing is my last comp I used two HD's and I liked that more because I could reinstall the OS at will whenever my OS was acting up, and I kept most of my music and other important school files on the other HD.



I was looking for one internal HD around 25gb and maybe a fire wire one around a smilar size so I can transfer things from my desktop to my laptop(when i get one).



So for now I just wanted to see if you have any recommendations on a small internal HD. IDK anything about my G5 really, so IDK what type of connections it even has for me to expand to a second HD. I have been busy with work so lately my macworld subscriptions ect have ended and I have been out of the mac scene so I am ignorant on the subjects again.



thanks

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    o4blackwrxo4blackwrx Posts: 383member
    You will need a Serial ATA HD. I put another 160GB Seagate Barracuda in my 2nd bay so I have 2 160GB HD's Running RAID 0 'Striping' and I have noticed a great difference in speed. Benchmark before on single 160GB HD was 104 overall and after I put in the second and reinstalled everything I got a benchmark of 154 overall. I also have 120GB External Firewire HD that I use. For you if you just want a small HD for internal make sure it's Serial ATA or else you can't use it internally. Go to www.newegg.com and pick up one for whatever size you need. My 160GB cost me $106 with shipping so I thought it was more then worth the extra space. The smallest Serial ATA newegg has is a Western Digital is a 40GB that costs $67 (here) so it's up to you how much money you want to spend. Hope that helps
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    telomartelomar Posts: 1,804member
    Something I'm interested to know is if Macs support native command queuing.
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    messiahmessiah Posts: 1,689member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Telomar

    Something I'm interested to know is if Macs support native command queuing.



    Bingo. That's the million dollar question isn't it?
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    blackwaveblackwave Posts: 84member
    What about the famed "Raptor" 10, 000 RPM SATA's available through some PC retailers and resellers now? Those are hellaciously nice hard drives, and if one could be outfitted with, say, a dual 1.8 G5, I'd be onboard in five minutes.
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    chikarachikara Posts: 116member
    for an external HD what would be better, USB 2.0 or Firewire?



    from what I understand USB 2.0 has a faster trasnfer rate? am I correct?



    I plan to use it to transfer files from my desktop to my laptop. So it would be helpful to have it be portable and carry it everywhere.
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    kiwi-in-dckiwi-in-dc Posts: 102member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Chikara

    for an external HD what would be better, USB 2.0 or Firewire?



    from what I understand USB 2.0 has a faster trasnfer rate? am I correct?



    USB 2.0 has a theoretical max of 480Mbps, Firewire is 400Mbps - of course, if you've got a G5, you might want to consider a Firewire 800 drive - 800Mbps, but that won't help your laptop if it's not a PowerBook or has a PCMCIA card FW800 adaptor.



    Anyway, I would go for FW over USB 2.0. In my experience FW is much more reliable than USB and generally produces higher real transfer rates.
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    o4blackwrxo4blackwrx Posts: 383member
    I agree completey with kiwi-in-dc. I have benchmarked my External Firewire 400 HD that can also be used as USB 2.0 (PowerMac G5 Dual 2.0Ghz Rev B). The benchmark was considerably faster on Firewire then on USB 2.0 If you are going to get an external HD I say go to www.newegg.com and buy an external enclosure then pick a HD and put it in there, that's what I did.
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