20in iMac G5 HD Question

nascarnate326nascarnate326
Posted:
in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hello,



I am going to switch my girlfriend over to a mac and found a good deal on a 20in iMac G5. $250 but it needs a new hard drive. I think they take a 3.5in SATA drive, but will any of them do?



I wanted to buy this WD 80GB drive, will this work?



http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822135106







thanks for your time

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 4
    nascarnate326nascarnate326 Posts: 130member
    anyone?
  • Reply 2 of 4
    kingofsomewherehotkingofsomewherehot Posts: 4,179member
    if the iMac uses a SATA drive, then yes, it'll work.



    I'm not certain, but I THINK the earliest G5 iMacs still used non-serial ATA ... I could be mistaken though. In any case, any old SATA 3.5" drive will work in the SATA iMacs.
  • Reply 3 of 4
    nascarnate326nascarnate326 Posts: 130member
    Ordered a WD Green drive. Thanks for the help dude.
  • Reply 4 of 4
    mike nassourmike nassour Posts: 16member
    FWIW, I just went through this with the same machine. Basically it's open machine, replace hard drive with SATA drive (I used a 1TB WD) reinstall OSX and boot machine. Reinstall other programs and you're done.



    NOTE: I understand the late G5s with the ISight camera are a more difficult install than mine.



    Honestly, I wouldn't go with anything less than a 500/750 at today's prices...see: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16822136319
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