Recommend a 1TB HD for First Gen 20" iMac Core Duo...

[markfc]

I'm looking to upgrade my first gen Intel Core Duo iMac hard drive. It was originally 250gb but I upgraded to 750gb and now need more room.

Speed is my primary concern, any suggestions?

Hardware Overview:

Model Name: iMac
Model Identifier: iMac4,1
Processor Name: Intel Core Duo
Processor Speed: 2 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 2 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 667 MHz
Boot ROM Version: IM41.0055.B08
SMC Version (system): 1.1f5
Serial Number (system): W8602CEUU2P
Hardware UUID: 00000000-0000-1000-8000-0016CB843EBB

Intel ICH7-M AHCI:

Vendor: Intel
Product: ICH7-M AHCI
Speed: 1.5 Gigabit
Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported

ST3750640AS:

Capacity: 698.64 GB
Model: ST3750640AS
Revision: 3.AAE
Serial Number: 5QD14TA9
Native Command Queuing: Yes
Queue Depth: 32
Removable Media: No
Detachable Drive: No
BSD Name: disk0
Mac OS 9 Drivers: No
Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
Volumes:
Macintosh:
Capacity: 666.88 GB
Available: 111.71 GB
Writable: Yes
File System: Journaled HFS+
BSD Name: disk0s2
Mount Point: /

 

[Aadhil]

How about an external drive? Here's a 1.5TB drive for $130

http://www.amazon.com/Iomega-Presti...7?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1254318120&sr=8-7

 

[markfc]

Right going to order this today...are they any problems fitting a sata ii drive on a sata i interface?

Thanks

 

[iSavant]

A SATA2 drive works fine plugged into a SATA1 interface, no prob

 

[markfc]

Thanks.

Just ordered a Samsung HD103SJ Spinpoint F3 1TB Hard Drive SATAII 7200rpm 32MB Cache

Will have fun tomorrow installing and finally upgrading to snow leopard.

 

[shevans]

Just to resurrect an old thread.

I bought the same drive a SAMSUNG HD103SJ for my early iMac Intel version. Pig of a job to fit but much faster than the stock 160Gb WD that had failed.

I did initially jumpered the drive to force SATA1.5 speeds but the drive was not recognised, however having it jumper-less works fine.

Applications load twice as fast but you do hear quite a bit of seek noise. Idle its as quiet as the stock drive but now I have 950Gb of space to fill.