I'm looking to get a hard drive for a windows partition (currently having a hellacious time with a leopard + windows hard drive) and would like some suggestions. Thanks.
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Recommendations for Mac Pro hard drives?
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richard.mac
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Hitachi Deskstar, Western Digital Caviar or Seagate Barracuda SATA 3.0Gb/s 7200RPM 16MB or 32MB cache HDDs
http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=15&name=Hard-Drives
get an OEM drive as you dont need the cables, screws, documentation as you just put it in one of the Mac Pro's HDD bays and thats it!
http://www.newegg.com/Store/Category.aspx?Category=15&name=Hard-Drives
get an OEM drive as you dont need the cables, screws, documentation as you just put it in one of the Mac Pro's HDD bays and thats it!
Seagate disks are to be avoided in Mac Pro, since they vibrate a lot. They are silent, but they vibrate!
I've found that the Wester Digital Green Power 2 disks are the best. They are silent, doesn't vibrate, and... They're silent! 🙂
I've found that the Wester Digital Green Power 2 disks are the best. They are silent, doesn't vibrate, and... They're silent! 🙂
In my opinion the Samsung F1 Spinpoint is currently the best harddrive you can get. They are fast as hell and really quiet! 😎
750GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100
1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152102
750GB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152100
1TB
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152102
jrnewhouse
macrumors regular
I have Windows on a 500 GB WD Caviar SE16 SATA-II 7200 RPM drive, and I've been very happy with it. It is quiet and fast.
I would stay away from Seagate unless you can confirm that they no longer have the performance issues that were a problem with some 7200.10s. Maybe the 7200.11s are better, I don't know.
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Actually, the Samsung SpinPoint drives vibrate very much, too - at least when upside down, as in the Mac Pro. Sorry.
Western Digital Caviar 640 GB
I'd get the Caviar 640 GB. I tried the following drives, the scores are from xbench. The prices are a month or so old.
Original 500GB drive that came with the MacPro - 57.5 (Came with the mac pro)
Western Digital Raptor 150GB - 83.5 (Price $160) This is the 10,000 RPM drive
Hitachi's 1TB - 70.3 (Price $200)
WD Caviar 640 GB - 102.3 (Price $100)
The WD Caviar is also very quite.
I'd get the Caviar 640 GB. I tried the following drives, the scores are from xbench. The prices are a month or so old.
Original 500GB drive that came with the MacPro - 57.5 (Came with the mac pro)
Western Digital Raptor 150GB - 83.5 (Price $160) This is the 10,000 RPM drive
Hitachi's 1TB - 70.3 (Price $200)
WD Caviar 640 GB - 102.3 (Price $100)
The WD Caviar is also very quite.
bigbossbmb
macrumors 68000
Not in mine... my case is quiet as a mouse. I love my 750GB F1's. I have 2 now and will be adding another 1 or 2 soon.
surflordca
macrumors 6502a
Yeah, I have 4x 1TB Samsung Spinpoint F1s in my MP and zero vibration and zero noise.
Especially when they're upside down.
Go with the Samsungs; they're a great deal.
Stuart
Especially when they're upside down.
Go with the Samsungs; they're a great deal.
Stuart
mperkins37
macrumors 6502a
I beg to differ on the vibrating Seagate disinformation, as I have 3 - 1tb Barracuda's in my macpro. No vibration at all!
Also quiet as hell.😡
Also quiet as hell.😡