Sata and thunderbolt controller power mac sawtooth

[rabidz7]

Is it possible to insert sata and thunderbolt controller in G4 sawtooth.

 

[SuperJudge]

SATA, yes. Thunderbolt, no.

 

[quasinormal]

SATA, yes. Thunderbolt, no.

Don't expect to throw any PCI SATA controller in there. You need a Mac compatible one.

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technologies/TSATA/

 

[rabidz7]

SATA 3 gbps

Are the any faster sat 3.0 gbps satas.

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Are the any faster sat 3.0 gbps satas.

And with some more ports.

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sonnet-TSAT...cie-2-0-Card-W-2-Ext-/230831146533#vi-content

 

[Intell]

A Sawtooth won't be able to go fast enough to fully use a SATA III drive's full potential. It can barely use a SATA II drive's full speed.

 

[AdrianK]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sonnet-TSAT...cie-2-0-Card-W-2-Ext-/230831146533#vi-content

That card is PCI-e, you need a PCI card.

 

[rabidz7]

Ssd pci e

That card is PCI-e, you need a PCI card.

Is there a way to get pci e to work on a G4, would an ssd help?

 

[Intell]

PCIe will never work in a Sawtooth.

 

[rabidz7]

Ssd

PCIe will never work in a Sawtooth.

Would a SSD boost speed.

 

[Intell]

Would a SSD boost speed.

Yes, but only to a certain amount.

 

[orestes1984]

There is only so much you can do with this old machine... you can install a SATA II controller but you'll still be limited to the speed of the PCI bus of 133mb a second so effectively ATA133.

You could install a SATA SSD on a PCI card but its transfer rate will be limited to 133mb/s.

You can not have Thunderbolt in these machines and even if you could it would also be limited to 133mb/s because of the PCI bus.

To be honest, you're better off just getting a faster machine.

 

[quasinormal]

misread replied post

 

[666sheep]

Do not feed it.