Silly project ? Upgrading a G5 Dual 1,6 GHz :-)

[sveintj]

Hi

Can I use this:

SEAGATE Harddisk 250.0GB SATA2 5900RPM 8MB 8.9cm

As a replacement hard disk for the stock 80GB hard disk that came with the machine ?

I have not paid anything for the machine, so this is just for fun and maybe the twins could play some old Mac games on them

Anyone ?

stj.

 

[666sheep]

You can, but why 5400 rpm instead of 7200?

 

[sveintj]

Two reasons:

1) Price
2) Thinking that SATA2 was "closer" in age to SATA in the PM G5, and thus less prone to errors ??

I.e I do not have very good reasons, I am not a very good at these things...

stj.

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So, this should work fine then, even if it is SATA3 ?

WD Harddisk 250.0GB SATA 7200RPM 3.5" 16MB Caviar SE16 SATA3

stj.

 

[Intell]

SATA III drives are reported to have problems in G5s. Some work, just make sure you check to make sure that drive is G5 compatible.

 

[666sheep]

So, this should work fine then, even if it is SATA3 ?

WD Harddisk 250.0GB SATA 7200RPM 3.5" 16MB Caviar SE16 SATA3

stj.

This one will work. Tested in G5.
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