What is the biggest and fastest internal HDD my lowly Mac Pro 2008 can handle?

[sparkie7]

I have a 2 x 2.8 Ghz Quad Core 2008 Mac Pro (MacPro3,1)

I want to put in couple of: Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB 7200RPM internal drives in the remaining spare bays

The specs are:

HDS723030ALA640, SATA III 6.0Gb/s, 7,200RPM, 64MB Cache, 3 Year Warranty. The Deskstar 7K3000 is Hitachi’s first hard drive to deliver an enormous 3 terabytes of storage capacity and 7200 RPM performance in a standard 3.5inch form factor.

Q: can these 3TB drives work in my Mac Pro?

or do I need to get SATA II 3.0GB/s alternatives?

 

[philipma1957]

3tb hdds work in mac pros

 

[nambuccaheadsau]

Well the size drives are just fine, but may be cheaper to look for SATA II as our Mac Pros can only handle the 3GB/s transfer rate and not the 6GB/s rate of SATA III.

Whilst most drives are backwards compatible, there are some that have to use jumpers to 'throttle' the speed back.

 

[derbothaus]

Oh no. Not the deathstars! Specs look nice. Hope they worked on their build quality.

 

[sparkie7]

Thanks guys. I'm hoping its backwards compatible?

Is there reported problems with the build quality of these, otherwise I could get a Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2002FAEX. But these are only 2TB and work out more expensive per TB than the Hitatchi

Advice/suggestions appreciated

 

[beaker7]

Thanks guys. I'm hoping its backwards compatible?

Is there reported problems with the build quality of these, otherwise I could get a Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB WD2002FAEX. But these are only 2TB and work out more expensive per TB than the Hitatchi

Advice/suggestions appreciated

The 7K3000 is fine. Have a bunch here. No issues. Apple sometimes uses Hitachi's as OEM drives even.

 

[prodeveloping]

Here's a 7K3000 review from MPG (not sure whether they sell these drives in their systems or not so this could be slanted) that claims it as very solid and speedy.... http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-Drive-Hitachi-7K3000-3TB.html

 

[sparkie7]

The 7K3000 is fine. Have a bunch here. No issues. Apple sometimes uses Hitachi's as OEM drives even.

awesome thanks

Here's a 7K3000 review from MPG (not sure whether they sell these drives in their systems or not so this could be slanted) that claims it as very solid and speedy.... http://macperformanceguide.com/Storage-Drive-Hitachi-7K3000-3TB.html

thank you for this

guess i'll be ordering a couple on monday unless someone else can suggest a better drive in a similar price range

 

[HawkEye40]

Lowly 2008 Mac Pro Octo? They're still very capable machines... gl on your HDD purchase

 

[sparkie7]

Lowly 2008 Mac Pro Octo? They're still very capable machines... gl on your HDD purchase

LOL, you're right still very capable esp with the Vertex 250GB SSD I have in it. It sounds very out of date "2008". Will wait till next year to possibly "upgrade" if  don't over price it

 

[clyde2801]

Needing to get two drives for my '09. Newegg has a pretty kickin' special on 3tb hitachi's, but I've been reading on the reviews about people not being to format them past 801gb. Is this still an issue?

 

[beaker7]

Needing to get two drives for my '09. Newegg has a pretty kickin' special on 3tb hitachi's, but I've been reading on the reviews about people not being to format them past 801gb. Is this still an issue?

Got 8 of em here.

No issues.