• Apple OS X

  Can I use a Sata 300 drive in my dual 2.5G G5?

  Posted by David Dubois on January 10, 2006 at 11:23 am

  …and will it run at full speed?

  Or should I just stick with Sata 150 drives?

  Thanks in advance

  Dave

  David Dubois replied 20 years, 8 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Tony! Hulette

  January 11, 2006 at 3:41 am

  A SATA II (300) single drive inside your Mac won’t be any faster than a SATA I (150) drive. So just go with whatever is cheaper and the size you need. Either one should work fine, although, some people have had a few issues with the earlier WD drives, so i might avoid them and go with a Hitachi or Maxtor. Your Mac’s controller is SATA I (150) by the way, but that’s not the reason a SATA II (300) drive won’t run faster. It has to do with the limits of the drive mechanism itself.

  Tony!
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  David Dubois

  January 11, 2006 at 1:16 pm

  Thanks for that Tony.

  I have a Maxtor drive in at the moment so I’ll just buy another one of those.
  And thanks for clearing up the 150/300 speed issue.

  Dave

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