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  G5 hard drive replacement: brands? specs? vendors?

  Posted by Jim Bruce on July 25, 2007 at 3:11 am

  Hi there,

  I posted below with a G5 (Power Mac Dual 2.0, 5 GB of RAM – 4 installed yesterday!) that is doing a good impression of needing a new internal hard drive.

  I’ve never had to do such a thing.

  Are there any specs I should be aware of?

  8 MB “buffer” versus 16 MB?

  Compatibility issues?

  Will any SATA do?

  Are there better or worse brands? Vendors?

  Any advice would be appreciated.

  Cheers,

  Jim

  Tom Matthies replied 19 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  David Roth weiss

  July 25, 2007 at 3:49 am

  Go to newegg.com where the prices are typically the best anywhere, and get yourself a Hitachi, Seagate, or Maxline SATA. 7200 RPM with a 16mg cache is best. All are great drives and all are very inexpensive now. You can get a 500gb drive for $99 to $120. Even though 500gb may seem large, get one anyway. They are cheap and will be useful to you when the new 64-bit operating system comes to market later in the year.

  David Roth Weiss
  Director/Editor/Post-production Supervisor
  David Weiss Productions, Inc.
  Los Angeles

  POST-PRODUCTION WITHOUT THE USUAL INSANITY
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  Jim Bruce

  July 25, 2007 at 7:42 am

  Hi David,

  Thanks again for your advice.

  Newegg looks great.

  Hard to believe how much 4 gig Avid drives used to cost…

  Jim
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  Tom Matthies

  July 25, 2007 at 1:38 pm

  I’ve had very good luck with Hitachi drives. I’m running them in all of my machines and never had any problems. They have a three year warranty to boot.
  Tom

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