• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  New hard drive for MacPro

  Posted by Chris Babbitt on April 11, 2013 at 3:06 am

  I need a new internal drive for my Mac. What’s are the current recommended models? The last one I bought was a Seagate Barracuda. I’m replacing a Hitachi Deskstar.

  David Eaks replied 13 years ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  Ryan Holmes

  April 12, 2013 at 12:29 am

  [Chris Babbitt] “What’s are the current recommended models? “

  I wasn’t aware that there ever was a “recommended” hard drive. I’ve had succuss and failure with every hard drive – Hitachi, Seagate, Western Digital, etc. They all fail eventually. I currently run 2 Western Digital drives, 1 Seagate, and 1 Crucial SSD in my Mac Pro.

  You may even look at SSD’s, especially if you’re using this drive as a boot drive. Installing a SSD on my Mac Pro helped perk it up a little bit.

  Ryan Holmes
  http://www.ryanholmes.me
  @CutColorPost
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  Chris Babbitt

  April 12, 2013 at 1:06 am

  Thank you Ryan,

  I was just wondering what was working well (or not so well) for people recently, performance-wise. It will be for media. Next time I need a system drive, I will definitely consider an SSD.
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  David Eaks

  April 12, 2013 at 3:41 am

  I’ve been very happy with Western Digital Caviar Blacks as my media drives (mostly software RAID-0). I look for the model number of the drive I want on the WD products list page, then search the web for the best price.

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