on 2/8/03 12:34 PM, Bill Judson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I was wondering, from the import I gleaned in this & some other threads > about hard drives, whether I need to buy 1 of these high-powered ATA cards > in order to use the modern 40-gig or greater wonders I see advertised at > Office supply stores (from Maxtor, WD, etc.) at great prices in my G3 DT? > Or can I just stick it on the built-in bus? Or will it run, but at > less-than-optimal throughput? > > TIA, > > -- > Over, > > Jutso > I've got a Western Digital 100gig 7200 rpm 8 mg cache in my G3 desktop (no high-powered card) that I put in and it's worked great from day one. Not one problem. Whether it's working at optimal speed or not I guess I don't know, but it sure seems a whole lot faster than the stock 4 gig it replaced. I've spent a lot of money on upgrades and such thru the years and sometimes I've wondered if they were really worth it, but this one was a no brainer as far as I could tell. It's been worth it.
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