it depends on the amount of wattage your Power Supply Unit in your system can handle. Typical PSU's have a sticker affixed to one of the sides of the PSU (Normally from a viewable angle) and should tell you what is the maximum wattage it can handle. It can also tell you how much volts it can handle. Having 5 2TB HDD's inside a PM G5 is generally normal for the PSU to handle since the series of Power Macs you own required more power for the system. 5 Hard drives all being 3.5 inches in size should have a PSU with at least 550W of power to ensure safety. Anything 200W-550W is unstable with that many internal devices built in, because you will never be able to tell when the PSU will not be able to handle that much power being fed to it anymore. For safety reasons, both of my PM G4 Sawtooth systems have a 1200W PSU from best buy. Their form factor was ATX, which fit the machine's socket that supplies power to the main logic board, so I was able to use them. When buying computer parts like that, watch out for their price tag. My 2 PSU's cost me $350 together.
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