That Maxtor will work, but why not go for a 7200rpm and up to a 120gb
hdd? OWC has a 160gb hdd @ 7200rpm for $83.00.
Here's the link.
http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm?
Ntk=Primary&Ns=P_Popularity%7c1&Ne=5000&N=6900&Ntt=3.5+Internal+IDE%
2fATA
If you iMac has a 5400 in it now, a 7200 will seem like such a speed
demon, not to mention todays technology and data caches will make
even a 5400 seem faster than the old technology that what's in there
now.
If you are going to go to the trouble of the major surgery your
talking about, go as big and fast as you can. You may even want to
replace your DVD burner with a DVDRW... you can get those for just a
few dollars--then you could not only watch DVD's, but record them too.
GOOD LUCK & MERRY CHRISTMAS!
On Dec 16, 2011, at 9:34 AM, r_poetic wrote:
Hello,
while some earlier posts have touched on upgrading g3 iMac's, I just
wanted to pose my specific question. I want to replace the 10 G hard
drive on this 400MH slot load with something bigger and faster. I
believe there is no point in going above 128 G, and no faster than
5200rpm. There aren't a lot of drives for sale now that fit that. If
it's ok to mention names, I wondered if this item, Maxtor 80 GB 5400
rpm IDE ATA/133 2MB Cache 3.5" Internal Hard Drive, would likely work
for me? or other advice?
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