Re: SATA Internal HD for G5
Also look at OWC: http://www.macsales.com/ They have SATA and IDE/ATA drives of more modest capacities for older machines. Their phone sales staff provide excellent service. Al Poulin On Wednesday, July 31, 2013 8:17:20 PM UTC-4, Ken Daggett wrote: I am looking to buy one or two new HDs for a newly acquired G5 DP 2GHz machine. Any druthers between Seagate and Western Digital? (Or any other brand, for that matter.) Ken -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: SATA Internal HD for G5
It's only the 4TB flavor which is 5900 RPM. The 3TB and lower speeds are, I believe, all 7200 RPM. At any rate, that's what newegg claims in the chart they have on their product page for these drives. I stand corrected, sort of. It is indeed the 4 TB which is Desktop. The others, at least those which are 7200 rpm (there DO exist Seagate 3 TB drives which are NOT 7200 rpm, and those are apparently also Desktop) are called 7200.14. Most probably from the 14th incarnation of a 7200 rpm drive family, that which was formerly known as Barracuda. So, at this moment, there are these drives Desktop HDD.15 4 TB, 5900 rpm and7200.14, all others from 3 TB down, and all of those are 7200 rpm. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
SATA Internal HD for G5
I am looking to buy one or two new HDs for a newly acquired G5 DP 2GHz machine. Any druthers between Seagate and Western Digital? (Or any other brand, for that matter.) Ken -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: SATA Internal HD for G5
You might look at a used several years old velociraptor on the popular auction site. Otherwise any 7200rpm drive should do just fine for you. Personally I've had drives from every maker except Samsung fail, but it is probably only a matter of time for them too. Sent from my mobile device. On Jul 31, 2013, at 8:17 PM, Ken Daggett kadagg...@gmail.com wrote: I am looking to buy one or two new HDs for a newly acquired G5 DP 2GHz machine. Any druthers between Seagate and Western Digital? (Or any other brand, for that matter.) Ken -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list ---You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: SATA Internal HD for G5
You might look at a used several years old velociraptor on the popular auction site. Otherwise any 7200rpm drive should do just fine for you. Personally I've had drives from every maker except Samsung fail, but it is probably only a matter of time for them too. Noboby makes flawless drives, as all drives, but perhaps most particularly WD's, are made to low price-points (exception: so-called enterprise drives, which are built to a much higher price- and performance-point). Samsung is now owned by Seagate. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: SATA Internal HD for G5
On Jul 31, 2013, at 6:45 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: You might look at a used several years old velociraptor on the popular auction site. Otherwise any 7200rpm drive should do just fine for you. Personally I've had drives from every maker except Samsung fail, but it is probably only a matter of time for them too. Noboby makes flawless drives, as all drives, but perhaps most particularly WD's, are made to low price-points (exception: so-called enterprise drives, which are built to a much higher price- and performance-point). Samsung is now owned by Seagate. Hitachi and Seagate are my choice in the 7200 64MB. Never had a Hitachi go yet, but I'm sure someday one will. Newegg most times has the best price, look for the weekly sales:-) John Carmonne Yorba Linda CA 92886 USA MacPro 2.66 Quad Nehalem -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: SATA Internal HD for G5
Hitachi and Seagate are my choice in the 7200 64MB. Never had a Hitachi go yet, but I'm sure someday one will. Newegg most times has the best price, look for the weekly sales:-) Seagate has, unfortunately, elected to abandon the justifiably famous Barracuda trademark for its drives. Originally a super-high performance SCSI drive, the internal technology was subsequently extended to IDE and SATA drives. The 3 TB 5,900 rpm drives in the former Barracuda family are now called desktop drives. The 2 TB 7,200 rpm and smaller capacity drives are from the same family as the 3 TB, but with fewer platters and, obviously, higher spindle speed. The 2 TB and smaller drives are referred to as desktop drives, formerly called Barracuda. A few true Barracuda drives are still available, but these are not from the desktop drives, formerly called Barracuda family. -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: SATA Internal HD for G5
On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 10:05 PM, peterh...@cruzio.com wrote: The 3 TB 5,900 rpm drives in the former Barracuda family are now called desktop drives. It's only the 4TB flavor which is 5900 RPM. The 3TB and lower speeds are, I believe, all 7200 RPM. At any rate, that's what newegg claims in the chart they have on their product page for these drives. I'm not sure what difference it makes whether they call them Barracuda or 7200.14 or Rosebud. It's what's inside the drive and how well Seagate supports it that matters to me. I'm more upset about the warranty period being reduced to two years than a name change ... but what can one do? newegg.com is still listing (most of) Seagate's current 3.5 drives as Seagate Barracuda, but perhaps that is just to help customer's used to the Seagate's previous naming convention? A different name is only used for the 4TB drive. It is listed as Seagate Desktop HDD.15 versus Seagate Barracuda 7200.14. FWIW, if you want to glance at their specs table for the Seage drive below is a link to the page for Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB 7200 RPM 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148844 -irrational john -- -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups G-Group group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to g3-5-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
