Re: New Disks in G5

2009-11-26 Thread Ted Treen
iJohn wrote: On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Kasey Smithkasm...@gmail.com wrote: I would go with the 7200RPM, going from a 5400 to a 7200 even with an IDE drive is a big difference. It used to make a bigger difference than it does now with the newer, higher bit density

New Disks in G5

2009-11-25 Thread Ted Treen
Hi All, I have an early 2005 G5 dual 2.0, maxed out at 4GB RAM. I want to put some huge drives in it, and am looking at Samsung F3 1TB 7200rpm drives. There are places (in the UK) where I can get the Samsung F2 1.5TB drive for not a lot more, although it's only a 5400rpm drive. I'd be

Re: New Disks in G5

2009-11-25 Thread Kasey Smith
I would go with the 7200RPM, going from a 5400 to a 7200 even with an IDE drive is a big difference. On Nov 25, 2009, at 5:35 PM, Ted Treen wrote: Hi All, I have an early 2005 G5 dual 2.0, maxed out at 4GB RAM. I want to put some huge drives in it, and am looking at Samsung F3 1TB 7200rpm

Re: New Disks in G5

2009-11-25 Thread Kris Tilford
On Nov 25, 2009, at 6:35 PM, Ted Treen wrote: I'd be grateful if someone with greater techie knowledge than me could advise me on whether the fact that my G5 is SATA1 so 150Mbs as opposed to300Mbs SATA2 is going to mean the 1.5TB will not be noticeably slower in use. In real use there is

Re: New Disks in G5

2009-11-25 Thread iJohn
On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:34 PM, Kasey Smith kasm...@gmail.com wrote: I would go with the 7200RPM, going from a 5400 to a 7200 even with an IDE drive is a big difference. It used to make a bigger difference than it does now with the newer, higher bit density platters. This article might be of