[Big G]

Hi all,

My extern HD a Porsche 80 Gb died on the floor last Friday. Now I will go for an intern one for my Mac Pro 2.66!
Searching the NNforums give me a dazzled head.. but found a great link:
http://eshop.macsales.com/MyOWC/Upgr...=Show+Upgrades

And my choice is a 320GB Western Digital Caviar SATA Enterprise Edition 16MB Cache 7200rpm
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Weste...ital/WD3200YS/

A good choice or...?

Now for being sure, this Western Digital fits in my Mac Pro bay(s)?
Another Question is:
Is this HD faster or better then my original HD (WDC WD2500JS-41SGB0)?
Can I boot from it?
What about the noise it produces.... has someone some experience with it?

Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Big G.

[Waragainstsleep]

It will fit fine. No obvious reason it would be any slower than your stock drive, might well be faster. Personally, the feature I look for most in drives is the warranty and 5 years is as good as it gets.
You should be able to boot from it just fine. No idea about noise.

[Big G]

Thanks Waragainstsleep.

If it is faster, then maybe I can chance it to my primary drive and use the stock HD as storage?

Thanks,
Regards,
Big G.

[mkerr64]

I have 2x Western Digital drives in my MP and they do not produce too much sound.
the only problem is that it seems to rumble at times but a little push does the trick

[Big G]

Thx people

[mduell]

As usual, OWC's prices are stupidly high... Newegg has the same drive for $30 (25%) less.