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Will this HDD work in an Early 2008 Mac Pro?
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Matthew Attoe
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Nov 27, 2010, 10:34 AM
 
Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 3TB 7200rpm SATA 6Gb/s 64MB Cache, OEM 0F12450 [HDS723030ALA640] from Overclock.co.uk

Was just wondering about the SATA 6Gbs interface - is i compatible with the Early 2008 Mac Pro?

As always, many thanks,

Matthew
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Nov 27, 2010, 12:13 PM
 
Yes, SATA is all backward and forward compatible.

Also thank you for using the correct terminology instead of some made up crap like "SATA 3."
     
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Nov 27, 2010, 12:15 PM
 
Its compatible yes. You won't get 6Gb/s though. The Mac Pro bus runs at 3Gb/s.
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Nov 27, 2010, 12:31 PM
 
Thank you for the replies.

Didn't actually know I was using the correct terminology to be honest; just copied what I saw on the website.

As for actual throughput speed - not really worried. I just want 4 of the drives in my Mac Pro (to replace 4 x 1.5TB) to expand my media server.

So long as I can make it into 4 partitions (375GB - Boot, 525GB Music Archive, 100GB Xp Pro Bootcamp, 2TB - Media Archive) then I am all set :-)
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