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Going to upgrade G5 Power Mac's HD. Do I replace the boot drive?
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Bruck
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Nov 9, 2007, 02:30 PM
 
I am about to purchase a SATA Western Digital Caviar SE16 250gb to double my internal storage. Its a 7200rpm drive.

My question is, instead of buying a drive that is probably identical to what's in there now - should I consider an even faster drive, and installing it as the boot drive to increase system performance. Is there a gain to be had above 7200rpm? (i'm not worried about doing a format/reinstall).

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p.s. Its a 2.7 Dualie and its got 3.5gb of ram.
( Last edited by Bruck; Nov 9, 2007 at 02:31 PM. Reason: clarity)
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Nov 9, 2007, 02:35 PM
 
250GB? The standard in desktop drives is 500GB. Is there a reason why you're going so small?

Yes, a new drive will be faster than the stock one from Apple.

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Nov 9, 2007, 02:41 PM
 
I was going to go 250 so that i have the same amount of space in and out. (Have an 500gb lacie). 500 is enough for my uses. Guess i'll look at the price jump to a 500.

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