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upgrading 54 hard drive
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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hi..i just bought a dual 1.8 rev b g5 and it came with an 80 gig hd...i boght a 250 gig hd at bestbuy but it was ida ata, not serial ata...i want to find a good hardrive that will work with my g5 wit no problems...250 gig...anyone have any suggestions? (i spent 200 on the previous 250 gig hd upgrade, so i dont want to spend any more than that) thanks
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Powermac G5, Dual 1.8 8x superdrive, 250 gig startup drive 80 gig seconday drive, nvidia 6800 gt, logitech z-5500
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iMac - Late 2015 iMac, 32GB RAM
MacBook - 2010 MacBook, 1TB SSD, 16GB RAM
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Join Date: Jun 2002
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I second the vote for NewEgg.
Best Buy will just try to screw you. NewEgg will charge you a low price, cheap or free shipping, and you'll get it probably within two or three days of ordering (no need to buy expediated shipping).
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alright..i bought the hard drive..now i hav another question...now that i ahve one 80 gig hd and one 250 gig hd..do u think i should put them both in there?..i was reading like theres some program in the utilities that can make botht he hardrives act as one hard drive? im confused...
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Powermac G5, Dual 1.8 8x superdrive, 250 gig startup drive 80 gig seconday drive, nvidia 6800 gt, logitech z-5500
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What you are referring to is RAID. Redundant Array of Inexpensive/Independant Disks.
However, both drives have to be the same capacity/type. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong somewhere.
I'd use the faster/larger as my boot/main drive and the other as a backup device or Yellow Dog drive.
Enjoy all your new real estate 
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iMac - Late 2015 iMac, 32GB RAM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
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you would not be able to use the IDE drive in there unless you purchase some kind of IDE->SATA connector which would be pretty useless since you won't be getting the speed benefit. My vote goes to just putting the 80gig into an external firewire case
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