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looking for more memory and new harddrive
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:12 pm
by phaser74
hello everyone. I'm going to be adding two more GB's of memory to my computer and was wondering if anybody could recommend where to buy it and/or specific things I need to be aware of before buying it. Also, my drive is approaching 70% full, and as such, I'm looking for new drive as well. same questions apply for the drive. and also, is there any performance differences between an internal or external drive? thanks for the input. -phaser
Here is my hardware overview... Machine Name: Power Mac G5
Machine Model: PowerMac 11, 2
CPU type: PowerPC G5 (1.1)
Number of CPU's: 2
CPU speed: 2GHz
L2 Cache (per CPU): 1MB
Memory: 2GB
Bus Speed: 1GHz
Boot ROM version: 5.2.7f1
Re: looking for more memory and new harddrive
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:22 pm
by KarlSutton
I've had great luck with these guys for years on both hard drives & memory. Prices, service, product, all excellent.
http://macsales.com/
Drive performance on the internal bus is better than firewire I think, depending on what all you've got going on your fire wire already.
Re: looking for more memory and new harddrive
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:23 pm
by phaser74
btw, I currently have 2GB of memory. I have two seperate memory cards at 1GB a piece which are DDR2 SDRAM and each one has a speed of PC-2 4200U-444. I don't know if this info. is necessary, but I listed it anyway. -phaser
Re: looking for more memory and new harddrive
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:25 pm
by phaser74
right now, i'm using a firewire port for my audio interface only. -phaser
Re: looking for more memory and new harddrive
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 8:21 pm
by rockwell
Stay A-WAY from Lacie drives if you're choosing an external route. They are trash.
I have a wiebetech I've been using for years with zero problems. Check it out here:
http://www.wiebetech.com/products/toughtech.php
Re: looking for more memory and new harddrive
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 9:51 pm
by jamiefennessy
ebay for the memory...get the same stuff as you just mentioned above
regarding external drives....get a usb one as it wont be messing up your firewire bus (tho i've heard that the powermacs have two or three spearate fw busses so, i probably wouldn't worry.....ebay as well.....7200rpm should be fine
better yet, get an internal drive .......you'll be wanting a sata drive for your G5, they're quite easy to install (no cables needed, they just slot into any of the available bays
jamie
Re: looking for more memory and new harddrive
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 1:16 pm
by phaser74
yeah, i was thinking the same thing regarding the firewire bus (especially since my audio interface is using firewire), but i think i'm going to go with an internal drive anyway. thanks for your time. -phaser
