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4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - chopper - 02-15-2007
A friend with access to a lot of drives sent me a box of four new WD WD1600JS SATA drives. FREE. I'd like to install these in my DP G5 but how does one do that many multiple drives ?
Any info?
Thanks
Re: 4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - MGS_forgot_password - 02-15-2007
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Sonnet%20Technology/ENCG53HD/
But it's probably cheaper to just buy a 500GB drive.
Re: 4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - blusubaru - 02-15-2007
Eh, I'll take them off of your hands if I have to.
Re: 4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - davemchine - 02-15-2007
Don't forget the sata card to go with that bracket. So it's gonna cost you over $200 to install those drives. A 500gb drive would be cheaper.
Dave
Re: 4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - jdc - 02-15-2007
mine cost $49 for the card and $10 for some cables...
http://homepage.mac.com/krisandjeff/resume-portfolio/PhotoAlbum22.html
Re: 4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - wms - 02-15-2007
jdc,
could you go into more detail about where you got the individual parts and exactly what they are. I was about to spend $300 plus dollars to buy the Sonnet Jive/SATA card solution, and I could really use the money elsewhere right now.
Thanx.
wms out.
P.S. I was supposed to make the purchase yesterday, so if I find out fast enough, I will be able to save, otherwise, I have to make the purchase today.
wms out.
Re: 4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - jdc - 02-15-2007
it was nothing special, the card was a $50 SIIG 2 port SATA card, OWC sells them, for $60, but their house brand card is $50
OWC card comes with two SATA cables plus the option of hooking up external drives, thats nice touch
http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm?Criteria=SATA%20High%2DSpeed%20Controller%20Mac%20Cards&sort=a
i needed some power splitters, $2.50 and 2 strips of velcro, which were free.
Re: 4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - chopper - 02-15-2007
Holy crap.
I had no idea storage prices were this cheap.
"Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB Serial ATA II Internal Hard Drive for $140 shipped"
I assume a serial ATA II drive will slip into my G5?
Chop
Re: 4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - rz - 02-15-2007
I'm going through the same dilemma. I got nine 200GB SATA drives at an auction last month really cheap. Sold 2 to someone on this list, and 4 to a friend. I have 3 left and am debating whether it's worth it to do anything with them, or just sell them. My G5 already has a 500GB and 250GB in it. Since I always make sure I have a backup of any drive I have, it looks like anything I do will only buy me an extra 200GB of space. I'm leaning toward the FW800 dual case that OWC sells for $119. None of the internal options (like the Jive solution mentioned above) appeal to me. I would set it up as a mirrored RAID.
But it might just be cheaper for me to sell the 3 SATAs, along with the 250 SATA internal, and the 250 IDE in the external firewire case and buy an internal 500GB SATA and another external 500. I just wish they'd hurry and announce those 1TB drives already!
Re: 4 160 WD SATAs in my G5? How? - rz - 02-15-2007
oh, and yes, SATA II will work in the G5, but only at SATA I speeds.