Hello,
I have a Mac Pro 1,1. (I know, time for an upgrade.) I have 2 dual core 2.33 processors and 16gb of RAM. I want to make my computer faster. I figured swapping out my boot hdd for an ssd would be a good option. After doing some research I realized that I am limited my the early Mac Pro's SATA II bus. So the two fastest hard drives I could find (that were not limited by my SATA II bus speed) are the:
OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD (1TB for $387.85) Stated read/write speeds of 285/275 MB/s https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/ADPTA3G1TB/
and the
Seagate BarraCuda Pro SATA 6Gb/s with 256 cache(6TB for $245) Stated read/write speeds of 250/245 MB/s
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LOOJBH8/ref=twister_B01MFAITZ1?th=1
My question is, should an HDD with similar read/write speed as an SSD offer about the same performance? Am I missing something about the nature of an SSD that would still make it faster? Does anyone know if there is a better solution all together for my Mac Pro 1,1?
Thanks for all your help.
All the best,
Dan
I have a Mac Pro 1,1. (I know, time for an upgrade.) I have 2 dual core 2.33 processors and 16gb of RAM. I want to make my computer faster. I figured swapping out my boot hdd for an ssd would be a good option. After doing some research I realized that I am limited my the early Mac Pro's SATA II bus. So the two fastest hard drives I could find (that were not limited by my SATA II bus speed) are the:
OWC Mercury Electra 3G SSD (1TB for $387.85) Stated read/write speeds of 285/275 MB/s https://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/ADPTA3G1TB/
and the
Seagate BarraCuda Pro SATA 6Gb/s with 256 cache(6TB for $245) Stated read/write speeds of 250/245 MB/s
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LOOJBH8/ref=twister_B01MFAITZ1?th=1
My question is, should an HDD with similar read/write speed as an SSD offer about the same performance? Am I missing something about the nature of an SSD that would still make it faster? Does anyone know if there is a better solution all together for my Mac Pro 1,1?
Thanks for all your help.
All the best,
Dan
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