iMac 17" Intel HDD

[NYR99]

Hello,
My sister has a 17" plastic Intel iMac. The hard drive failed a week ago. I want to get her a new hard drive and replace it for her. Would this HDD be good?

3.5" SATA HDD

I read that any 3.5" SATA should be good but I just want a few opinions.

Thanks and merry Christmas!

 

[Badger^2]

its as good as any.

you might want to look on the ifixit site for install instructions, it aint easy...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...C8Junction-_-Hard+Drives-_-Seagate-_-22148433

 

[NYR99]

its as good as any.

you might want to look on the ifixit site for install instructions, it aint easy...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...C8Junction-_-Hard+Drives-_-Seagate-_-22148433

That 1TB will definitely work?

Also, I wont have a problem installing it. I have all the tools and have dis/reassembled my share of computers.

 

[Badger^2]

any 3.5" SATA drive made will work, there are no limits.

Technically you can drop in a 2TB drive, since thats the largest made right now.

TigerDirect.com offers the Hitachi Deskstar 2TB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Internal Hard Drive, model no. HD32000IDK7/7K, for $159.99. This $30 mail-in rebate cuts it to $129.99. Pay via Google Checkout to lower it further to $124.99 ($0.06/GB). With free shipping, that's the lowest total price we could find by $69 and the lowest total price we've seen since Black Friday, when it was $12 less. It features a 32MB cache and runs at 7200 rpm. Rebate ends December 15.

Again, that iMac aint easy, if remember right, you have to stick a credit card or spudger up the vent in the back...

24" AL iMac is about 20X easier.

 

[ScottFitz]

Hello,
My sister has a 17" plastic Intel iMac. The hard drive failed a week ago. I want to get her a new hard drive and replace it for her. Would this HDD be good?

3.5" SATA HDD

I read that any 3.5" SATA should be good but I just want a few opinions.

Thanks and merry Christmas!

For what it's worth, I really didn't want to screw with opening up my whtie 17 imac when the hdd failed. I took it to best buy and bought a hdd from them and they installed it for a stupid low price. (probably a PC price and the guy didn't know it was going to be a LOT more work than the PC)