Does anyone here know what the standard 250GB HDD that ships with the Mac Pro is? Like who makes it, and is it an 8MB buffer, or a 16MB buffer?
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Mac Pro Standard HDD Details
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Im not sure but my iMac core duo came with a Maxtor. It's possible they use the same HDD but im not sure.
Okay this is the exact drive that came stock on my Mac Pro.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148111
and this is what I added myself, same exact model number except for a 0 instead of 4.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101465
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148111
and this is what I added myself, same exact model number except for a 0 instead of 4.
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101465
Mines a Western Digital, but not very noisyMacRumorUser said:Mines western digital and its really noisy
The 160GB in mine is a Seagate. This Seagate to be exact: http://www.seagate.com/cda/products/discsales/marketing/detail/0,1081,722,00.html
Thanks for the info all! This will give me an idea of what to expect if I'm able to get a Mac Pro, which, I will hopefully be able to do, if I can sell my PowerMac G5.
I should have double checked mine is
Model: ST3250824AS P
Which I think is the seagate - not the western digital as I first thought. So that explains why others with WD are quiet and mine is as noisy as a lawnmower (not really - but it is annoyingly loud).
I think I may order the western digital and pop that in and use it as the main drive and resign this model to a scratch hard disk.
can someone advise then which is the best model to get
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB SATA 16MB 10000RPM (http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=316738)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM (http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=309535)
is this the same one in the quiet mac pro's ?
Big price difference and size difference. Is the raptor worth that kind of difference ?
Model: ST3250824AS P
Which I think is the seagate - not the western digital as I first thought. So that explains why others with WD are quiet and mine is as noisy as a lawnmower
(not really - but it is annoyingly loud).I think I may order the western digital and pop that in and use it as the main drive and resign this model to a scratch hard disk.
can someone advise then which is the best model to get
Western Digital Raptor X 150GB SATA 16MB 10000RPM (http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=316738)
Western Digital Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 16MB 7200RPM (http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=309535)
is this the same one in the quiet mac pro's ?
Big price difference and size difference. Is the raptor worth that kind of difference ?
This is the one I bought from Newegg
The model number is identical to the one installed from Apple except for the last four digits. Didn't have an impact on the performance. Plugged right in and immediately worked. Recommended. Of course, Newegg had it at my door in under 48hrs.
Whatever you get though, I would recommend SATA3. That is what the MacPro supports.
The model number is identical to the one installed from Apple except for the last four digits. Didn't have an impact on the performance. Plugged right in and immediately worked. Recommended. Of course, Newegg had it at my door in under 48hrs.
Whatever you get though, I would recommend SATA3. That is what the MacPro supports.
PowerMike G5 said:
Powermike you have the raptor i was looking at. What's it like and does it improve peformance ?
MacRumorUser said:
The Raptor provides excellent performance ... but I have been using Raptors for the past 2 years now, so I'm a little used to it ... I would definitely get one as your boot drive.
And do get the latest 150GB version ...
andym172 said:Mine's a Seagate ST3250824AS and is noisy as hell
What a stupid choice of HD to put into such a quiet machine!
Yes indeed Mac Pro is an incredibly quite machine and the only noticeable noise that comes out of it are the HDDs, but I like them better hell noisy than 0db silent, I hated that in the iMac 20" I had before the Mac Pro, I could never tell when the HDD was being accessed and personally it drove me nuts.