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With Hitachi 1TB internal drives going for less than $90 now, it seems to be economical and efficient (no external drives to connect) to go this route and have the storage inside the computer. You've explained that using the adapter will result in much slower data transfer rates than with the PCI card, but if my intent is to use the 1TB Sata drives +just for storage alone+ - say on one or two of the 4 available buses, and then when I need the files to use in a video project, and transfer those files to the (faster) drive on the front bay ATA/100 bus - wouldn't that save me the cost of a controller card? In other words, the Satas would be in the carrier under the optical drive, and the two front bays, buses 1 and 2 would have the usual (and smaller capacity) ATA drives with the System files, Startup items, applications, and anything needing the higher data rates. Gambling away a dollar to find out is not going to break the bank, but I am curious. Or would it make a big difference using certain types of applications? I'm not into gaming.just Photoshop, Final Cut Express and iWork/Pages.mostly. Then again, I'm buying the 1TB drive (or maybe 2 of them) mainly for storage of video files. Question is, can I get by with this converter? It seems to be as fast as the Firmtek product - except that Firmtek has two SATA connections.Īlso, someone on another forum thinks that the drive connected to bay 1 and 2 is faster than when connected to 3 and 4 (the carrier under the optical drive box).īottom line: even if the 1TB drive is a bit slower using it with an adapter, wouldn't it at least be the same transfer rate as the IDE drive? I'd be satisfied with that. W0QQitemZ280421565829QQcategoryZ90715QQcmdZViewItemQQtrksidZ] which seems too good to be true, but you can see it here: This item offers the same data transfer rate of up to 1.5 Gbps. This seems to allow me to plug the SATA drive into the 14-pin ribbon connector.I'm not sure about the power supply cable, but I guess the PS 1 2 or 3 would plug in to the drive same as the ATA HD. #MACBOOK G4 SATA TO IDE ADAPTER SERIAL#So at OWC, I see the: FirmTek SeriTek/1S2 Serial ATA/150 Dual Channel Mac PCI Controller - Use Serial ATA (SATA) drives in any PowerMac with an available PCI Slot! The SeriTek/1S2 boosts overall system performance with data transfer rates of up to 150MBytes/sec or 1.5Gbits/sec.īut as that's about $70 with shipping, I go to eBay to see what's there, and I find something called an IDE to SATA motherboard converter adapter. These being SATA, and the G4 has IDE (and/or ATA?) I seem to need a PCI card with a connector cable to the drives -instead of the usual 14 pin ribbon connector and the power supply cable hook up. #MACBOOK G4 SATA TO IDE ADAPTER MAC OS X#WORKING GREAT., Model: 2.5", Interface: OS: Mac OS 9 = Mac OS X Tiger, SATA, Drive Type(s) Supported: Hard Drive, SERIAL ATA / SATA, Product Line: WD SATA Serial ATA, Type: Internal or External Desktop Computer, Features: SATA, Color: Silver, Compatible With: For iBook g3, iBook Clamshell, Pismo, Mac Desktop or others, Mac, Storage Capacity: 320 GB, Brand: WD Scorpio Blue, Form Factor: 2.I'd like to add one or two 1TB hard drives to my MDD 1.25 Ghz. #MACBOOK G4 SATA TO IDE ADAPTER FOR MAC OS X#Clean Install of Mac OS 9.2.2 + Mac OS X Tiger 1.4.11 + "Tons of Apps" Installed for Mac OS X and OS 9 as well". (For Apple DESKTOP G3 / G4 or another computer using 2.5 SATA). ![]() Condition: Used, Condition: Replacement HARD DRIVE HD. (Adapter from SATA 3.5 to SATA 2.5 are Available online on sale). #MACBOOK G4 SATA TO IDE ADAPTER PC#For: Apple Desktop G3 / G4 or other PC with 2.5 Connector. Item: 115265214711 320 GB HD 2.5" SATA with DUAL Mac OS9 + X Tiger + Loaded Apps - For G3 / G4 etc.
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