SSD on older MAC question

[eofeapr]

Hi

I'm running older G5 PPC Quad system ,,, am now interested in SSD.

would like opinions on going with excelsior card if that is even possible, if not
then SSD is second choice for boot drive.

Any opinions on best models and experiences, success stories, whatever,,, appreciated

Thanks
Joe

 

[dave_the_nerd]

It just uses standard SATA hard drives, so an SSD should drop in nicely (although it'd be limited to SATA-1 speeds, it'd still be way faster than any HDD you could drop in there.)

The Accelsior is definitely faster, but seems overpriced to me. (Better off putting the $320 towards a new machine.)

 

[Koing]

I have the 830 in a 2008 Macbook, so limited to SATA 1 speeds. I've noticed the speed difference so it's well worth it imo. I even get more HD space as it only had a 120GB HD.

Koing

 

[hanse]

Hi!

I'm also looking for a SSD. What would you recommend?

The system has an Intel 2,66 GHz Intel Core i7 cpu and uses the Intel 5 Series Chipset (max speed 3Gbps)

I'm looking for something like 256-512GB.

What would you recommend?

Thanks!

 

[murphyc]

G5's have PATA. You will need a SATA/SAS card for which there are OS X drivers for.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

G5's have PATA. You will need a SATA/SAS card for which there are OS X drivers for.

Nope, check again.

 

[murphyc]

OK so it's not as ancient as I thought. It is, however SATA Rev 1, which maxes out at 150MB/s. So you're not going to get any additional throughput out of an SSD over HDD on sequential tasks. You will gain performance if the work load is heavy on IOPS.

 

[murphyc]

Just for reference, one WDC Scorpio Black will saturate SATA Rev 1.0. And a number of the Blue's, an average laptop drive, come right up against its limit.

 

[gpse]

Get a Crucial M4, it's extremely reliable, fast, and works great with Macs.
You will notice a big difference even though it's limited to SATA 1 speeds.