jamie8286 Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Hello my hard drive seems to be making some squealing noises when i try to save to it. Its my second hard drive that i keep my logic tracks and samples on to run them from there. I took it out of my power pc G5 before i upgraded so it probably is a little old. I looked on the net and it said it may be on it last legs. Iv backed up my data and am going to get a new hard drive is there any specific thing i need to be looking for for running logic off speed ect i know this is 7200rpm? I dont know a lot about them only sizes my current is a 250GB (the one that is failing) Is there any problems with getting a big hard drive like 500gb or 1tb? Is buffer size an issue? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Mk II Posted September 22, 2009 Share Posted September 22, 2009 Hi, I know nothing about 10000rpm drives, but 7200 is usually fine. Yes, buffer memory is a factor. I mostly use Samsung spinpoint f1 S-ATA drives, and just get a 1 terabyte one, which has a 32mb buffer. Theyre cheap! Another factor to consider is the bridge chip in the external box. I would get one with Oxford 924 chip, I use these: http://www.macpower.com.tw/products/hdd3/pleiades/pd_scombo They also make a RAID type box, but I was advised to avoid these, due to the fan design ie the constant whirring noise. If you have clients, keep them away from the drives, actually dont let them touch anything! EDIT From reading your sig, I guess you are gonna put it in your mac pro, I think that has a SATA bus. cheers, Nigel Mk II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie8286 Posted September 22, 2009 Author Share Posted September 22, 2009 Hi thanks for the reply yes it is internal i am after. So is it all i need to be looking for is 7200rpm 32mb cache SATA? its just im ordering off the net so dont want to get it wrong thanks Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie8286 Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 anyone i could do with ordering one for tomorrow thanks Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Mk II Posted September 23, 2009 Share Posted September 23, 2009 Hi Jamie, I just went to the apple store, and it gives me the option to add SATA drives, so you should be ok. Nigel Mk II Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie8286 Posted September 23, 2009 Author Share Posted September 23, 2009 thanks for the reply Nigel Mk II but i'll be getting it off ebay much cheaper around £70 cheaper also just reading the customer reviews and they;re mostly saying there drives are noisy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie8286 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Bump anybody had any problems with new maxtor or western digital Hd's or which would be better for use with logic im really not sure what to get. What is everybody else using? Iv got a western digital running my system at the minute but the failing HD is a maxtor but is probably older. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 The new Samsung F1 drives (1TB) are great. We use two of them for audio and video and no issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joss Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Are the samsungs quiet ? thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 The Samsungs are very quiet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie8286 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 thanks for the replys is the only thing i need to know that it is a sata/ serial-ata 7200rpm and 32mb cache i went to my local pc world today they told me that the drives were not compatible between pc/mac but a friend of mine just bought a normal sata drive for his G5 tower and it worked fine? Also Seems if i pay little more i can get two new 500gb HD's off ebay for the price of one in the shops. £70 in the shops around £85 for two HD's on ebay. thanks Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Go to www.macsales.com and you'll see all the HD brands and models that will work on a Mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie8286 Posted October 6, 2009 Author Share Posted October 6, 2009 Go to www.macsales.com and you'll see all the HD brands and models that will work on a Mac. Thanks triplets but when i try the filter option for my mac it doesn't show any results might be a website problem as it says the number ( 18 ) i think as the possible matches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplets Posted October 7, 2009 Share Posted October 7, 2009 If you have the 8-core Xeon all the SATA drives for Mac Pro that go up to 1 Terabyte will work. I put two 1TB F1 Samsungs on the 8-core in the studio and they're great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamie8286 Posted October 7, 2009 Author Share Posted October 7, 2009 Cool thanks i'll get something sorted thanks for the help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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