mandarcy
Level 1
(12 points)
Q: SSD Drives for Older PowerMacs
Hi,
I've seen that you can buy SSD drives for older Macs. I didn't even realise this could be done until I saw OWCs website.
I'm wondering if anyone has tried them in a G5 PowerMac? Is there any real noticeable increase in performance?
I have a 2005 Dual 2Ghz G5 Powermac with 4GB RAM and running Leopard 10.5.8. It takes an age to start up, in fact it's that long I go and make a cup of tea while it boots up!! Generally it feels slow too. Would an SSD Drive make it boot faster?
Kind Regards
Dave
G5, Mac OS X (10.4.9)
japamac
Level 7
(24,390 points)
To expand on what BDAqua is saying, you'll do best to find a SATA Rev. 2 SSD if you wish to use the native controller of the G5. The native controller will auto-negotiate data rates with SATA Rev. 2 SSD drives but will NOT with most commonly reported SATA Rev. 3 SSD drives.
The drive won't be "seen".....
IF you wish to use the most current SATA rev. 3 SSD drives, you will also want to install a PCI SATA controller to connect the SSD to.
In doing so, you will lose some of the boot time benefit due to delays on teh PCI bus, though once running, will have full data throughput performance.
