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2.8TB in a Power Mac G5?

Posted by pudge on from the yes-have-some dept.

Pfhreak writes "Bare Feats has a couple of reviews: one of WiebeTech's G5Jam, and one of the Swift Data 200. Both add extra drive space to a G5. The G5Jam puts two extra drives in the space that would be taken up by long PCI cards, so you'll be limited to the shorter cards in two of the three PCI slots. The Swift Data puts three drives in the space in front of the CPU fans. The writer of the Swift review has an interesting thought in the conclusion: 'Hey! Maybe I could install both the G5Jam and the Swift -- that would give me 7 drives -- and if I get seven 400GB Hitachi 7K400s, that's 2.8 Terabyte total -- Moo hah hah!'"

2 of 104 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Sweet Jebus... by Puggs · · Score: 5, Informative
    *Looks at pictures again, just to make sure*

    NO, they dont go in the same space - one (the G5Jam) goes in the space in front of the PCI slots; the other (the Swiftech) goes down the bottom at the front between the air intake for the CPU's and the fans.

    *wonders if parent looked at the pictures*

  2. Re:Power by Polymorph2000 · · Score: 5, Informative

    At 5V it uses 780mA per drive (http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_imag e/6/0,1311,sz=1&i=67140,00.jpg).

    780mA * 7 = 5.46A

    Apple uses a 450W - 650W power supply in their G5's (http://www.welovemacs.com/g5serviceparts.html), and they should be able to support this (650W give something like 40A on the 5V line).

    Although I don't know what the power requirements of the other components are, or how well the power supply handles the load.