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Mac mini Maximized With 3.5" Drives

Posted by timothy on from the battleship-aesthetica dept.

Demolition writes "You just knew that someone would get around to this, didn't you? In this how-to article from AppleTalk Australia, a step-by-step guide describes how to transplant a Mac mini into a micro-ATX case and a method to connect standard 3.5" hard drives to it (using do-it-yourself 2.5"-to-3.5" IDE adapters). Only some minor case modifications and some added cooling are needed to complete the project."

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  1. Re:Why not... add a 7200RPM 2.5" drive? by merreborn · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can pick up a 200 gig 7200 rpm 3.5" drive for at least $30 less than your 60 gig 2.5". We're talking $0.75/gig vs. $2.50/gig.

  2. Re:The point is using the Mini as a server by sensate_mass · · Score: 5, Informative

    On my mini 1.42, I bench about 50% faster with a 7200 rpm 8mb 250 gig Firewire over the stock 4200 rpm 80 gig 2.5". The speedup is very obvious in use. Oh, and I boot from it.

    What is this latency of which you speak?

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