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11 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

I am trying to fix my moms old g5 Mac and the old hard drives are on the verge of failing but I can still get the data off what ssds can last the longest periods of time between failures on the realitavly cheap

A SAMSUNG 860 EVO or a 870 EVO would do the job 🙂

Be careful to not buy the QVO.

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5 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Be careful to not buy the QVO.

QVO is still a good drive for context. it just doesn't last as long because QLC is inferior to TLC (TLC is what the samsung evo drives are). but QLC is also cheaper so you have to weigh your options. 

 

you can also buy other drives that are not samsung. samsung drives are usually more expensive so if you are looking for cheaper options, I would look elsewhere

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48 minutes ago, WickedThunder86 said:

If you have a Mac with a G5 processor make sure to get a 120gb drive and below since those systems have a maximum drive capacity limit of 160gb. Anything above 160gb will not work.

It came with 2 original 250gb hard drives 

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20 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

Power Mac the one people turn into hack pro builds

Ok. Then any SSD should work. Most ssd's you can buy will probably last more than the life of the powermac. But the thing is that Mac os Leaperod doesn't support TRIM which will cause the SSD to become very slow over time.

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4 minutes ago, WickedThunder86 said:

Ok. Then any SSD should work. Most ssd's you can buy will probably last more than the life of the powermac. But the thing is that Mac os Leaperod doesn't support TRIM which will cause the SSD to become very slow over time.

as long as it will be faster than a hard drive

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9 minutes ago, WickedThunder86 said:

If the SATA interface isn't working then how can you install the OS?

The drives still work so I was going to put it in a Sata to usb dock and duplicate both drives over to ssd and then use those with usb to sata cables 

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3 minutes ago, the gamer that is bad said:

The drives still work so I was going to put it in a Sata to usb dock and duplicate both drives over to ssd and then use those with usb to sata cables 

That's the problem. The powermac g5 only has USB 1.1 and 2.0 and those are very slow.

USB 1.1 :- 0.8 MB/s

USB 2.0:- 25 MB/s 

So putting a SSD won't solve the issue. You need to fix the SATA interface first and then the system will perform fast even with those old drives.

 

 

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35 minutes ago, WickedThunder86 said:

That's the problem. The powermac g5 only has USB 1.1 and 2.0 and those are very slow.

USB 1.1 :- 0.8 MB/s

USB 2.0:- 25 MB/s 

So putting a SSD won't solve the issue. You need to fix the SATA interface first and then the system will perform fast even with those old drives.

 

 

Well the drives are on the verge of failure that is why I’m replacing them

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