hello all,
looking feedback on potential workability of upgrade 2008 macpro (16gb ram running osx 10.6.7). i've been reading through threads here on subject (ssds in older macs , sata3 pcie cards) not being redundant, have there been , definitive success reports? work in video post production need speed though not lot of space.
here i'm thinking:
boot drive: internal 240gb ssd (owc sata3)
- power via optical bay via adapter cable
- data via pcie sata3 card , cable running out back
thinking of card:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/new-pci-e-s...uk_computing_computercomponents_interfacecard
seems same cheaper:
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/newertech/mxpcie6gs2/
scratch drive: 2x 300gb velociraptor sata2 in software raid 0 in drive bays 1+2
scratch drive/project drive: 2x 1tb 7200 sata2 drives in radi 0 in drive bays 3+4
backup/storage drives: 2x large 5900 drives connected via external icy dock stations connect 2 internal esata ports on logic board via extension cables. possibly sata drive in optical bay via sata-ide converter. have external firewire optical drive.
questions:
- using flashed pc graphics card: 1gb ati radeon hd 4870 takes space have room use 2 top x4 pci slots. these slots able support pcie sata3 card sata3 ssd?
- ssd bootable pcie card linked above? appears same 1 owc sells cheaper?
- speed increase pci card/sata3 ssd worth fuss or should sata2 ssd? i've read on barefeats sata3 ssds can slower sata2 ssds when not in sata3 connection
- bottlenecks can see limiting speeds? total transfers max out @ 1gbps , think push that?
many time!
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