Mac mini external sata hard drive - Revision history

Ivc at 17:25, 21 June 2008

2008-06-21T17:25:56Z

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	The internal hard drive is a regular 2.5-inch form factor model, usually found in notebooks and game consoles. These drives doesn't have the performance of their 3.5-inch sibling, with exceptions of the server hard drives with a SAS interface.		The internal hard drive is a regular 2.5-inch form factor model, usually found in notebooks and game consoles. These drives doesn't have the performance of their 3.5-inch sibling, with exceptions of the server hard drives with a SAS interface.

			* [http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=501970 Macrumors.com thread]

	== External case ==		== External case ==

2008-06-17T21:55:16Z

Performance

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	* [http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=295014 Full Xbench benchmark results page]		* [http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=295014 Full Xbench benchmark results page]
			* [http://db.xbench.com/merge.xhtml?doc2=251020 Similar stock model results]

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2008-06-17T21:54:27Z

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	The internal hard drive is a regular 2.5-inch form factor model, usually found in notebooks and game consoles. These drives doesn't have the performance of their 3.5-inch sibling, with exceptions of the server hard drives with a SAS interface.		The internal hard drive is a regular 2.5-inch form factor model, usually found in notebooks and game consoles. These drives doesn't have the performance of their 3.5-inch sibling, with exceptions of the server hard drives with a SAS interface.

2008-06-16T21:02:07Z

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	== External case ==		== External case ==
	I bought my second Mac mini used, and with it came an external 3.5-inch IDE hard drive case ~~made by TechSolo~~. The previous owner already modded the case to fit a 3.5-inch SATA hard drive, but cut a big hole in the of the Mac mini and the side of the case.		I bought my second Mac mini used, and with it came an external [http://www.ciao.de/click.php?oid=7815508&cid=621119&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.snogard.de%2F%3Fkr_target%3D%3FartikelId%3DCASEXTUSBTE02%26kr_tag%3D0102%26kr_category%3DCASEXTUSBTE02 TechSolo TMR-600W] 3.5-inch IDE hard drive case. The previous owner already modded the case to fit a 3.5-inch SATA hard drive, but cut a big hole in the of the Mac mini and the side of the case.

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2008-06-16T20:48:00Z

External case

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	My idea was to make the connection between the Mac mini and the case less obtrusive and obvious. I also bought a new bottom case to get a new case without any modifications.		My idea was to make the connection between the Mac mini and the case less obtrusive and obvious. More discrete. I also bought a new bottom case to get a new case without any modifications.

	The SATA connector had to be stripped to near the essentials, much of the connector is soft rubber and easy to cut. Both connectors are angled.		The SATA connector had to be stripped to near the essentials, much of the connector is soft rubber and easy to cut. Both connectors are angled.

2008-06-13T00:16:36Z

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	The internal hard drive is a regular 2.5-inch form factor model, usually found in notebooks and game consoles. These drives doesn't have the performance of their 3.5-inch sibling, with exceptions of the server hard drives with a ~~SATA~~ interface.		The internal hard drive is a regular 2.5-inch form factor model, usually found in notebooks and game consoles. These drives doesn't have the performance of their 3.5-inch sibling, with exceptions of the server hard drives with a SAS interface.

	== External case ==		== External case ==

2008-06-13T00:14:58Z

Performance

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2008-06-13T00:12:52Z

References

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	== References ==		== References ==
			* [http://www.artmac.info/MacMiniSATAMod.html Mac Mini Core Duo SATA mod]
			* [http://www.erebos.net/articles/macmini_esata/macmini_esata.php Mac Mini eSata Hard Disk upgrade]
			* [http://techreport.com/articles.x/14583/ Techreport WD VelociRaptor VT150 review]
			* [http://techreport.com/articles.x/14380 Techreport WD 640 GB review]
			* [http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3269&p=2 Anandtech WD SE16 320 GB review]

2008-06-13T00:10:34Z

Performance

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	The conclusion is that the new hard drive upgrade will increase the throughput speed '''2 to 3 times'''compared to a stock Mac mini 1.66 GHz with a regular 2.5-inch 5400 RPM hard drive.		The conclusion is that the new hard drive upgrade will increase the throughput speed '''2 to 3 times''' compared to a stock Mac mini 1.66 GHz with a regular 2.5-inch 5400 RPM hard drive.

	== References ==		== References ==

2008-06-13T00:10:16Z

Performance

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	The conclusion is that the hard drive speed is '''2 to 3 times''' ~~faster than~~ a stock Mac mini 1.66 GHz with a 2.5-inch 5400 RPM hard drive.		<div style="clear:both"></div>
			The conclusion is that the new hard drive upgrade will increase the throughput speed '''2 to 3 times'''compared to a stock Mac mini 1.66 GHz with a regular 2.5-inch 5400 RPM hard drive.

	== References ==		== References ==