1TB HD's in my G5 dual 2.0 (not intel)

Question

I have an older G5 dual 2.0. I was wondering if it would recognize a 1 TB drive (I cannot find the specs that came with the machine, but I thought 500GB was the biggest you could go.)
If yes, what drives do you all recommend?

Answer 1

Google - they have never lived up to hype, their published vs actual specs for seeks and I/O.
Their firmware has been shoddy ever since they acquired Maxtor (which was doing well finally).
Yes, they have 5 yrs warranty, so does WD with their enterprise line. And I never expect to be using a drive 5 yrs later except maybe as 3rd tier backup.
Seagate supports smaller shops and resellers better so you find them being carried by places like MacGurus. Check drive upgrade DB, reviews, Barefeats, Tom's. And Newegg. Oh, and Seagate forum has been a hornet's nest about their 1.5TB drive problem. They do seem to work okay on PCI controller better than native SATA ports.
OWC always checks - and will update - firmware before shipping, to insure it works with Macs. I'd use MacSales instead.
And remember, the G5 came out when SATA was in its infancy or didn't hardly exist - and came as a shocking suprise to many in summer '03, "SATA" was really just your old ATA/PATA with a bridge, not native, and when they did move to being "native" is when all the trouble with compatability came up and some drives worked, some didn't, features varied wildly.
The problem with a firmware issue, and every vendor has them to some extent, is Seagate no longer makes their firmware available to customers. The problem with Seagate the iMac G5 caused 90 second hangs. Now we have something almost similar to that again.