G5 Hard drives in a Mac pro?

Can I use G5 Hard drives in a Mac pro?
One user on this thread says yes
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15274834#15274834
but this KB article says, "The hard drives must meet the following specifications: Type: SATA 3 Gbps..."
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/MacPro_HardDrive_DIY.pdf
I'm pretty sure the SATA drives in the G5 are not 3 Gbps
Any problem with this?  (Other than the older drives being slower)
Thanks
DLS

Backward compatible.
You can use SATA III/6G drives also, though the bus controller is limited to SATA II.
Those are all specifications, nothing more.
And don't use jumpers. If you used jumpers before, because the G5 (most, though the G5 Quad had SATA II support), you might need to remove it. Some G5s only really supported SATA 1.0 and before SATA II or even SATA was really finalized (most drives were barely even legally SATA).
Caught people off-guard, so un-Apple like to adopt something new so quickly.
now people are hoping and waiting for more bandwidth and better support for SATA III, to take advantage of SSDs and 6G.

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