I bet your disk drives are now the main bottleneck, so starting with inexpensive (but effective) changes there should give you relatively large payoffs.
If you're using the original IDE controller on the motherboard, your throughput is pretty limited. Your current hard drives are probably faster than the controller's ability to communicate with them. I think the cheapest way to increase your performance noticeably would be to get a faster IDE card. (SATA is not necessarily faster than IDE.) You'd need to make sure that you don't need to boot from a drive that's connected to the motherboard's controller, but my educated guess is that this isn't a problem. Another major factor in disk speed is how fast the platters spin. Faster spin reduces latency/random access time. If your main hard drive is only 5400 RPM, see if your second drive is 7200 RPM or faster. If it is, I'd suggest putting the system and other high-use files on it. If you're still using the original hard drive, check the specs on it and think about replacing it. You can always turn it into an external drive and get more use out of it. On Nov 26, 8:36 pm, "Michael B. in Cincinnati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
