Hello d p! I was just saying that it might be a better choice to get a used QuickSilver or Mirrored Drive Doors and use one of those instead.
Anything you can put into a Sawtooth/Gigabit Ethernet/Digital Audio will also fit into a QuickSilver/MDD - with the advantage of an overall better performance. Only with RAM you would have to check. The MDD uses different RAM than all predecessors, but the Quicksilver can also use 100 MHz RAM (at least mine does, QS 2001 733 MHz, now Dual-800 MHz) from Sawtooth and Gigabit Ethernet. I've seen a 933 MHz Quicksilver go for less than $75 USD on eBay. The Dual models are a little bit more expensive. But you're right, I don't know what you're up to. If you are eger to invest $60 to $100 in a CPU upgrade card for 1.2 GHz, you could go for either one. > 1. Mercury Extreme G4/1.2GHz w/2MB L3 Cache. (I'm not sure the correct > model#) I've looked at the OWC pages and the "OWC item number" is OWCMEG42M1200. http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Other World Computing/MEG42M1200/ > 2. sonnet encore st g4 1200/2m (SG4-1200-2M) Never used a Sonnet Encore. Anyway I've also heard only good about it. (But: no jumpers, and check if you have to update the firmware in any way...) Left with only the choice to upgrade you could go with any one of the two you mentioned. Generally speaking. If you gather more information about the Sonnet you will be able to decide more precisely what you want. Please report back what you do - might interest some more people here. Cheers, Andreas aka Mac User #330250 ---------- Original message ---------- Subject: Re: Apple G4 CPU upgrade options Date: Mittwoch, 26. August 2009N From: d p <xolmu...@gmail.com> To: "G3-5 List" <g3-5-list@googlegroups.com> > Does nayone have any experience between these two: > > 1. Mercury Extreme G4/1.2GHz w/2MB L3 Cache. (I'm not sure the correct > model#) > 2. sonnet encore st g4 1200/2m (SG4-1200-2M) > > macuser, I thank you for your time. > But you see I got this G4 Powermac as a hand me down. > The two processors I mentioned on my last link were mentioned for a > reason, > and that is because they are old processors and they can be found > anywhere from $60-100. I need another 512mb stick and I will have > 1.5gigs of ram, > and I already run 2 firewire 400 drives (320gigx2) > > You can't compare the savings I'm after, > to the theoretical savings you spelled out. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
