James Dwyer wrote:
> Thanks to Alan Miller writing on Fri, 3 Aug 2001 13:02:06 -0400 for the
> following comment:
>
> >Best thing I have see is the XLR8 ZIF carrier card, which will allow
> >you to change processors without having to replace the entire card.....
>
> The carrier card alone costs $109 for single processor capacity and $129
> for "MPe" (multi-processor-enabled) function at Other World Computing
> (www.macsales.com). However, the daughterboard cards for the older PCI
> machines do not seem to be more expensive that the euqivalent ZIF cards
> necessary for the carrier.
>
> In fact, you can currently buy 333 - 350 MHz daughterboard cards for $125
> (Small Dog) to $165 (?) (Other World).
>
> I would guess you could resell a daughterboard card quicker than the ZIF
> alone. (This could change as more of the used machines are newer
> architecture and with provision for ZIF cards from the beginning.)
>
Many people are selling 350 MHz processors as they pull them out of the original
B&W G3's for faster upgrades. I got mine almost a year ago for $100 and Small
Dog had a sale on the XLR8 carrier cards for $99. I have the chip running nicely
at 400 MHz, no problems.... The carrier has not changed in price in the last
year, but processor chips are falling in price......
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