Re: Further Upgrade Discussion?
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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
Re: Further Upgrade Discussion?
I have a powermac g4 DP 500MHZ gigabyte ethernet. I have been thinking about upgrading the processors and video card. for about $500 on ebay you can get a DP 1.8GHZ upgrade or for about $250 a single 1GHZ upgrade. for hard drives: I was able to put two 80GB hard drives and one 250GB hard drive in mine. The early powermac g4's had a limit of 128GB per HD. using the Speed Tools ATA High-Cap driver i was able to bypass that limit. Overall a great machine and very upgradable. On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 6:36 PM, Michael B. in Cincinnati [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks, I have a G4 Powermac DP 533. I've maxed out the RAM, added a DVD-RAM, a flashed Nvidia 6200 video card, a second IDE drive, and a couple of msc. PCI cards. Right now it's not a bad machine, but just a little doggy using Open Office or on certain web sites. I'd like to keep the machine since it will dual-boot. If I were to invest a little bit more, what would give me the most speed for my upgrade dollar: an aftermarket 1.5 GHz processor, or a PCI SATA card and drives? What has your collective experience been? Enquiring minds want to know! Thanks in advance, - Michael B. in Cincinnati --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ 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 -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
