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How do I get the most of my B&W?
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<blockquote data-quote="jhelm007" data-source="post: 199881" data-attributes="member: 6916"><p>600MHz G4 all the way. Look at the reliability comments on the Powerlogix G3s in the database at <a href="http://www.xlr8yourmac.com" target="_blank">www.xlr8yourmac.com</a> Scaaaaarrrrryyyyy. I have a G4 450 OC'd to 500 and I'm pretty happy with the results. </p><p></p><p>I also strongly recomend they HD controller upgrade. If your BW is rev1 it is an absolute must as the MoBo HD chips were crap and cause data corruption errors. Even if you have a rev2 MoBo the speed increase from the HD controller card is worth the cost. </p><p></p><p>I'm not sure you'll see much improvement over the 7000 if you upgrade to a 9200, but I don't know much about this. I've got a flashed PC 7000 in mine and it works very well (of course I don't play games on it so...).</p><p></p><p>The last thing I would recomend is a USB2.0 PCI card. If you use USB for file transfers USB1.1 is sooooo slowwww. </p><p></p><p>For the cost of the above mentioned upgrades however you could get a G4 mini that would blow the blue rig away... I like having a funky blue computer though, so I say go for it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jhelm007, post: 199881, member: 6916"] 600MHz G4 all the way. Look at the reliability comments on the Powerlogix G3s in the database at [url]www.xlr8yourmac.com[/url] Scaaaaarrrrryyyyy. I have a G4 450 OC'd to 500 and I'm pretty happy with the results. I also strongly recomend they HD controller upgrade. If your BW is rev1 it is an absolute must as the MoBo HD chips were crap and cause data corruption errors. Even if you have a rev2 MoBo the speed increase from the HD controller card is worth the cost. I'm not sure you'll see much improvement over the 7000 if you upgrade to a 9200, but I don't know much about this. I've got a flashed PC 7000 in mine and it works very well (of course I don't play games on it so...). The last thing I would recomend is a USB2.0 PCI card. If you use USB for file transfers USB1.1 is sooooo slowwww. For the cost of the above mentioned upgrades however you could get a G4 mini that would blow the blue rig away... I like having a funky blue computer though, so I say go for it! [/QUOTE]
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