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<blockquote data-quote=".emo." data-source="post: 48494"><p>haha my middle name is upgrade so lets see how i can spend your money</p><p><strong>processor</strong></p><p>.... i would go an xlr8 <a href="http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/cpu_upgrades/XLR8Upgrades.php" target="_blank">500/600</a></p><p></p><p><strong>ram</strong></p><p>any pc133 ram max her out with 1.5 (3dimms) </p><p></p><p><strong>harddrives</strong></p><p>any sata drive is better then the ata that you have in there now...if your willing to drop 150-200 for a great drive the <a href="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-160&depa=0" target="_blank">western digital raptors</a> are the way to go they are the only sata drive out now that are 10k...i have 2 <strong>beautiful</strong>. </p><p>or you could get a solid hitachi <a href="http://www.macgurus.com/cgi-bin/ccp51/cp-app.cgi?pg=prod&ref=13G0254" target="_blank">7k</a></p><p></p><p>in order to host sata drive in a machine besides a g5 you will need a sata hose card. i am using a <a href="http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/FT1002.php" target="_blank">firmtek</a> inside my g3 with 2 maxtor drives hooked up to it. </p><p></p><p><strong>pci expansion</strong></p><p>i would recommend getting a fw400/800 card cause the firewire bridges on the g4 are 15MB and the PCI are about 35MB</p><p></p><p>also you should look into a USB 2.0 card 3/4 port should suffice on a play machine.</p><p></p><p>there are many other products besides the ones i have linked in the post so dont feel this is it....look around newegg.com is a great site and macgurus.com is amazing...high prices but you learn alot from reading the descriptopn etc. hope i helped</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE=".emo., post: 48494"] haha my middle name is upgrade so lets see how i can spend your money [b]processor[/b] .... i would go an xlr8 [url="http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/cpu_upgrades/XLR8Upgrades.php"]500/600[/url] [b]ram[/b] any pc133 ram max her out with 1.5 (3dimms) [b]harddrives[/b] any sata drive is better then the ata that you have in there now...if your willing to drop 150-200 for a great drive the [url="http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=22-144-160&depa=0"]western digital raptors[/url] are the way to go they are the only sata drive out now that are 10k...i have 2 [b]beautiful[/b]. or you could get a solid hitachi [url="http://www.macgurus.com/cgi-bin/ccp51/cp-app.cgi?pg=prod&ref=13G0254"]7k[/url] in order to host sata drive in a machine besides a g5 you will need a sata hose card. i am using a [url="http://www.macgurus.com/productpages/sata/FT1002.php"]firmtek[/url] inside my g3 with 2 maxtor drives hooked up to it. [b]pci expansion[/b] i would recommend getting a fw400/800 card cause the firewire bridges on the g4 are 15MB and the PCI are about 35MB also you should look into a USB 2.0 card 3/4 port should suffice on a play machine. there are many other products besides the ones i have linked in the post so dont feel this is it....look around newegg.com is a great site and macgurus.com is amazing...high prices but you learn alot from reading the descriptopn etc. hope i helped [/QUOTE]
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