CPU Upgrade

[MacMusicMan69]

Okay Peaopl I finally broke down and bought the power logix g4 1.6ghz 7447a upgrade.
My Digital Audio 533 mhz now is 1.6ghz
and It's like 3 times as fast as it was.
and it worked. It's got a new life, now just
HAVE TO UPGRADE THE RAM .75GBS MORE
I was just wondering which linux distro runs good with upgraded g4s.

Yippie.

 

[Scarlet Fever]

what did you have before the upgrade?

EDIT: oops, didnt read the post fully. it was late at night.

lol, it probably runs about 3 times as fast, because the chip you put into it, is three times faster

Nice mod. I wanna have a G4/5 PM to run music recording stuff on. i want a tower, because then i can put sound cards, etc into it.

 

[yoda13]

He had 533 mhz.

 

[MacMusicMan69]

Hello

I have a 533 mhz, I have the debian internet install disk, ubuntu, and kubuntu disks.

Breezy and Sarge version
I have a 6 gb hard drive for it

 

[disconap]

Ubuntu is great. But why not run OSX? Just curious, but that machine is pretty capable of handling anything you can throw at it right now...

 

[SpaceMagic]

How much did you pay for the CPU upgrade? Wouldn't it have been cheaper just to buy a mac mini?

 

[disconap]

Nope. A single 1.6 is about $200-300 cheaper than a Mac Mini. For me, upgrading the processor was mostly about being able to keep my system running smoothly, as it is more upgradeable than a mini (and the parts ar cheaper too).

 

[Duffman]

Nice. Congrats on the upgrade. Ive been happily running a Powerlogix DP 1,7 in my Cube for a while now and it makes all the difference! Also fun to tell people that your 6 year old G4 will run circles around their newer computer! Max out that ram and you will have a completely different beast on your hands.

As for CPU upgrades, cant go wrong with OWC prices, and I think most of their CPU upgrades come with a 3 year warranty.

 

[ekenny]

Just bought this same update too, after reading this thread. Unfortunately, my motherboard was too old for the dual cpu upgrade, so thats why I went this this single. Hopefully this should bring some new life into it.

 

[®îçhå®?]

Why didn't you go for, say the 2GHZ one??