[CUBE] upgrade

[Hal]

I didn't need one when I installed my 100GB WD. I only put the fan in 
when I upgraded the video card.

-Hal

On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 08:59 AM, Kenneth Strain wrote:

> I have a 120 Gb Western Digital that I want to put in my Cube.  Do I 
> need to
> install a fan?
>
> -Ken
>
> ps.  I also have 1.5Gb of RAM in my Cube.
>
>> From: Hal <kastegir at mac.com>
>> Reply-To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Date: Sat, 1 Feb 2003 16:56:11 -0800
>> To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>> Subject: Re: [CUBE] upgrade
>>
>> Chris,
>>
>> Welcome to the party. Most of this information is available on the FAQ
>> on either cubeowner.com or cube-zone.com.
>>
>> The Cube takes standard PC100 ram, available at most online merchants.
>> PC133 will also work, and is usually around the same price. You won't
>> see any improvement in using the faster ram, as the bus speed on the
>> Cube is set at 100mHz. Your Cube has 3 ram slots, each can hold 512MB,
>> so the max is 1.5GB.
>>
>> As far as hard drives go, you'll get recommendations for lots of
>> drives. Seagate Barracuda drives (IV and V, I think),  and some others
>> have fluid filled bearings, and are almost silent. I have a Western
>> Digital Caviar with an 8MB cache that I really like. It's almost 
>> silent
>> and really fast. You can add up to a 120GB drive. The drive controller
>> in he Cub won't see space on a single drive beyond 137GB, so there's 
>> no
>> point in getting a drive that's larger.
>>
>> Hope that helped.
>>
>> cheers,
>> -Hal
>> On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 04:38 PM, Christopher Hack wrote:
>>
>>> dear cube list. After months of scouring ebay, I have finally got the
>>> cube I
>>> have long dreamed off. Please forgive me for asking a question which
>>> has no
>>> doubt been asked and answered a thousand times. But anyway, can
>>> someone tell
>>> me what kind of memory chips i need to upgrade the ram, and how much
>>> ram i
>>> can squeeze into the cube. Also, can anyone recommend the quietest 
>>> hard
>>> drives for a simialr upgrade. I have a 450mhz cube which i assume is
>>> standards. thanks in advance.
>>>
>>> chris
>>>
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