[CUBE] upgrade

[Kenneth Strain]

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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