[CUBE] Does anyone have a 7457 in their cube?

[Keith Fox]

what is the 7457...is it a processor upgrade?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bryce McKay" <bryce1 at bigpond.com>
To: "Cube List" <Cube at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [CUBE] Does anyone have a 7457 in their cube?


> Ordered my 1.4 7457  from OWC last Thursday...  Fed-Ex got it here to
Sydney
> yesterday and I put it in last night - a snap!  The Powerlogix DVD was a
> great idea.
>
> No problems thus far and I am getting more than double the stock speed
> overall (Xbench - was 62 now 137  and slowed down by a full hard drive)!
> Have slept and woken up the cube several times and no problems. 　Panther
> feels much snappier now and is starting to remind me of the glory days on
> OS9...  without the crashes.  ;-)
>
> Yes, the panaflo fan is reasonably faint and certainly quieter than our
new
> iMac - no more dead silence though...  :-(  however, the external drive
and
> room air conditioning are far noisier when their on.  Still I have a
Radeon
> 7500 and 1.5gb RAM in the Cube and the air coming out the top vent is
soooo
> much cooler - so for me a bonus.
>
> So is it worth it?  Absolutely.  Does it satisfy my need for speed?  Of
> course not - but its a big step in the right direction!  ;-)
>
> I may post some more detailed figures later on.
>
>
> Bryce.
>
>
>
> On 13/1/04 4:29 PM, "mentholiptus" <mentholiptus at mac.com> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a 7457 in their cube yet?
> >
> >
> > jesse
>
>
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