[G4] G4 Upgrade

[Ernest Vincent Pons-Worley]

I agree with others who have suggested buying a Mac Mini for $500 or a 
tower for $1,300.  This is the way to go, if you can afford it.

However, if your budget is really tight, you could do what I did:  I 
bought a faster, dual-processor (faster processors) board for my G4 
from someone upgrading their system on eBay for $100 and replaced my 
single processor board with the faster dual-processor board.  The 
operation took less than five minutes.  These boards come up for sale 
on eBay all the time.  Just keep searching.  If you do go with a dual, 
faster processor board, be sure to get one that includes the heat sink, 
because it's a different shape than the single processor heat sink.

One note of caution: I went with a real Apple board.  I have no 
experience with the after-market cpu upgrades.  Good luck,
Ernest

> I need to upgrade my G4 to a really fast machine.
> 733MHz is not doing it any more. Need to know the best
> way to do this. Also like to game.
>
> Listed below is, I hope, enough information to answer
> any questions about the machine.
>
> Hardware Overview:
>   Machine Model:	Power Mac G4
>   CPU Type:	PowerPC G4  (2.0)
>   Number Of CPUs:	1
>   CPU Speed:	733 MHz
>   L2 Cache (per CPU):	256 KB
>   L3 Cache (per CPU):	1 MB
>   Memory:	768 MB
>   Bus Speed:	133 MHz
>   Boot ROM Version:	4.2.8f1
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