On Jul 26, 2009, at 6:18 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
> > I am purchasing the following: Quicksilver G4 800 w/512 MB RAM > > I have a few questions. > What RAM is recommended (so I can purchase some) to max it out? It will take low density pc133 ram, up to 1.5GB (3 x 512). I have not had trouble with ecc ram, but do not get registered ram, that is for servers only and will not work in your Mac. The swap list can get you sticks for $20 shipped nowadays. > Best Video card (so I can get one)? I have hacked Radeon 9600s from G5s in my DAs. A significant improvement over the stock GeForces and fully supports Core image in 10.5. What are you going to be doing with it? Gaming, Photoshop, Video editing, Animating your own anime? > Also, it has one HD and I want to add a 2nd one. > > My spare HDs > =========== > Generic 120.0 GB 7200 RPM > Samsung SP0802N (S/N S00JJ40Y371416) -> Listed on it as "probably > bad" but I'd still check it out > WD Caviar 22500 AT Compatible Intelligent Drive > WD Caviar 12100 EIDE > > Will any of these work in it? > Assuming that the machine originally shipped with the 800MHz processor, it is a second gen QS and supports large HD out of the box. Any ATA/ IDE drive will work, even over 128GB. What interface is the generic? 120GB is a decent size depending on what you want to do Samsung SP0802N Probably bad?? Wind chimes or play with the magnets. Do not waste time or data on a probably bad drive. WD Caviar 22500 or 12100?? 2.5 and 2.0GB respectively. What would you do with something that small? Depending what you want to do with it, my thoughts: Go to at least 1GB ram. The jump from 512MB to 1GB is noticeable. The jump to 1.5 may or may not be depending on what you do with it. You probably have the Radeon 7500 in your machine. Sufficient for Quartz Extreme, but I don't think it supports Core Image. Try it and see if you are satisfied before you go shopping. The processor is the real bottleneck in this system. The 800 did not have a L3 cache and benchmarks out at about the level of a 650MHz with L3. You will probably get better bang for the buck by installing a Dual 1GHz than installing a better video card. According to the Geekbench results in MacTracker, the 800 gets a 419, while the dual 1GHz gets an 833 and my DA with a dual 1.2 from OWC and a 9600 pro gets a 986. Len --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
