Need recommendations in upgrading to P4, CPU + motherboard + RAM + HDD

[moos blues]

wee hee buy a mac... displays are second accurate to SGI. (silicon graphics)

no spy ware... no blaster virus... hardly any viral/hardware compatibility/OS support/ problems.

G5s are not the best 64bit processors around.. so get a good old back stock G4 (dual 1.25GHz, or sorts) and now u can buy good old back stock of old apple displays... =) cos' new one out... old sure to drop... did i say colours are accurate? hahhaa...

or get a 17inch G4 lappy... however i find teh g4 ibooks suffic.

just mac happy! sharing the luv~


Oh and macs work nicly with canon... for a long time now... so maybe the 70% are canon users as well hahaha...the old laser writers and apple inkjets were canon made... and carried stupid labels like "Caution: Do not expose Laserwriter to fire".

but wad impressed me was a studio photog was using teh G4 12inch with a phase one H10 digi-back and capture one softwaer(C1).. he's reletively well known and deals with celebs.
its a real small monster... happy deciding.. i use PCs too dont find anything wrong very wrong with them either..

 

[glyuen]

get an asus motherboard very stable and 3years warranty

512mb ddr400 ram kingston x2

asus graphics card

western digital 120gb HDD x2

 

[zod]

oh, u might want to do a striped raid so that the hard disk access is faster.
but be warned that a backup for your storage is very important as striped raid is not suitable for long term storage

 

[behyx]

thanks guys,
i'm interested in what moos blues said.

but does mac CPU + normal made-for-PC CRT monitor yield the same output as a mac CPU + mac CRT/LCD monitor?

also, how much does a G4 (dual 1.25GHz, or sorts) cost now? of course it's full system without display.

 

[bAa]

thanks guys,
i'm interested in what moos blues said.

but does mac CPU + normal made-for-PC CRT monitor yield the same output as a mac CPU + mac CRT/LCD monitor?

also, how much does a G4 (dual 1.25GHz, or sorts) cost now? of course it's full system without display.

Ah Hah! Haha.. for MAC -> PC CRT you'll probably need some graphics convertor, but so far, I have only heard of PC ppl wanting to use the mac display, which does require a special adaptor for ~$100.

The Dual 1.25GHz is as follows

$3,055.00

Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
2MB L3 cache/processor
256MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA drive
Combo Drive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
Mac OS 9 boot supported

Superdrive version..

S$ 3,386.00

Dual 1.25GHz PowerPC G4
2MB L3 cache/processor
512MB DDR333 SDRAM
80GB Ultra ATA drive
SuperDrive
ATI Radeon 9000 Pro
Mac OS 9 boot supported

Of course you'll need to up the memory

Now.. BUY BUY BUY :devil:

 

[behyx]

oh my goodness.. so expensive!

haha think it's better i stick to PC for the time being..

 

[zod]

Ah Hah! Haha.. for MAC -> PC CRT you'll probably need some graphics convertor

no graphic convertor needed
at least tt's true for my ibook

i have connected it to my old crt with no problems

ps : i used a port adaptor tt came with the ibook

like i said, get an ibook/powerbook and hook up to your crt

just had to lug my 20kg desktop from 1 hostel room to another.
cursing and swearing all the way.

on the bright side, my new room is bigger

 

[behyx]

no graphic convertor needed
at least tt's true for my ibook

i have connected it to my old crt with no problems

ps : i used a port adaptor tt came with the ibook

like i said, get an ibook/powerbook and hook up to your crt

just had to lug my 20kg desktop from 1 hostel room to another.
cursing and swearing all the way.

on the bright side, my new room is bigger

hehe it's tempting to get a ibook to hook to my CRT monitor.. but then, i don't have so much budget to start off! i can only fork out around $800 max for a CPU+motherboard+RAM+HDD upgrade

 

[behyx]

OK now have a more solid plan already..

I will be getting the 2.8E (1mb cache)

but i need a motherboard to fully uterlise the P4 2.8E. Top priority must be stable and no free from hardware conflicts.

Price mustn't be too expensive either.

Basic function must have SATA, 800FSB.

 

[zod]

consider amd?

 

[behyx]

consider amd?

nah. been using it all the while.
now want to go P4/.

 

[zod]

oh man...
why are u supporting intel...