Can one buy just a motherboard and processor for MAC like you can buy a PC motherboard and processor? I can't seem to find anyone that sells just the motherboard and processor. I would like to use my Harddrives, CD burner and RAM to cut costs. I've been working on a friends MAC with Digital Performer and he is planning on moving and I hate to try to learn new software again. Not that I'm lazy, but it is time consuming and stiffles creativity for several months.
Cheers
JD
MAC motherboard and processor purchase only?
you may be able to get one from an authorized apple dealer/repair shop. it will be expensive, though.
other option is to check out ebay, there is generally some apple mobos and processors floating around.
again, you'll pay a pretty price, especially for anything g4.
your best bet would be to pick up a used machine that is pretty stock and just add your stuff into there. would be piles less of a hassle.
apple runs a tight ship if you didn't allready know
other option is to check out ebay, there is generally some apple mobos and processors floating around.
again, you'll pay a pretty price, especially for anything g4.
your best bet would be to pick up a used machine that is pretty stock and just add your stuff into there. would be piles less of a hassle.
apple runs a tight ship if you didn't allready know
JD, Castol is right. Fiddling with mobos isn't worth the effort.
Since Apple uses standard ide the prices have dropped significantly and there is a lot of 2nd hand stuff on ebay.
It's a bit difficult though to figure out data throughput and processing power. If you have problems with this, drop me a mail with what you intend to do and how much you wanna spent - then I can give you a list of older machines that fit.
cheers, Tom
Since Apple uses standard ide the prices have dropped significantly and there is a lot of 2nd hand stuff on ebay.
It's a bit difficult though to figure out data throughput and processing power. If you have problems with this, drop me a mail with what you intend to do and how much you wanna spent - then I can give you a list of older machines that fit.
cheers, Tom
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I've got a G4/400MHz Mac and now you can buy such as a second hand at about 1200 Euros here in Poland. It's difficult to compare PCs and Macs speed but I tried to do it loading the same plugins (into Cubase) that my friend (PIII 800MHz). The results were comparable. So you can imagine G4/400 is something like PIII 800 and G4/800 is something like P4/1.6GHz. The G4 I have is enough for making music, even with the newest and mosyt demanding audio apps. So I'd suggest you buy a second hand Mac rather than DIY one from scratch.
Sir You should check if your favourite app/plug takes advantage of the 'Altivec optimization' of the G4. Then the G4 outperforms most anything in calculation.
The latest G4s are also said to have a tremendous SUSTAINED data throughput and independent HD/PCI interfaces, so this might be better for heavy duty even on lower clockrates. It doesn't help if your 2 GHZ CPU has to wait on the bytes bound to disk.
cheers, Tom
The latest G4s are also said to have a tremendous SUSTAINED data throughput and independent HD/PCI interfaces, so this might be better for heavy duty even on lower clockrates. It doesn't help if your 2 GHZ CPU has to wait on the bytes bound to disk.
cheers, Tom
