Upgrades for G3 All-in-one — #6

Post #6 by Bunsen

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Hardware
Post Date	Wed, 4 Mar 2015 - 04:29
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/upgrades-for-g3-all-in-one.1418/

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EvilCapitalist said:
I can use the same ZIF processor from the B&W G3 series in my machine without issue

You can also use a ZIF G4 without issue (once you've set the motherboard jumpers to the correct speed, same as with a G3 upgrade)

would it make a noticeable difference going from a 233MHz G3 to a 450MHz G3

Absolutely.

it really slows to a crawl in Classilla / if it would be noticeably better than what I have.

"A slightly less frustating crawl" is probably realistic. No fault to Classilla, which is a nice piece of work, but the internet just is that demanding these days.

10/100 Ethernet, Firewire, and USB all in one PCI card

In my experience the FW/USB combo cards work without issue, even generic PC-world ones. Stick to OHSI compliant USB chipsets and Oxford FW, and you should be off to the races. I have no experience with the Ethernet/USB/FW combo cards, so I defer to trag's note above.

Given that RAM is so cheap now, would I gain anything going up any higher than that?

If you are 100% sticking with OS 9? Probably not. But max it out to 768MB if you plan on using OS X or any kind of unix/linux ever.

I notice you haven't mentioned video upgrade.