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G4 450 mhz makeover
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hey guys, i'm new here, and i have a major question!
ok, well, my power mac G4 450 mhz is just not cuttin it anymore for games or any big programs i want to use so i was thinking, and today i thought of something.
I noticed today when i was looking at mother boards that you can buy one that already has a processor and everything(probably has been like this for a while but i haven't really shopped for major items such as a mother board  )
but anyway, i was wondering if all of the other hardware and software for my current mac will be supported by pretty much any motherboard. so in other words, i love mac OS and the software, but the hardware is laggin right now and i can't afford a new mac, and i just want to know what i stated, will my other hardware (that isn't USB or FireWire, or any other generic thing)/software will work with pretty much any mother board
many thanks! 
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if your looking to replace the mobo in your tower w/ an intel/amd the only hardware that will work (standard) are the hardrive and DVD drive.
I don't know what your other hardware consists of, so I can't tell you about that.
not to mention no more Mac OS.
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could you explain CLEARLY what you want to do?
if i understand it, you want to replace your G4 450 motherboard with a newer G4 motherboard, or some other G4 motherboard? or you want to replace your G4 motherboard with PC stuff? and what other hardware/peripherals (that aren't usb or fw) do you have?
IMHO, my 450 sawtooth works great. sure, it's a little slow when it comes to mpeg 2 encoding and rendering, but that's what processor upgrades are for!
tr
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link
Covered decently in that post.
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Originally posted by tr:
if i understand it, you want to replace your G4 450 motherboard with a newer G4 motherboard, or some other G4 motherboard? or you want to replace your G4 motherboard with PC stuff? and what other hardware/peripherals (that aren't usb or fw) do you have?
IMHO, my 450 sawtooth works great. sure, it's a little slow when it comes to mpeg 2 encoding and rendering, but that's what processor upgrades are for!
tr
hey man, i live in northern cincinnati, and i was wondering if you knew of any good place down here that sells parts and has REALLY good prices
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