John8520
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I've been looking for a Quicksilver for a few years now. They're my favorite style of the G4 towers (the B&W is my favorite of this style tower overall) and they seem to be fairly rare, at least as far as crossing paths with me goes. Granted, I have been being fairly picky - holding out for a 2002 model, preferably in good shape, and cheap is always good.
Today I succeeded on all three counts, and picked up a Dual 1.0 for $30!
Pics here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xIBH66qLmlpLX0l33
It's surprisingly clean, with no major scratches on the front or sides, and just a bit of dust inside. It has 2x512 and 1x128, which I've gone ahead and bumped to 3x512@133 from my stock. The original HDD is gone and it has a WD Blue 160, which is performing fine so far. I may drop in a SATA card later for comparison. It's also got the stock Geforce4 MX which is performing great in tiger.
The PRAM battery isn't dead (thank god), but it does get a little warmer than I'd like, so I'm going to take a shot at replacing the thermal paste and see if that helps any.
All in all, I am very happy!
Today I succeeded on all three counts, and picked up a Dual 1.0 for $30!
Pics here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/xIBH66qLmlpLX0l33
It's surprisingly clean, with no major scratches on the front or sides, and just a bit of dust inside. It has 2x512 and 1x128, which I've gone ahead and bumped to 3x512@133 from my stock. The original HDD is gone and it has a WD Blue 160, which is performing fine so far. I may drop in a SATA card later for comparison. It's also got the stock Geforce4 MX which is performing great in tiger.
The PRAM battery isn't dead (thank god), but it does get a little warmer than I'd like, so I'm going to take a shot at replacing the thermal paste and see if that helps any.
All in all, I am very happy!