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Performaguy

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I've been slowly upgrading my LC 475, I've seen a few threads with others on here that have one as well.

Current setup:

- 68MB of Ram
-Ultra 320 10k drive
- swapped out the 040 for a full 040 with a heat sink and fan, thermal paste.
-1MB Vram
 

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JDW

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Welcome to Tinker Different!
Thank you for sharing photos of your current project. I like that copper heatsink and plastic clip to hold it on! Much better to use that kind of setup with good thermal paste and 2-sided thermal tape.

All said, I'm thrilled you decided to join us, and I look forward to seeing more of your posts in the forum!
 

Performaguy

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Welcome to Tinker Different!
Thank you for sharing photos of your current project. I like that copper heatsink and plastic clip to hold it on! Much better to use that kind of setup with good thermal paste and 2-sided thermal tape.

All said, I'm thrilled you decided to join us, and I look forward to seeing more of your posts in the forum!
Thank you for letting me join, also thanks for liking the setup. The copper heat sink and fan was Nos from the 80s, nice eBay score! Have a good day Admin. 🙌
 
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bakkus

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Welcome to the forum!
Don't see many new projects with spinning drives these days - especially not 10k ones!
 
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Performaguy

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Welcome to the forum!
Don't see many new projects with spinning drives these days - especially not 10k ones!
Thank you bakkus! Haha, I do have a Scsi2sd and a MacSD. But when that drive spins up it's a good feeling 😄 Those Server drives are crazy! The barracuda 15K sounds like a jet starting up. ❤️ I'm sure my PSU is having a grand old time.
 

AvadonDragon

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Thank you bakkus! Haha, I do have a Scsi2sd and a MacSD. But when that drive spins up it's a good feeling 😄 Those Server drives are crazy! The barracuda 15K sounds like a jet starting up. ❤️ I'm sure my PSU is having a grand old time.

I'm using those drives in my PowerMacs. Had a pile of them sitting around so I figured what the heck it's a cheap solution. Gotta love that fighter jet sound!
 
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