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Welcome to the xlr8yourmac.com CPU upgrades page! Here you will find the most complete and detailed source of information for CPU upgrades for the Macintosh anywhere. Use the tabbed links above to see lists of CPU upgrade articles and reviews by CPU type. (Note: There are no G5 CPU Upgrades.)  CPU Upgrade Owners Ratings Database  - Searchable database by Mac model/upgrade brand with over 10,000 entries (and growing) from Mac owners on how their CPU upgrade performed, with a 1-10 rating, speeds obtained and comments on compatibility issues. Also includes overclocking reports, OEM cpu module swaps (including Intel CPU chip swaps in Mac Pros and pre-2009 Intel-based Mac Minis), even Dual G4 Cube system owner comments. Send me your CPU Upgrade report!  Frequently Asked Questions  - Topic based answers to more than 800 questions on CPU Upgrades, Systems, Storage, CD/CDRWs, DVD, Games, 3dfx/Video cards and much more. Check here first for answers!  Mac Pro CPU Upgrades - For reports on Mac Pro Xeon CPU upgrades (i.e. Quad-Core Xeon swaps in early dual-core Mac Pros) - search the CPU upgrades database.  Intel-based Mac Mini CPU Upgrades - Reports on Core 2 Duo CPU Chip swaps. (The Intel-CPU Minis (until 2009 model), iMacs and Mac Pros have socketed CPUs.)  CPU Upgraded Macs and OS X Leopard  - Feedback from G4 Tower owners with CPU Upgrades running OS X 10.5.x/Leopard. (OS X 10.6/Snow Leopard only runs on Intel-Based Macs.)  G4 CPU Upgrade Reviews Links to full reviews of G4 CPU upgrades here.  G3 CPU Upgrade Reviews Links to full reviews of G3 CPU upgrades here.  G4 CPU Related Articles Links to articles related to G4 CPUs or G4 upgrades.  G3 CPU Related Articles Links to articles related to G3 CPUs or G3 upgrades.  604 CPU reviews/articles Links to 1997 reviews of 604 CPU chip based upgrades.  Performance Basics - Tips on how to maximize your Mac's performance without spending a fortune. G3 Zone - The place for Beige and B&W G3 information.  About Us - About computer resources.  Site Awards - Some of the Awards we've won. = Product Manufacturers/Vendors = If you have a performance oriented hardware or software product you'd like featured on this site, Contact me to submit a product for review. CPU, Video/3D cards, and Disk upgrades are most requested by our readers. This site is read by tens of thousands of motivated Mac users every day! Millions of page views per month! (Not including forums.) Don't take my word for it - see what readers had to say.

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