Twenty-Four years ago, Apple launched the still iconic G4 Cube. This system was short lived on the market, but was one of the most unique SFF systems ever offered by an OEM. It’s become sought after, and functional units in good condition still go for upwards of $500 today.
The G4 Cube wasn’t a powerhouse in its time due to a lack of active cooling. However, Action Retro, seen above saying “alas poor RISC, I knew him.”, takes this little machine from a single 450 MHz G4 to a Dual CPU 1 GHz mini retro monster. In the video, he also mounts a custom heatsink, SSD, fan, and overclocks the dual CPUs up to 1.8 GHz. This leads to an impressive showing in Minecraft; running at roughly 30 FPS. That’s pretty crazy for a 24 year old computer.
There also might be some damage done and smoke but I’ll leave that to the video.
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