Hi all, my first post here, hope I can add something useful here first time out. It may be interesting and thought provoking anyway!
I stuck a Zalman Fan Mate 2 in mine and along with the maxed out RAM, I now have a fast and quiet eMac, compared to just a month ago. The fan noise is now unobtrusive and frankly, bliss, compared to what it was. It needed a little modification along the way, but still well worth it. If anybody wants info, just continue the thread or send a pm.
Now, about my RAM. I was always of the opinion that only Mac compatible RAM was to be used, otherwise, all sorts of stuff would happen. So with that in mind, I went and ordered a 512Mb Mac compatible block from a supplier. It was a bit over the odds of what I was expecting, at 107, but that was all that was available.
Until I tried a supplier much closer to me, that is. They couldn't supply Mac compatible, but when I was offered Kingston Value RAM for 26, literally a quarter of the other one, I thought I'd be willing to give it a shot, seeing as was from a reputable company. Even if it didn't work, I wasn't at so much of a loss.
But since I fitted it, I'm happy to report that there have been no problems, after about a month in the system. Working a treat! Everything is now much faster than I could have hoped for.
I only wish I could have found this before I shelled out over 100 for the first block, but there you go.
Damo