CPU upgrades for a G4

I just bought a PowerMac G4 from eBay. I'm new to Macs and so far I haven't found much info on this model. It is an M5183, 733MHz, 512MB. I would like to upgrade the CPU. What are my options? What should I look for on eBay?

Also review the user report database on this site:
http://forums.xlr8yourmac.com/cpureview.lasso
You select your Mac model and the brand of CPU upgrade you are considering and get a number of user reports on how the install went and how it works.
NOTE: When you select your Mac model, you probably should choose "Apple G4 AGP Slot" unless you know you have a dual processor model.
You might want to ask in the Apple forum for for older G4 desktops (yours is older than the late FW800s and MDDs covered in this area) to see if someone else has already performed such an upgrade on a machine like yours:
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=113
I'm a little confused about which model you really have at this point. The M5183 number returns a Powermac G4 (AGP graphics) that had a 400, 450, or 500 nHz processor. I wonder if yours was already upgraded once (doesn't affect future upgrades).
Look for extra stickers on the back and see if any have "M" numbers that end with capital L's, a slash (/) followed by another letter (example: M7825LL/A, M7825LL/B). Those may help narrow the search.
A good resource for Apple Specs and how they were configured is the MacTracker database. Its format is more consistent than Apples' specs sheet format, making it easier to cmpare models. It's free and it's here:
http://www.mactracker.ca/
You can also run System Profiler (do "About this Mac" and click "More Info.." in the resulting window. On the first screen is "Hardware Overview." Copy/paste that (without the serial number) into a post here and that should precisely nail down your model.

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