Best bang for the buck CPU (thread summary)

[Jeff Hallgren]

Wow, guess I should have read this before buying a upgrade card for my 
cube. I see overwhelming support for the Sonnet upgrades.

Alternatively, from the cube purist point of view,  just leave your 
cube alone (maybe turn it into a music server) and save up your dollars 
for one of the new apple boxes. The cube clearly wasn't designed to be 
upgraded and its great just as it is.

Jeff

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 09:25  AM, Francisco Romero wrote:

> Now that the CPU upgrades have been for a while, from the user 
> experience, what Upgrade is the one that offers the most bang for the 
> buck, in terms of price/performace ratio?
>
> Dual 800 Mhz? Singe 1.2 Ghz?
>
> Regards,
>
> FJR
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On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 09:36  AM, Matthew Luderman wrote:
>
> Sonnet Single 800 or 1.2Ghz.
>

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 09:59  AM, Tom Hostler wrote:
> I have a single Sonnet 1.2 and in comparison to the stock 450, the
> day-to-day experience is much snappier, and Photoshop work is now a 
> pleasure
> in X.

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 01:09  PM, mentholiptus wrote:
> Sonnet 1.2GHz
>
> http://eshop.macsales.com/Catalog_Item.cfm?ID=5424&Item=STISG412002M
>

On Wednesday, May 14, 2003, at 09:49  PM, Daniel Love wrote:
> I recently installed a Sonnet 1.2. It was time consuming only because 
> I had never taken the Cube down to the "Buck Naked" state that is 
> required to put in the fan. I think they recommend a dealer install to 
> cover themselves.
>
> Was it hard? Not at all. The photo copied instructions were clear and 
> concise. I would have to say it has been the best upgrade that I have 
> done, bang for buck wise. MP3 rips that were 6x with the 450 are 15x 
> with the 1.2.