[Cube] Re: Speed upgrades

[Riba]

On May 21, 2006, at 5:35, Da Pen wrote:

> Hello.  Am sure this has been discussed, but am
> wondering about cubes and cpu upgrades: powerlogix vs.
> sonnet vs. gigadesigns?  Any particular concensus
> regarding possible superiority of any given upgrade?

Personally I'm looking at Sonnet because there have been no reports  
of recurring problems in the past and I'm not sooting for the fastest  
& greatest. Powerlogix at some point had issues with their CPU  
upgrades when they would not allow your Cube to wake up from the  
sleep. This may or may not matter to you, but it is a big issue for  
me. They may have fixed it in the recent revisions, but I don't know  
for sure. People also complained about their customer support, but I  
believe that is much improved now when OWC bought them as their  
customer support is top notch.
I also think that you can't go wrong with Gigadesigns, and they offer  
a $99 replacement for the power board to make sure the original one  
does not go up in flames (but you can use this power board with other  
upgrades too).

> I looked on xlr8yourmac and the articles weren't
> really helpful n trying to make an informed decision.
> Is there any resource that does justice for side by
> side comparisons?  Also, what is the most powerful
> video card you can get into a cube with these
> upgrades?

That would be this one:
http://strangedogs.proboards40.com/index.cgi? 
board=sale&action=display&thread=1141161821