[CUBE] Cube Modernization Project - Informations needed...

[Gerald]

Hi Boris.
hi Richard,
hi Bill,

last thursday I received the following thread from stevie:


>Hello list,
>
>
>most of us love their cubes (at least that's my impression).
>
>But as many threads show, it becomes old and some upgrade is our wish.
>
>I intend that too, but as I see, there are very different opinions on
>the market.
>May be, some of you can help me (and us all :-)
>
>To have a real progress on upgrading several components have to be "vitalized"
>
>(1) Processor-upgrade ( G4- 1,4 GHz seems to be most interesting)
>
>(2) New graphic card (ATi 8500 - 9000 or faster?)
>
>(3) Faster and bigger harddisk (up to 128 GB intern)
>
>As you all know, this (1+2+3) together needs (A) a lot of power
>(electric power, Watts)
>and produces(B)  a lot of heat.
>
>(B) could be solved by using a Powerlogix enclosure and (noise-poor!)
>cooling Fan
>
>But the main problem IMHO seems to be of electrical nature.
>Most of the sellers over here in germany told me, that I had to
>decide between faster graphics or upgrade. Both together would cause
>my cube's death.
>
>My idea:
>a) new enclosure with fan > heat problem can be handled, I think
>
>b) electrical question:
>what about using the harddisk within a larger enclosure, but not just
>within the original cube?
>Then it could be possible to run the harddisk and the DVD-R with an
>exterior power supply (for instance). This would help the DC-Board to
>survive...
>
>PROBLEM:
>I don't know specifical power dates about the consumption of
>- Processor (what's the plus of the powerlogix oder sonnet 1,4 GHz?)
>- Graphic Card (a ATi 8500 or 9000 or other compared with the
>original ATi 128?)
>- Harddisk and DVD-R
>
>Is there anyone out there who knows specifical data?
>If you are interested, we could collect these in a list.
>May be, anybody knows more about electronics than me (very sure :-)
>
>would like to read of you
>Stevie
>
>
>Perhaps you have good reason to laugh about my english: Do it, I'm
>german... :-))
>