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

[Sean Terrill]

Quoth Stevie (erasmus at t-online.de) at 1/28/04 6:13 AM:

>> Quoth Bill Fox (wfoxjr at earthlink.net) at 1/27/04 7:23 AM:
>> 
>>>  Well, I don't know the specific electrical requirements of the
>>>  components that Stevie wishes to install in his Cube. The weak point is
>>>  the DC board as you point out.
>> 
>> That may be but the only upgrade he's considering that draws more power than
>> the original component is the video card... It's my opinion that a Radeon
>> 8500 or 9000, while the best path for Cube upgrades, can't survive in a Cube
>> without being modified to use a fan or some sort of large heatsink/heatpipe.
>> Hopefully the Powerlogix enclosure will make a liar out of me. At any rate,
>> as long as a base fan and, most likely, a video card fan are used, I don't
>> think a 7457 upgrade, Radeon 9000, and upgraded hard drive will tax the Cube
>> at all.
>> 
>> Sean Terrill
> 
> Hi Sean & you all,
> 
> that heat is a problem, was clear to me.
> 
> But as I heard, not only heat is the question, the power-consumption
> of all components is the second very important problem as well.
> 
> Who knows what's the need of the different wanted parts?

The point I was trying to make is that the clear advantage of the new
Powerlogix 1.2 and 1.4 GHz chips is that their power draw is comparable to
that of the original 450 or 500 MHz processor. Similarly, a Combo drive and
an upgraded hard drive will draw only marginally more power than the parts
they replace. The only part that I think will draw significantly more power
is an upgraded video card, with the Radeon 8500 and GeForce 3 being the
worst.

The most significant thing you can do to reduce your Cube's power
consumption is not to run an ADC display, or if you do to use a DVI-ADC
adaptor (although I think the Radeon 9000 is the only card that has a DVI
connector).

At any rate, there are plenty of Cubes running upgraded processors, video
cards, and drives. Especially with the new low-power CPUs, I doubt there is
any harm in that configuration.

Sean Terrill
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