<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Here's how I've managed to max out my own, 6-year-old Cube.....<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>1) CPU:</DIV><DIV>PowerLogix 1.5 Gigahertz (GHz) Dual Processor PowerForce G4 7447A processor upgrade card</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>2) Memory:</DIV><DIV>1.5 GB RAM</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>3) Video Card:</DIV><DIV>ATI Radeon 7500</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>4) Display:</DIV><DIV>23" Apple Cinema Display (Acrylic; 1920 x 1200). To keep this large display powered, without taxing the Cube's Voltage Regulator Card, I found a work-around. To the Cube's ADC connector, I have attached a ADC-to-DVI adapter (which has its own power supply). And to this, I have connected a DVI-to-ADC adapter. The 23-inch Cinema Display connects to this.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>5) Hard Drive</DIV><DIV>No internal Hard Drive.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>6) FireWire Bus -- External Hard Drive:</DIV><DIV>400 GB Seagate Barracuda. This Ultra ATA/100 drive is partitioned into three volumes: the boot volume is 127 GB in size; plus two data volumes. This is consistent with Apple's guidelines on using large ATA Drives <<A href="http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178">http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=86178</A>>.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>The result is a Cube which is big, quiet, fast, and -- most important -- cool-running.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><BR><BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">============================</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">John H. Lincoln</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Digital Media Designer</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Fornalutx, Mallorca, Spain</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">============================</SPAN></DIV><DIV style="font-size: 12px; "><BR style="font-size: 12px; "></DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></BODY></HTML>