G4 cube caperbilities

[Mord]

I wold like to know how far anyone has taken there cubes as I am considering upgradeing mine some more

do and dual procesor cards work (apart from the 450 &500)?

I found a page that claimed that a ati 9000 will fit in a cube is this true and how much moding is reqired?

thanks


g4 cube 450/704ram/gforce2 mx 32mb 15" apple lcd.

 

[wrc fan]

Check out cubeowner.com's forums, there is a lot of info there about upgrades you can and can't do. Although I will tell you that as of now there are no supported dual proccessor upgrades for the cube as they draw too much power for the Cube to handle.

 

[mystixman]

check out applefritter.com. he modded a cube to be dual cpu

 

[cubist]

I've got a powerlogix 1GHz single, and it works quite well. Not quite to 100 xbench points, but close.

Another update you should consider, that makes a surprising difference, is replacing the hard drive with a 7200RPM drive. That is a cheap and simple way to get 10 xbench points.

Like most Cube owners, I argue with myself as to whether to put more money into it or save for a G5. Frankly, I don't think a $400 CPU upgrade is a good investment, unless you're really attached to a small, quiet, attractive computer.