CPU upgrades for granny macs. which is the best?

please keep to topic.
warts and all.
G4 450DP   Mac OS X (10.4.4)   digidesign, motu, apogee

I love them. I've bought 4, all Sonnet. I trust Sonnet more than the others. They've been in the game longer than most. The installs are easy, no software needed most of time, and I have had not one issue ever. I am using a 1.7 in my quicksilver, a 1.4 in my G4 450 Sawtooth, and at one point had a dual 1.3, and a 1.0, all Sonnet.
My 1.7 G4 runs Adobe Creative Suites Premium 2, Macromedia Studio 8 and all my other pro apps flawlessly. I use this machine every single day for my design business. I can afford a G5, but I don't need it. My machine runs fast enough to where I don't notice the speed fast or slow...I hooked up a new 23" Cinema display, have the max 1.5 gig of ram, put a 120 gig drive in it and I'm set for a few more years...this machine by the way was purchased in 2001. So, I will have used it around 8 years by the time I will want a new one. That's not bad, and that $250 I spent on the Sonnet made it possible.
If I had to say there is a downside, it's the additional noise some of the more powerful ones make. There is usually a fan on these upgrades, above 1.0ghz, and it did add a bit of noise. I don't notice it so much unless I shut everything in the room off at night and leave it running.
That's the only thing I've ever noticed. Other than that, there is no way to tell this isn't a stock 1.7ghz G4. The System Profiler reports it perfectly.
I say go for it. Just don't get goofy with the $500 dual jobbers. That seems kind of overkill. Under $300 and you will be amazed at the speed a G4 can still put out.

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