Novamill mach conversion upgrade

[Benja]

Hi everyone. I am hoping for some input on this.

I have a novamill I run daily already using Mach 3, simple interface into the Smartstep/3 board and the V3 spindle driver from what was diycnc.
I works great, ive been using it for a year, its dog slow but works ok.

So after looking for a new machine Ive realised, for say £500 i could probably make this little beauty a lot faster and probably more stable in the long run,and in the big scheme of things its not much money to spend on an already great little machine. So in my view a worthwhile investment.
So far I have
3 x leadshine M542's
https://www.sorotec.de/shop/product_...tml&no_boost=1

And
Either of these motion controllers
CSMIO/IP-M
PoKeys57CNCd25
depending on how flush i'm feeling.

Ive already got the v3 spindle driver setup with the original sprint spindle driver, i may swap it out for the V5 but otherwise why mess with it.

Where im stuck is the breakout board.
Ive read a couple of post suggesting the leafboy akz250 - but as far as I know runs off 5v, id be better keeping everything 24v wouldnt I?

The same place the drivers come from sell a 20v - 55v Bob
https://www.sorotec.de/shop/Breakout...anced-PRO.html
IDK if its even what I need
from what i have read i could use a cheap chinese bob and still be winning, is that really true?

I suppose where this is different to other conversion threads is i already have a working conversion, I need this machine to run during the week, so i'm looking for a quick and simple weekend job to change the control electronics. keep the spindle driver as is, and use the existing power scheme as far as is viable.

Thanks in advance
Ben