G5 Power Mac Ram Quality

tevion5 · Feb 22, 2013, 03:28 PM

Has anybody had success using standard "PC grade" 533Mhz 240 Pin ram in the late 2005 Power Macs? I want to give mine a bit of a boost and being low on funds I was wondering if I really have to buy the proper official stuff from "OWC" or somewhere or could I get away with getting any old stuff on eBay?

Lil Chillbil · Feb 22, 2013, 03:29 PM

Well I don't know much about the quads, but I do know that I have a g5 dual that has pc ram in it just make sure its not high-density

MisterKeeks · Feb 22, 2013, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tevion5

Has anybody had success using standard "PC grade" 533Mhz 240 Pin ram in the late 2005 Power Macs? I want to give mine a bit of a boost and being low on funds I was wondering if I really have to buy the proper official stuff from "OWC" or somewhere or could I get away with getting any old stuff on eBay?

As long as it has the proper specs, it will work. It's the same thing.

tevion5 · Feb 22, 2013, 06:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MisterKeeks

As long as it has the proper specs, it will work. It's the same thing.

Really? Thats great

tevion5 · Feb 22, 2013, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lil Chillbil

Well I don't know much about the quads, but I do know that I have a g5 dual that has pc ram in it just make sure its not high-density

Ahh. I researched this fact now and I now know what to look out for. Thank you.

Hrududu · Feb 22, 2013, 08:51 PM

I've added some used PC RAM in my Quad and haven't seen any issues at all. As long as you don't mix some ECC with Non-ECC, you're good.

Feb 22, 2013, 03:28 PM	#1
tevion5 macrumors regular Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Ireland	G5 Power Mac Ram Quality Has anybody had success using standard "PC grade" 533Mhz 240 Pin ram in the late 2005 Power Macs? I want to give mine a bit of a boost and being low on funds I was wondering if I really have to buy the proper official stuff from "OWC" or somewhere or could I get away with getting any old stuff on eBay? __________________ 13" MacBook Pro, 2.3 GHz, 8GB RAM, 500GB HDD ; Power Mac G5, 2.0 GHz, 2.5GB RAM, 750GB HDD ; Macintosh 512Ke ; 16GB iPhone 4s; 8GB iPod Touch (2nd Gen) ; Airport Extreme (5th Gen)
	0

Feb 22, 2013, 03:29 PM	#2
Lil Chillbil macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: California	Well I don't know much about the quads, but I do know that I have a g5 dual that has pc ram in it just make sure its not high-density __________________ Pentium D 4.2GHz 8Gb DDR3 X1900xt 512mb vram 256gb intel ssd 3tb data drive Windows 7 Core i5 Quad 4GHz 16Gb DDR3 GT 640 256 gb intel ssd 8tb on-board Windows 8
	0

Feb 22, 2013, 08:51 PM	#6
Hrududu macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Wichita KS	I've added some used PC RAM in my Quad and haven't seen any issues at all. As long as you don't mix some ECC with Non-ECC, you're good. __________________ Quad 2.5 G5, MacBook Pro 2.16, Dual 2.0 G5 Powermac, 12" Powerbook G4 1.5, TiBooks 867 & 667, iMac G3 600, G4 Cube 500 & 450, B&W G3 450 & 350, iBook 300's & 366, Beige G3 350, Wallstreet 233
	0

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode