Build it yourself G5s?

[vrc]

They're a little more than just boards for that price. The $6000 unit is complete with ATX case. The boards have embedded Dual 1.4Ghz CPUs. Still way too much money though, that's too bad.

 

[digital1]

Yeah and you are missin out on Apple's System Controller ASIC. This board uses the old Northbridge/Southbridge setup that all other chipsets rely on. The Apple Mobo is still more superior for this fact alone I think.

 

[vrc]

Agreed. Imagine trying to replace a CPU that went bad! The truth of the matter starting out with a factory G5 would be the same money anyway. I put together a dual AMD 248 with comparable hardware to the G5, and it was $2900 and change anyway. Plus nobody puts these things together like who ever does it for Apple. Have you ever tried Linux on your Mac?

 

[digital1]

Agreed. Imagine trying to replace a CPU that went bad! The truth of the matter starting out with a factory G5 would be the same money anyway. I put together a dual AMD 248 with comparable hardware to the G5, and it was $2900 and change anyway. Plus nobody puts these things together like who ever does it for Apple. Have you ever tried Linux on your Mac?

Me personally? Well I tried getting it to work on a buddy of mine's G4 system a while back. It was pretty weird how he had it set up. But we had trouble setting it up.