Hey all,
I got this old G5 Power mac a few months ago, and it's pretty cool. I want to max it out, however, and make it fly. I'm wanting it to be my main computer. I have a netbook for portability, 360 slim for gaming, and now this power mac as my desktop. i also have an alt custom built gaming pc but i rarely use it.
it currently has, um...
Dual 1.8 GHz PowerPc G5 processor (this is the june 2004 model for those wondering)
2gb ddr sdram
A soon to be fresh install of tiger.
148.92 gb hd
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082B optical drive
geforce fx 5200
i know for sure i want to upgrade to leopard, and so ill need to buy a dvd. im pretty sure ill jsut get it off ebay and spend the $80 or whatever it costs for it. i want 4gb of ram which as i understand is the max for this model. i just have a few questions:
can i upgrade the processor?
is the optical drive a super drive or combo drive? its slow burning dvds
is a video card upgrade worth it?
and will an ssd work on this? which one should i get? (from macsales or not)
if i can ill just buy most of the stuff off ebay used as it should be cheaper, and, well, the computer is used. so.
thanks guys.
I got this old G5 Power mac a few months ago, and it's pretty cool. I want to max it out, however, and make it fly. I'm wanting it to be my main computer. I have a netbook for portability, 360 slim for gaming, and now this power mac as my desktop. i also have an alt custom built gaming pc but i rarely use it.
it currently has, um...
Dual 1.8 GHz PowerPc G5 processor (this is the june 2004 model for those wondering)
2gb ddr sdram
A soon to be fresh install of tiger.
148.92 gb hd
HL-DT-ST DVD-RW GWA-4082B optical drive
geforce fx 5200
i know for sure i want to upgrade to leopard, and so ill need to buy a dvd. im pretty sure ill jsut get it off ebay and spend the $80 or whatever it costs for it. i want 4gb of ram which as i understand is the max for this model. i just have a few questions:
can i upgrade the processor?
is the optical drive a super drive or combo drive? its slow burning dvds
is a video card upgrade worth it?
and will an ssd work on this? which one should i get? (from macsales or not)
if i can ill just buy most of the stuff off ebay used as it should be cheaper, and, well, the computer is used. so.
thanks guys.