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Just picked up a new G5

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rex450se

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Just picked up a PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8Ghz, 1 Gb of Ram, 100 GB and 160 GB Haard Drives for $30. Don't know what I'll use it for or if I'm going to upgrade it at all, but for $30 I couldn't pass it up. It looks like it is the mid 2004 model. I may put a bigger hard drive in it and upgrade the Ram to at least 4 Gb and try to make a few bucks off of it but we'll see.

Victor
 
rex450se said:
Just picked up a PowerMac G5 Dual 1.8Ghz, 1 Gb of Ram, 100 GB and 160 GB Haard Drives for $30. Don't know what I'll use it for or if I'm going to upgrade it at all, but for $30 I couldn't pass it up. It looks like it is the mid 2004 model. I may put a bigger hard drive in it and upgrade the Ram to at least 4 Gb and try to make a few bucks off of it but we'll see.

Victor
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Nice Mac, congratulations!
 
I've already found some Ram to max it out. I guess I'm going to upgrade it, then maybe sell it, or give it to the kids. Now to find a graphics card that a decent upgrade without spending too much.

Victor
 
What video card does it have right now? If you're looking for a cheap semi-powerful video card for a G5, the ATI 9600 XT works rather well. Much better than the usually stock GeForce 5200. They go for about $10-20 on eBay.
 
It's either a 2004, or a 2003 system. Very nice price there.

You want DDR400 RAM, and if it is a four-socket PCB, you will need four 2GB DIMMs.

I'm not sure why the stock video card isn't sufficient for you. I had a Radion 9600 in the past, but as I recall, for some reason, using it would cause an occasional Kernel panic.
 
AmestrisXServe said:
You want DDR400 RAM, and if it is a four-socket PCB, you will need four 2GB DIMMs.
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2GB DDR1 DIMMs don't exist. For maximum ram, the OP would want to use four 1GB sticks of either PC2700 or PC3200. It can be either ECC or non-ECC, but it must be low density.
 
It has 8 Ram slots so should be able to get 8 GBs in there. Mactracker shows it as released in June of 2004, there was also one released in late 2004 so hence I said it was a mid 2004. It does have the GeForceFX 5200 card in it. I don't think it needs anything more, but if I'm going to upgrade it, I mights as well put the max in that it will take. For hard drives this takes the Sata I or Sata II, correct?

Victor
 
G5's have a SATA I connector, but can take most SATA II drives. For most WD SATA II drives, you have to set the jumpers on it for the drive to work in SATA I mode or the hard drive will have problems working correctly in a G5. G5's are very picky with SATA III drives with most not working. If possible, do not use a SATA III drive with a G5's built-in SATA ports.
 
Intell said:
G5's have a SATA I connector, but can take most SATA II drives. For most WD SATA II drives, you have to set the jumpers on it for the drive to work in SATA I mode or the hard drive will have problems working correctly in a G5. G5's are very picky with SATA III drives with most not working. If possible, do not use a SATA III drive with a G5's built-in SATA ports.
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The WD RE series drives do not have this problem. I used to use Samsung enterprise rated drives in G5s, and have switched to RE3 drives.
 
rex450se said:
I just can't leave well enough alone.

Victor
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you should install battlefield 1942 onto the thing. its still got a large fanbase for such a old title and I have no trouble finding a game.
 
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