What do I do with this thing? It's a late 2005 power Mac

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>G5 as a server

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>54875893
Power Macs are pretty useless. You need a PPC OS, so software made for newer versions of OSX won't work.

My advice: Use it for a heater. Or gut it and turn it into an aquarium.

>>54875893
there's conversion kits to fit a proper modern motherboard. make a hackintosh I reckon.

>>54875927
What if I gut it, paint it a new color and use it as a case for a new build?

Install 10.4 and 9.2.2 on it, enjoy a system that will rip nearly every PPC Mac OS application apart with ease.

>>54875927
>You need a PPC OS, so software made for newer versions of OSX won't work.
So? The software they run is just fine.

>>54875951
1) do not paint it
2) G5 case mods are extremely hard to pull off, you need to properly plan shit out so you don't ruin the case
3) some of the stuff in there is actually ok, take the G5 internals, Assemble them inside a cardboard box or something

>>54875951
>>54876040
see
>>54875940
>there's conversion kits to fit a proper modern motherboard

put an amd and it will run better than intel 6300

>>54876040
This desu
Even if you succeed, you just end up ruining something interesting to turn it into another mundane gamer shitbox with a hipster-friendly case.

Don't be a dick OP, considering you wanted to paint it you'd be better off just selling it and buying a nicer standard case if you don't want to do anything useful with it.

>>54876048
Just because there's a kit for it doesn't mean it will be successful or come out looking good in the end. Getting the tools and parts isn't hard, it's making it not look like shit that is.

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Use it as a case and hackintosh the internals.

>>54875927
Older universal OS X software runs just fine, it did the job back then you think it wont now?

Also PPC Debian is just fine and up to date, as an alternative.

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It has 3.5 gb of ram it seems not bad for an old machine.

I wish Steve Jobs wasn't such a hipster and had special power cords.

Mine's hooked up to my TV. Runs 1080p movies and such just fine. Doubles as a file server. I have unmetered electricity so I couldn't give a shit about its power consumption.

If you have enough memory (mine's got 8GB DDR1) it'll browse the Internet using TenFourFox just fine.

>>54875989
G5s don't support native OS 9, but if you're using OS 10.4 you can install Classic.

>>54876253
I think they're actually standard cords, I've seen them used on servers before, probably higher-amp cables since the G5 was a hell of a chip.

Take a look at the configuration info on the lower edge on the side of the case, see what model you've got.

I have a 2 GHz dual core late '05 model, they've got a lot of life left in them and are some of the fastest desktop non-x86 systems you can buy.

>>54875951
I did this. It's more of a hassle than it's worth. Also the paint doesn't stay on that well.

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>>54876333
result

>>54876320
No it doesn't look standard, each strip is just rotated 90 degrees.

Its also the a1117 model. I don't know which exact version.

>>54876382
I just don't want the apple logo cause I probably won't make a hackintosh.

>>54876382
eugh
if you're going to destroy something for "aesthetics" at least don't ruin the aesthetics (at least any more than you did by cutting up the clean rear I/O layout to fit clunky looking ATX shit in)

>>54876428
>No it doesn't look standard, each strip is just rotated 90 degrees.
Well, there are different standards. I've seen it on other non-Apple boxes before, just can't remember where.

Also, there's an inventory of the stock configuration right where the side panel slides in, on a grey strip.

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>>54876443
I painted it because apple is gay

I think the back looks fine. No pic though

>>54876469
ohp, its a quad core with a 6600 and 250gb hdd

>>54876428
It is standard, IEC C19, search for it.

Its mainly used to power high current IT equipment like servers.

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>>54876480

>apple is gay
>uses an apple case

>>54876469
Found it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC_60320#C19.2FC20_coupler

>>54876480
At that point you can just buy a Lian Li PC-V1000 (a pretty good G5/Mac Pro clone but without the handlebars) in black and got the same look. Half the reason hipsters destroy these things is because of the clean aluminum look.

>>54876515
>it's a fucking quad
Yeah, please don't mod that. Probably one of the most desirable PPC systems there is, and very rare.

If you don't want to put it to work but still want to mod it, sell it for $150-$300 on eBay and buy an older 1.6 GHz single-processor model, those things are dime a dozen, Quads aren't, and someone would treasure that thing just as it is.

>>54876515
>>54876622
Seconded. Quad G5s are hard to get hold off and I'm desperate to get my jewclaws on one myself. You can find G5 chassis and shittier models online for cheap.

>>54875893
Honestly, you could probably get the cord somewhere, but this comp is so outdated by this point that you'd be better of buying a 400 laptop with the same specs.

>>54876707
Fuck me man its a G5 Quad.
The power cable is available really easily, just search for C19 Power cable/cord in ebay.

>>54876622
That thing looks like shit. The whole reason I like the g5 case is because of the clean, minimal front which is one solid piece of mesh top to bottom

>>54875893
well, install gentoo onto it.

>>54876768
>G5 Quad
so?
Core2Duo is still fucking better in every regards.

>>54876804
They're about equal according to most metrics.

>>54876804
>b-but this plays gaymes better
who cares

nice tech is nice tech

>>54876804
No it wasn't.

>>54875893
>special snowflake power cord
It takes a regular power cord you dumbass
Use it as a desktop or server, it'll work great for both


>>54875924
>I can't afford $10 a month
Everybody point and laugh at the poorfag

>>54875927
OS X 10.5 is still a great OS, not to mention there's OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Debian, Gentoo, and more available.

>>54875951
>>54875940
>>54876064
>>54876191
Sell it and buy a broken one if you're planning to ruin it.

>>54876804
So they're not made anymore and there are still people who would love to have one. Plus you're wrong.

>>54876382
abominable

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>>54876048
i have the laserhive kit on my G5, it looks OK but..

>there is no way to manage cables in a G5

>everything is backwards upside-down BTX stye

>G5 use a 1U PSU so theres no-where to put an ATX

>to use the OE front panel you need a firewire header

>there aren't enough PCIE slots on the back

>>54875893
1. Buy the power cord off of ebay.
2. Buy two G5 Quad-core CPUs and install
3. Install Debian PPC on it and use it as a desktop machine or server.

I have no idea what kind of speed you can expect with two 11 year old Quad-core PPC CPUs, but it ought to be decent enough.

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>>54876480
>>54876382

>>54876957
>So they're not made anymore and there are still people who would love to have one.
Nor are Core2Duo's
>Plus you're wrong.
Naa, mate.

>>54877096
Yeah but a G5 quad is more than your run of the mill desktop
>Nah
But that's wrong, you massive dumbass.

>>54877081
OP's already got a quad (2xDC) system, there were no quad-core G5s.

DC G5s are still pretty good, a little inefficient, but they run just fine, especially with their fast DDR2 memory, SATA disks and PCI express bus.

I was given a G5 last week, no HD's and missing the screws for the C drive. Not sure if its power pc or Intel. Apple store said they don't give out/sell the OS for it any more.

Is it worth any £ as it stands? It came from an office, owner was paranoid so took out the HDs, it does have the original power cord. I know it's too much hassle to install a windows system inside...

>>54877159
In that case wikipedia is wrong (which is not surprising).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Mac_G5

>CPU 1.6 – 2.7 GHz PowerPC G5
>Single-processor
>Dual-processors, single-core
>Dual-core
>Dual-processors, dual-core quad-core

>>54876804
Core 2 Duo was just one step in a long line of x86 CPUs.

The G5 was the end of the line for Apple's PPC generation. That's why it's collectible.

>>54877721
>G5
>not sure if it's PowerPC or Intel

>>54877736
The quad core part shouldn't be there, top of the line G5 had dual dual-core processors.

>>54877762
>I know nothing about macs, have built pcs since 1990, why would I know what's inside?

>>54877798
There's no such thing as an Intel G5 anon, that's no excuse.

>>54877762
Would this be the highest performance PPC machine released as a desktop PC?

>>54877824
I was told by a macfag there was, I have no clue about them, try get leaving your basement once in a while...

>>54877828
If it's the dp dual-core 2.5GHz model, then yes.

>>54877850
>try get leaving your basement once in a while..
>he hurt my feelings :c he's obviously a basment dweller
epik

>>54876622
>tfw I got it for free from a guy I was working for

Do they really go for that much if I try to sell it? I can probs get my hands on a power cord this after noon.

>>54877930
>Do they really go for that much if I try to sell it?
A few hundred dollars

>>54875893
>>54876303
>>54876320
Stop the press.... I had one half a year ago and its power-cable was the same as the normal ones. I actually have the cable in the back of my pc right now and it is just the standard connector.
If the pins are turned as you say it is then somethings wrong.
Also I sold it with just some in-package random ass power-cable i just had lying around so no, it is not a snowflake cable

>>54877721
The PowerPC G5 was not an Intel processor, thus the Power Mac G5 was not an Intel system.

Screws and caddies are not difficult to find at all. Depending on what's in it, it's worth anywhere from $50 up to $300 or even $500.

>>54877736
"Quad core" was the marketing name Apple gave the dual-processor Power Mac G5 featuring a pair of dual-core PowerPC 970MP processors, there were never any actual Quad core G5s produced.

Apple had a hard enough time keeping a pair of dual core G5s cool with a custom liquid solution.

>>54877828
Absolutely. PowerPC was pretty much relegated to embedded roles after that and a G5 quad will probably take on those overpriced Amigatard money grabs with ease.

>>54878211
Nothing's wrong at all, the dual-core models use a different higher-amp cable.

>>54877721
Easy way to see if it is a intel or a PPC is the optical drive (front) 1 drive then its a g5 PPC, 2 drives then it is a Intel

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>>54878211
No it's simply not the same. I just came back from my local computer recycling store and they didn't have the cable either. I'm gonna have to order one most likely

>>54878288
It's not Apple's fault IBM made such a power hungry chip they needed to swap over to a server-grade power supply for it.

>>54878271
>>54878261
It's still a standard plug, just not the one you're used to. Definitely not a special snowflake one

>>54878288
ebin

>>54878271
Justy google it, the ones that was sold here in Denmark had the normal cable, so I'm sorry.
This is the one i have http://g02.a.alicdn.com/kf/HTB12BGnJpXXXXbXXVXXq6xXFXXXN/FOR-New-original-Danish-power-cord-Apple-G5-MAC-PRO-host-Volex-party-card-slots.jpg

>>54878315
>>54878319
Here is the snowflake Non-danish cable.
http://cdn3.volusion.com/wkumr.mdacr/v/vspfiles/photos/PCG5-EU-A-2.jpg?1347957925

>>54878319
You just had an older model that used a typical cable.

>>54878315
Yeah some dude mentioned the name ITT so I'm looking around.

I'm definitely going to use this thing as some type of server if its got dual dual-cpus.

>>54878339
>I can't read
It's not a special snowflake cable you dumbass.

>>54878271
>iec 60320 c20
>not iec 60320 c14
fucking applel snowflakes
just nigger rig that shit man, open the psu and solder in some lead on that, or replace the fucking connector with a decent one

>>54878387
4/10

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>>54875893
Mod it and make it into an ATX Case.
Having a powerful dual Xeon Machine in one of these things would be really cool.

>>54878387
>both are standard plugs
>somehow one is a special snowflake

>>54878425
Fuck off you piece of shit

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>>54876191
>Red Macbook skin
>Red Curtains
>Blue accents on Model M

Literally why? It looks great on its own, but really doesn't fit in there.

>>54878425
>moddertards are back
Why do all of you fags want to destroy nice working G5s when there are tons of cheap and not-so-rare Mac Pros saturating the market in droves that use the same case, already run high-end x86 hardware and are more expandable anyway?

>>54878452
It's not foreign, it's for machines that draw more current, which the G5 quads do.

>>54876788
>install gentoo
this

>>54878488
But that's wrong you dumbass.

>>54878471
>not-so-rare Mac Pros

A friend of mine found 4 working G5's sitting on the road, literally on the fucking side walk. He used the two without HDD's to build a coffee table out of them and sold the other 2 on ebay for like 15 bucks each, meanwhile Mac Pros from 2006 go for upwards of 60 bucks..

Nice try desu senpai

>>54878467
I would do this if it wasn't a quad g5 with 3.5gb of ram and two HDDs

It clear this thing was worth over $3000 when it was in its prime. I just want to turn it on but I need a stupid $50 cable to do so.

http://www.ncix.com/detail/tripp-lite-p034-010-heavy-duty-power-94-123868.htm

>>54878488
Can you go shit up another thread with your shitty greentext memes? This isn't Reddit.

>>54878271
I am about 90% certain that plug is used on a lot of printers and probably has a particular name that is not related to Apple.

Look it up by that name and you can probably find it on ebay for about $3.

Might be something like this anon is talking about>>54878387

>>54878525
Nice anecdotes, my niggerposting friend.

>>54878528
>$50
nigga what the fuck, check ebay or something, they're not that expensive

>>54878560
>whines about blogging
>on /g/
lmao
feeling a little perturbed that nobody cares about your new falcon guide gaming build in the guts thread?
>cancerous reaction pics
>>>/r/eddit is that way my child

>>54878621
yawn
does /v/ even try anymore or are you pretty much down to spamming copypasta until it sticks at the right moment?

keep hanging in there friendo, you'll get into an r/4chan screecap eventually ;)

>>54878528
>I just want to turn it on but I need a stupid $50 cable to do so.

No you don't. You can buy the exact original cable right here for $25

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Genuine-Apple-Heavy-Duty-Power-Cord-for-Select-PowerMac-G5-2GHz-Quad-/231952010212?hash=item36016acbe4:g:O2YAAOSwU1FXQJ2m

Or you can get a 3rd party replacement here for $15

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-PowerMac-G5-Rectangle-6FT-AC-Power-Cord-Cable-for-Dual-and-Quad-New-/320671696533?hash=item4aa985c695:m:mRpBPsGyVwFRHBeom5AaDHQ

Or you can get a generic power cable for $8 that will probably have zero differences from the two I just linked.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Power-Cord-IEC320-C19-to-5-15P-/182137026002?hash=item2a683675d2:g:gcoAAOSwMr1XPLAJ

>>54878621
the guy you're arguing with isn't even OP.

>>54878685
I would go with this one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-AU-AC-Power-Cord-Heavy-Duty-for-Apple-Power-Mac-G5-Mac-Pro-922-5950-Cable-/121831552001?var=&hash=item1c5db9f401:m:m6F-hRzwwoEPDelJJOMN6XQ

This is probably a guy in China that gets PC's on pallets from the US for scrap and resells what he can. It's likely 100% legit.

>>54878735
Post a link to your $1 cable, faggot.

>>54878735
but /v/-san it's your precious IBM's fault for designing a shit chip that draws too much current for a typical PC cable to handle

>>54878685
>>54878745
too bad I live in Canada and it costs more to ship than the actual product

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NEW-5-15P-Male-to-C19-Female-Power-Cord-for-Server-workstation-Power-Mac-/400633798478?hash=item5d47a29f4e:g:LFQAAOSwd0BVwrYq

>>54878243
>Apple had a hard enough time keeping a pair of dual core G5s cool with a custom liquid solution.
That's pretty surprising considering the power draw was about 80 watts, according to IBM.

>>54878803

dick

>>54878347
You won't want to use it as a server, but it would be a cool desktop. You could even still browse the web on it pretty decently.

>>54878803
No guarantee that cable will be rated for the power draw of the Mac. If you can prove it is then you win.

>>54878857
Prime 95, come on son. 95C is below TJMax, anyway.


Can you stop posting this all day every day?

>>54878803
DO NOT BUY CHEAP CHINK CABLES.

>>54878873
But it isn't so your post is dumb.

>>54878918
Going by the description it might be cheap, or it might not. It's literally coming out of a bin of random cables some dude pulls from a recycling center.

>>54878803
Except that's the WRONG FUCKING CABLE, faggot.

See
>>54878271

>>54876768
Ebay? Just nab one off amazon
>http://www.amazon.com/Cablelera-North-American-Extension-ZWACPFAC-06/dp/B00GMPVAJM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1464901795&sr=8-1&keywords=C19+Power+cable

>>54878271
that means you got a 2005 model, one of the most powerful and power hungry G5...
the plug is a standard plug but specked to handle more amps
had dual cores and everything

>>54876804
>>G5 Quad
>so?
>Core2Duo is still fucking better in every regards.
Except he has the G5 quad, so that alone beats buying a entirely new computer just to fuck around with.

Could always use it for emulation. That or a file server. I turn all my old shit into vidya emulation machines. Check ebay or Amazon for the proprietary apple shit cord.

>>54879125
>the proprietary apple shit cord
You mean the standardized cord that has nothing to do with Apple?

>>54879122
It's not really about the power, it's about the historic value. This computer is the culmination of the whole PPC lineup.

>>54879160
>>54879122
ebin

>>54879194
Can you do anything but spout shitty memes?

>>54879160
>and even a $100 craptop from a pawnshop will be more useful/powerful.

Exaggeration.

>>54879224
I haven't done such a thing.

>>54879269
>benchmark has more variables than just different CPUs
The only thing that that image proves is shit is the benchmark.

>>54879122
But he has the G5 already, no need to even go out and get this mythical 10x more powerfull computer from the dump that isnt real!

>>54879338
>implying Apple is paying anyone to shill 10 year old hardware
Nice argument faggot

>>54879359
Why does it matter to you what he does with his old PC's

>>54879359
What are you on about? My dp single core 2GHz G5 is more than enough to browse the Internet. Hell I still regularly use my 1.5GHz PowerBook G4 for such things. OP's has four cores at 2.5GHz.

>>54879393
This sure is a nice circle we got going on here, By the way, what kind of computer do you own?

>>54879398
He's just angry that people are enjoying and discussing technology other than his gaming shitbox blog in the speccy thread.

>>54879269
You'd be able to run Debian on the G5 now so that benchmark is irrelevant.

It would be hard to find a decent quad core laptop for $100 at a pawn shop. Maybe on ebay.

>>54879496
Sometimes I really do feel like there are paid shills on /g/ that will rail against anything having to do with enjoying old technology.

>>54879542
Even if that was true, it doesn't mean shit.
>lolol it's old so it's shit
I thought this was a board for technology enthusiasts, >>>/v/ is taht way

>>54879542
Maybe in CPU performance, but that motherboard supports a lot of ram and has four expansion slots.

You would have been better off to point at some of the older Xeon workstations on ebay. I think you can nab some of the old XW series from HP for under $100 these days, and they will smoke the G5, no doubt about it.

>>54879559
It's probably the Dell pajeet trying to slide anything with Apple in it so we'll buy an XPS 13

Like we're going to pay Dell $1400 for a piece of garbage so their underpaid Indian shills can continue to shit on our enjoyment.

Or it's just a self-hating /v/edditor trying to be an epic ruse master because nobody gives a fuck about his virginal existence otherwise.

>>54879587
Again,
>implying Apple is paying anyone to shill 10 year old hardware
I mean fuck the architecture's not even supported by them anymore. Hell they don't even support IA32 anymore.

>>54879655
ebin

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>>54879599
I looked and the XW series actually still goes for a little more than $150 (some machines were $400?!).

But there are some deals to be found, like this one that sold.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-xw6600-2-X-Quad-Core-8-Processors-12GB-Ram-nvidia-Quadro-NVS-280-/111980317364?hash=item1a128c0ab4%3Ag%3AHwMAAOSwxcRW9A5H&nma=true&si=Z6r5PbyVMgvXSRysovrKkftzucE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

>>54879698
I did a little more looking around and I was right in the first place.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-xw8400-Workstation-Dual-Xeon-E5345-8GB-RAM-W-500gb-HDD-/182154403517?hash=item2a693f9ebd%3Ag%3Ail4AAOSw0gdXTcEf&nma=true&si=Z6r5PbyVMgvXSRysovrKkftzucE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Less than $100 shipped for 8 real cores and 8gb of ram. I think this ought to be one of the best PC's you can get for that price.

>>54879698
>>54879834
I ran an xw4600 for a bit, then swapped it out for a loaded Precision T7400. xw series workstations are very nice hardware, same with precisions.

>>54878525
yeah maybe the shitbox single processor and entry-level dual processor models, but you don't come across DC/quad models every day, they were very expensive, and a quad maxed out with 16 GB of RAM, a couple 15K RPM disks/SSDs and a Quadro FX 4500 is easily the fastest non-x86 desktop you can acquire for a reasonable price

>>54880019
>fastest non-x86 desktop you can acquire for a reasonable price

Fastest PPC maybe, there are some other architectures out there...

>>54878929
There is a really large difference between Chinese products created through contracted manufacturing and independent manufacturing.

>>54880042
dank meme anon

>>54879269
>Kernel that hadn't been designed to use multicore CPUs cripples performance
Wow what a shocker.

>>54880089
>2.7GHz G5
It's not even a multicore CPU, at best it's a dual single core model

>>54879587
>tfw you realize there aren't any real people on /g/
>every post is actually from a marketer trying to praise their product/discredit the competition

Shoe on head

>>54880057
What's faster for less? Off the top of my head at the time you could get an SGI Tezro or a Sun Ultra 45 as a workstation that wasn't x86. People want like 2 grand for a decent Ultra 45 and good fucking luck finding a Tezro, especially in the rare 4x1GHz R16k configuration.

>>54880167
I guess it depends on what you call reasonable. The Sun workstations were what I was thinking of, but I didn't think they would still be over a grand.

PS3's Cell processor is worth mentioning.

>>54880231
>PS3's Cell processor is worth mentioning.
Except it's been years since Sony killed OtherOS

>>54880277
Surely that can be hacked around.

Wii U's CPU is also interesting

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espresso_%28microprocessor%29

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>>54875893
>What do I do with this thing?

Commit fire insurance fraud.

>>54880326
Possibly but I don't believe it's been done.
>Wii U CPU
Hasn't it been speculated that that's just an overclocked multi-core Gekko? I mean shit, the Gekko's G3 based.

>>54880167
Well there's this:
https://www.raptorengineering.com/TALOS/prerelease.php

Not sure if it counts as a reasonable price.

>>54880443
>10x more than the highest specced of G5s for just the motherboard and lowest end CPU
I wouldn't say so. I do plan on picking one up though

>>54880057
I would be willing to wager the G5s are the fastest at their price point.

The only other RISC box that's really as competitive at its price point would be the Sun Blade 2500, which only supports two rather antiquated single core UltraSPARC III chips, DDR RAM, U320 SCSI, and no PCI express.

Its successor, the Ultra 40, only adds PCI express in. Still no DDR2, SATA, or multi-core chips, and three times the going rate of even a loaded quad.

Other than that, there's the SGI Tezro on the MIPS front, which is basically just running rehashed R10000s that even SGI knew weren't up to spec, not to mention the second generation VPro graphics were so hopelessly outclassed by the Quadro cards in Suns and Macs, and once again, the going rate for one of them is even more than a new Talos kit.

Maybe you could find an argument for the HP C8000, the last of the PA-RISC systems, which featured multi-core chips, DDR2 and other such features, but finding such a loaded system will run you upwards of a grand easily, provided you find one in the first place.

HP's few Itanium workstations are similarly expensive, and even more difficult to find.

IBM workstations are almost a thing of legend, I've seen maybe one or two IBM-badged POWER workstations in my eight years of collecting.

>>54880509
>Ultra 40
I meant the Ultra 45, not the Opteron-based Ultra 40s.

>>54880509
So this Powermac was no-bullshit actually a good computer from Apple?

Speaking of Macs...

>Buy Mac Mini for $75 to have something to fuck around with official OSX on
>Get it home
>Open browser for lels before I wipe it
>Browser history is full of Reddit and gay porn

I'm not even kidding. Way to conform to stereotypes.

>>54880583
Yes, believe it or not there was a time when Apple made god-tier machines.

>>54880641
There's no need to lie on the internet.

>>54880655
Good thing I'm not.

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>>54880583
>good computer
>from Apple

Pick one.

>>54880167
>What's faster for less?
My guts says some of the phones and tablets out there that use RISC. But I could easily be wrong.

>>54880802
You definitely are.

>>54880608
>Browser history is full of Reddit and gay porn
To be fair any computer that i would sell on ebay i would do something similar too

>>54880678
what's even so mind blowing about this
what's your next act, shitting all over OEM supported compilers because they don't mangle shit like GCC?

of course synthetic benchmarks are horse shit you tard

>>54880608
>Way to conform to stereotypes.
It's not a stereotype when it's just plain and simple truth.

>>54880952
>lol xD Applel iz gay
>>>/out/

>>54880962
>>lol xD Applel iznt gay
>>>/r/eddit
>>>/fa/cebook

>>54880978
ebin

put morphos

morphos.de

If you do end up putting linux on it, you'll want:

echo "server_mode=1" > /proc/pmu/options

in /etc/rc.local to auto reboot after a power failure. if you shut it off with poweroff though it'll stay off after an ac cycle.

Please do not gut that beauty.

>>54880583
Power Macs were always pretty good systems, the G5 especially included, though the upgrade options aren't as fantastic as older models. They're generally built of pretty high-quality components ("generally" as Apple seems to have the shittiest choice in capacitor suppliers from time to time), they're easy to work on and get in and out of, their upgrade options were also pretty impressive (although the G5 didn't inherit that aspect, being the last real PPC desktop), while the anons are right despite their shitposting that the G5 was rather lackluster, that doesn't mean it's not a great performer nonetheless, hell, pretty much everything out during that era was quite disappointing in some way or another anyway (NetBurst being NetBurst, AMD barely able to get their dick up in the workstation market even with Opterons that had tiny, shitty caches) if you want to make excuses for it.

There are some things I can nitpick about the G5 as a workstation, however, particularly its lack of ECC RAM support which I think makes it a pretty poor choice over Sun hardware if you're looking at it as a secure alternative to x86 systems moreso than pure general use, as for why, this page illustrates a pretty immediate concern as to what a bit flip can do:
http://dinaburg.org/bitsquatting.html

The AGP/PCI-X versions also didn't have any "real" workstation graphics options like Quadros, FireGLs or Wildcats, and I don't think OS X's support for workstation staples like Catia were terribly good if there was any at all.

>>54880678
>A biased site shitting all over a company for using synthetic benchmarks to do what synthetic benchmarks do best and show off theoretical peaks that will never be reached in a real-world use case
>People are surprised when OEMs modify and optimize code to show their hardware at its theoretical best for marketing purposes
Who knew.

>>54881781
>Power Macs were always pretty good systems
nice meme

>>54881791
>everything associated with Apple sucks
epik meme

>>54881781
>lack of ECC RAM support
Newer PowerMacs support ECC memory.

>>54881800
>>everything associated with Apple duznt sucks
epik for the win xd

>>54881890
lolxD you sure showed me

>>54881816
http://web.archive.org/web/20051201042541/http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html

>ECC memory available in configurations with 1GB or more (build-to-order option)
Nice, you're right. I've never really looked into it before, and my G5 only shipped with 512 MB.

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>>54881954
>make facebook machine
>don't include enough memory to browse facebook

>>54881982
Are you capable of anything but shitting up discussions?

>>54881993
Are you capable of anything but shitting up tech sites with blog posts?

>>54882012
I've never done such a thing.

>>54881982
It was a low-end config that was mostly used for Office and basic Photoshop work, 1-2GB is more common.

Besides, 512 MB was bog standard in '05.

>>54881982
Do you even know anything about computer or are you just here to shitpost?

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>>54882189
Do you even know anything about computer or are you just here to blogpost?

>>54882206
why does /v/ say "apel"
it doesn't even make sense

>>54880231
>The Sun workstations were what I was thinking of, but I didn't think they would still be over a grand.
You and me both, I really wanted an Ultra 45. I have no idea who is buying them for the prices you can find them for.

>>54882268
the same reason we say kek and lel

>>54882289
Probably industrial and other specialized applications. Sun gear is really common in the semiconductor industry especially as controllers and likely CAD workstations too.

I job shadowed Micron's headquarters in high school way back and they had the halls in the R&D buildings lined with pallets upon pallets of Ultra 25s/45s all headed for the dump, it killed me inside and I could never find a contact to figure out where they were going.

If you're interested more in the hardware than the looks, check out the Blade 2500, same hardware where it counts and a grand cheaper on eBay.

>>54882385
lel and kek are actually memes though, "apel" is just some dumb shit /v/ babies say because they're too emotional about the company to spell it right

>>54880167
even a quad 1GHz config probably couldn't hold a candle to a G5 Quad, SGI was balls deep into the Itanic train by then and had already been telling their customers they were deprecating IRIX and MIPS for commodity red hat shitboxes for years by then before they actually shipped anything

lol no

>>54875893
throw it in the dump

>>54886156
this desu senpai

>>54875893
stick your cock in it and have sex with it. I'm sure it's mature enough by now.

>>54886374
>13 years old

Why don't you have a seat.

>>54875893
it literally uses a normal power cord

>>54876040
this
one of the best things about the G5 is the case. don't fuck this up. leave the case alone.

>>54876480
>horrible painting job

>>54876804
>core2duo
That shit still has to emulate thr A20 line, kek

>>54877850
Lot of people mistakes powermac g5 with mac pros

>>54880678
>what_intel_does_with_amd.png

>special snowflake power cord
oh I am laffin

save yourself the neck injury and throw it in the trash.

Take the PSU apart drill a hole in it small enough that it holds a power cable snugly and then solder it.

Then install Gentoo.

>>54886945
>>special snowflake power cord
>oh I am laffin
You should be. There is no special power cord. It's a standard IEC connector; has to be to get UL rating.

>>54875893
>where can I get a power cord?
what? It's the standard atx power cord.
I own 2 G5's and a mac pro...

>>54875893
Stick a PPC build of Cent OS or Debian on there and use it as a desktop.

>>54886945
>I HAVE NEVER SEEN OTHER COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
Not everyone only has access to a Thinkpad, Bruh.

>>54889647
CentOS still has Mac PPC support??