Power Mac G5

A1047 · A1177 · PowerMac7,2 · PowerMac7,3 · PowerMac9,1 · PowerMac11,2 · 2003–2006 · tower

Specifications

Cpu: PowerPC 970 (G5) 1.6 GHz single to dual 2.0 GHz at launch; up to dual-core 2.5 GHz x2 (Quad) in late 2005
Gpu: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 or ATI Radeon 9600 Pro at launch; up to GeForce 7800 GT / Quadro FX 4500 on Late 2005
Ram: max: 16 GB DDR2 ECC on Late 2005 models (8x2 GB); 8 GB DDR on most 2003-2005 models, 4 GB on entry 4-slot models · base: 256 MB
Ports: USB 2.0 x3 · FireWire 400 x2 · FireWire 800 · Gigabit Ethernet · Optical audio in/out · Analog audio in/out · AirPort Extreme slot · PCI/PCI-X slots (PCIe on Late 2005)
Storage: base: 80 GB SATA HDD · options: 160 GB SATA HDD · 250 GB SATA HDD · Two internal SATA bays
Os Support: latest: Mac OS X 10.5.8 Leopard · shipped: Mac OS X 10.2.7 Jaguar
Release Price: $1,999

Revisions

1.6GHz (2003)PowerMac7,2single 1.6GHz, launch config, June 2003

1.8GHz (2003)PowerMac7,2single 1.8GHz, 2003

Dual 2GHz (2003)PowerMac7,2dual 2GHz, 2003

Dual 2.5GHz Liquid-Cooled (2004)PowerMac7,3liquid cooling, mid 2004

1.8GHz (Late 2004)PowerMac9,1single 1.8GHz, Sep 2004 refresh

Dual 2.5GHz (Late 2004)PowerMac9,1Sep 2004 refresh

Dual-core 2.3GHz (Late 2005)PowerMac11,2PCIe, dual-core, Oct 2005

Quad-core 2.5GHz (Late 2005)PowerMac11,2two dual-core chips, top config, Oct 2005

RAM

16 GB DDR2 ECC (Late 2005); 8 GB DDR400 on earlier 8-slot models · Install in matched pairs. Side panel comes off with one latch.

EASY

storage

Two SATA bays, SSDs work fine; more drives via optical bay or PCI cards

EASY

GPU

AGP 8x cards (or PCIe on Late 2005); flashed Radeon/GeForce cards well documented

MODERATE

CPU

Soldered to the processor module; no upgrade market

LOCKED