AS a powermac G5 Collector, the first thing you need to do as it's a dual Core model is Examin for Water leaks from the pumps, as these models have a frequent problem with leaking, if there is any corrosion under and over the power supply internally you will have problems, awesome video, nice to see you showing some vintage Macs !
Just my ballpark! I was always collecting the PowerPC Macs just cause it was a different architecture. With the Intel Switch back than I moved away from Macs. Interest came back with the M1 Macs! Hope you'll get a lot of fun out of the G5. I actually have a an archive of saved PPC Software and Games. Oh and I recently picked up a G4 Cube again.. Since me idiot sold it years ago!
Keen to see the follow ups. I sold off a G5 tower at the beginning of 2020 with a XServe RAID that I had. Had the fibre channel cards for the G5 and the Xserve was fully loaded with 14 x 500gb PATA drives. It's something I picked up many years earlier to tinker with. But with the Xserve being noisy like most server equipment is, I only turned it on occasionally and mainly used it as a file dump when I needed to reformat another machine. Still have a MDD G4 (Dual 1.25) sitting in a cupboard that I just can't seem to part with. I also have a G4 iMac. I have seen someone went through the process of swapping the internals with those from a M1 Mac Mini. Tempted to do the same but not sure I have the skills to pull that one off due to the custom work needed.
A classic and stylish mac , still using my G5 iMac today for light CAD, drawing and watching (listening) to CZcams videos while building or repairing my machines or occasionally playing games, hope to see you do a pc mod in the other one.
I modded two of these with parts from The laser hive (uk) to ATX. Changed the frontpanel to 4x usb 3 and installed two ryzen cpu's in the cases with two 140 mm Noctua fans in the front. Verry silent and powerfull.
@@GearSeekers look at The laser hive. These parts fit very snuk in your machine. Even the holes lined up perfectly. I bought my case fully working for 50 euro's. These cases are cheaper in Europe! I used a Dremel, but angle grinders will also work. 🤣
Oof, got some serious nostalgia there with the 10.5 Leopard welcome video! My first (and current) mac is a Early 2008 24" C2D iMac. I have gone to great lengths to keep it running. It's fully upgraded except for the GPU and Ii's basically the Ship of Theseus where very few of the original parts are left. EDIT: 15:00 FireWire: Same. Got a bunch of family videos on MiniDV from the mid 00s through to early 2010s I need to archive and transfer on DVD. FW800 was the business back in the day! lol Time Machine backups via FW800 saves a lot of time compared to USB2.0. Anyway, looking forward to seeing what you do with your Powermac G5. Congrats on the find too!
My Late' 05 PM G5 Dual Core uses Liquid Metal on the CPU with a custom fitted corsair H80i AIO with 3D printed mounting bracket. It rocks some insane core temps, about 47c max.
I’m in PowerPC processors powered the fabled IBM AS/400 mini computers that are still beeping used today! I bought my second one as my first malfunctioned. However the aim is to connect A Polaroid SprintScan 4000 to scan film and transparencies for my photo book printing business. However, the Adaptec 29160LP PCI-X to Ultra160 68-Pin LVD SE SCSI Controller Card 0960-2148 card that I bought has a different connector for my scanner! So it’s back to square one. Perhaps you can chime in!
I LOL at the cost. I bought mine today for £0.99... 2.3 GHz DC too with monitor and Apple keyboard. Score. Subbed to see what you do... Want to see MorphOS, Linux, 10.4-10.5-Sorbet and multibooting please 👍
Personally I never got into Apple, only Apple product I had was a ipod a long time ago, didn't like how you had to use itunes just to copy files across. With android it is so much easier, connect the cable to you computer, be it windows or Linux which I use most and copy across. I can understand your passion for retro computers. I am currently rebuilding my Amiga 2000, have gotten a remake motherboard and have soldered the new components on, not completly done due to the chip shortages :(
I loved PPC macs and always wanted one of those but could never afford it. Still pissed I got rid of my old G4 PowerMac when it was taking up too much room. Wonder what version of Linux is the latest you could install on it for Kernel Control? I remember running Yellow Dog back in the day.
i know this is an older video but the g5 is a nice machine i have a dual 2.3 ghz that is maxed to 16 gb {osx}32gb{ linux} also two gpus 6600 256 and hd 5770 for linux and it flies also sorbet leopard is your friend
MEH, Nice case but most of it is Mac Land fill special. Seen some very nice conversions with after market made panels to fit modern stuff. I like the aesthetics just not the insides
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Love the Powermac G5, awesome video fams
The best Mac I was able to use back in the day. Sure wish apple still makes these kind of models, they were like tanks! Great find, dude!
Yes I would love to see this kinda stuff.
AS a powermac G5 Collector, the first thing you need to do as it's a dual Core model is Examin for Water leaks from the pumps, as these models have a frequent problem with leaking, if there is any corrosion under and over the power supply internally you will have problems, awesome video, nice to see you showing some vintage Macs !
As a collector you should know that the 2.0Ghz Dual core is air cooled, not liquid cooled. I would have never bought a liquid cooled one ;)
Just my ballpark! I was always collecting the PowerPC Macs just cause it was a different architecture. With the Intel Switch back than I moved away from Macs. Interest came back with the M1 Macs!
Hope you'll get a lot of fun out of the G5. I actually have a an archive of saved PPC Software and Games.
Oh and I recently picked up a G4 Cube again.. Since me idiot sold it years ago!
I'm waiting for the next Mac Minis to come out. Super keen for those if/when they ever come out.
@@GearSeekers Same here! Really hope we will see an updated M1 Max based Mac Mini eventually
I would love to see you build this up.
Keen to see the follow ups. I sold off a G5 tower at the beginning of 2020 with a XServe RAID that I had. Had the fibre channel cards for the G5 and the Xserve was fully loaded with 14 x 500gb PATA drives. It's something I picked up many years earlier to tinker with. But with the Xserve being noisy like most server equipment is, I only turned it on occasionally and mainly used it as a file dump when I needed to reformat another machine. Still have a MDD G4 (Dual 1.25) sitting in a cupboard that I just can't seem to part with.
I also have a G4 iMac. I have seen someone went through the process of swapping the internals with those from a M1 Mac Mini. Tempted to do the same but not sure I have the skills to pull that one off due to the custom work needed.
Looking forward to the next part of the series - very curious to see what video card you end up going with. Thanks for taking us along for the ride!
love the tinkering stuff !! more please !! gives folks like me a chance to experience some of these macs/retro hardware
The last apple product i owned was an Apple IIc back in the 1980's. It had a whopping 64Kb of memory!...lol im old as dirt......
love how this video started something a little different . keep it going brotha
lol.. that is some tech yes stuff.. I enjoy videos like this .. fun to see what you get and how to fix it if it needs anything..
oh my god! I'm so jelly!!!!!!!!!! It's beautiful
I love this stuff, defiantly will look for more. 👍🏻
A classic and stylish mac , still using my G5 iMac today for light CAD, drawing and watching (listening) to CZcams videos while building or repairing my machines or occasionally playing games, hope to see you do a pc mod in the other one.
During the first Melbourne lockdown, I was able to get a 2009 4,1 that had a rx580 and I upgraded the ram to 48..a gun
Love the blanka shirt
I modded two of these with parts from The laser hive (uk) to ATX. Changed the frontpanel to 4x usb 3 and installed two ryzen cpu's in the cases with two 140 mm Noctua fans in the front. Verry silent and powerfull.
I've built about 5-6 machines in these cases before. We used to use the old Lian-Li motherboard trays and an angle grinder
@@GearSeekers look at The laser hive. These parts fit very snuk in your machine. Even the holes lined up perfectly. I bought my case fully working for 50 euro's. These cases are cheaper in Europe!
I used a Dremel, but angle grinders will also work. 🤣
Just checked them out! Looks of really handy ready made stuff. Might have to check them out depending on how the second Powermac turns out :D
Oof, got some serious nostalgia there with the 10.5 Leopard welcome video!
My first (and current) mac is a Early 2008 24" C2D iMac. I have gone to great lengths to keep it running. It's fully upgraded except for the GPU and Ii's basically the Ship of Theseus where very few of the original parts are left.
EDIT: 15:00 FireWire: Same. Got a bunch of family videos on MiniDV from the mid 00s through to early 2010s I need to archive and transfer on DVD. FW800 was the business back in the day! lol Time Machine backups via FW800 saves a lot of time compared to USB2.0.
Anyway, looking forward to seeing what you do with your Powermac G5. Congrats on the find too!
Thanks mate!
Excellent video fams. Keen for more.
My Late' 05 PM G5 Dual Core uses Liquid Metal on the CPU with a custom fitted corsair H80i AIO with 3D printed mounting bracket. It rocks some insane core temps, about 47c max.
That is ridiculous! I love that!
I’m in PowerPC processors powered the fabled IBM AS/400 mini computers that are still beeping used today! I bought my second one as my first malfunctioned. However the aim is to connect
A Polaroid SprintScan 4000 to scan film and transparencies for my photo book printing business. However, the Adaptec 29160LP PCI-X to Ultra160 68-Pin LVD SE SCSI Controller Card 0960-2148 card that I bought has a different connector for my scanner! So it’s back to square one. Perhaps you can chime in!
You should install Sorbet Leopard on this machine. Works great!
I managed to grab a AGP 2 cpu 2gz for £70 (GBP) shipped.... love these boxes.... you should see some of the atx conversion/sleeper projects
I've done quite a few conversions in my day. I even powercoated one black
I LOL at the cost. I bought mine today for £0.99... 2.3 GHz DC too with monitor and Apple keyboard. Score. Subbed to see what you do... Want to see MorphOS, Linux, 10.4-10.5-Sorbet and multibooting please 👍
I have an hackintosh in one of these :)
I had a really nicely modded one up until 2016 but I sold that case in 2016.
Loved your video. i have same maxxed out. not enough time to tinker with. from the usa. thanks
Personally I never got into Apple, only Apple product I had was a ipod a long time ago, didn't like how you had to use itunes just to copy files across. With android it is so much easier, connect the cable to you computer, be it windows or Linux which I use most and copy across. I can understand your passion for retro computers. I am currently rebuilding my Amiga 2000, have gotten a remake motherboard and have soldered the new components on, not completly done due to the chip shortages :(
I loved PPC macs and always wanted one of those but could never afford it. Still pissed I got rid of my old G4 PowerMac when it was taking up too much room.
Wonder what version of Linux is the latest you could install on it for Kernel Control? I remember running Yellow Dog back in the day.
i know this is an older video but the g5 is a nice machine i have a dual 2.3 ghz that is maxed to 16 gb {osx}32gb{ linux} also two gpus 6600 256 and hd 5770 for linux and it flies also sorbet leopard is your friend
So cool ! You should make an amazing hackintosh build with big hardware and RGB !
I still have 2 of these in my closet. heavy as hell.
WE NEED MORE VIDEOS OF NICK AND THE RS3
Why lol?
Dank vid
Build a gaming PC in the chassis? 👀
think the best video card you can pop in thar is a quadro fx4500
Or a 7800
Weel you can look for mac pro 4,1 :p
Why would I want an Intel Mac?
@@GearSeekers But xeon intel cpu on mac pro 4,1 3,46 ghz en 1280 gb ram but in this mac pro 4,1
@@GearSeekers And mac pro 4,1 going with firmware update to mac pro 5,1 , than can you de cpu update en ram using like mac pro 5,1
@@Pritty-boy He explicitly said in the video he doesnt particularly like intel macs
@@Pritty-boy Yeah but I have PC's that decimate that in specs and performance lol. I want it because it's PowerPC lol
128MB of ram for a 6600? WTF! When I had a 6600 on my PC back in 2008 it had 1Gb of RAM. Apple are stingy as hell with the specs.
It's a 6600LE btw
Back when Apple made things to last.
MEH, Nice case but most of it is Mac Land fill special. Seen some very nice conversions with after market made panels to fit modern stuff. I like the aesthetics just not the insides
When Apple moves away from Intel, they always regret it fast.
This is Pre-Intel lol
not a fan of modern apple but the m1 chips are insane
like amiga os