![]() ![]() Note: replace the PRAM battery on the motherboard about every 5 years (it’s about 1/2 the length of a AA, and costs maybe $5). ![]() Before upgrading to SSD’s, I upgraded the internal HD’s several times, for more storage and better performance. The video card was the most expensive one available at the time, and cost between $250-300. I upgraded the RAM gradually, as the price went down, then up, then way down. I could not possibly say exactly how much the computer, as it is today, cost me. Aside from the possibility of 16GB of EEC server RAM working, and 2 remaining PCI-X slots that are empty, it’s been pimped out to the MAXXX. 10.5 and above natively support s 3rd party drives), a widescreen LCD monitor, an ATI Radeon Pro 9600 Mac/PC edition with 256MB RAM, a PCI-X SATA II controller, which doubles the transfer rate from 1.5Gbps to 3Gbps, and 2 1TB SATA SSD’s. I’ve read reports of 16GB ECC RAM working and may try that), an 18x DVD-RW drive (using a SATA to IDE adapter, and the free app, Patchburn, for OS X 10.4.11. Now, in 2021, it has 8GB of RAM (the maximum according to Apple and most sources. ![]() As mentioned above, I doubled the RAM rather than have the standard 512MB. The computer came with a 7200 RPM 160GB SATA hard drive, an AGP Nvidia graphics card with 64 MB RAM, 8x superdrive branded as Apple (but made by Pioneer), airport extreme card. But it was far cheaper than getting an Apple Display. I do remember the name monitor cost $500! DVI, flatscreen, HD-capable monitors were new, still had a 4:3 aspect ratio, and were pricey. I believe I paid $3500 for it, including upgrading the RAM to 1GB (512MB was standard), adding a second 160GB 7200 RPM SATA drive, and an NEC LCD flatscreen monitor. 16 years later, my dual 2.0 GHz PowerMac G5 is still running like a champion. ![]()
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