The fact that Apple will be selling some of these for less than they pay IBM for the PowerPC 970 processor shows how dedicated they are to leaving no Mac user behind. Apple used to have a decent business selling overpriced motherboard upgrades for the Mac II, LC, IIcx, and several other computers – but this time the upgrades will be priced to compete with simpler processor upgrades. You thought Apple didn’t like upgrades? That’s only because until now they haven’t tried to sell upgrades since the Power Mac 7200 era. The other shoe is going to drop when Apple actually ships OS X Panther later this year – affordable G5 upgrades for legacy Macs from the Legacy Lab at Apple. We may even see a new 15.4″ PowerBook G5. If the rumor sites are correct, or if the bits of information inadvertently posted to Apple’s website last week are to be believed, we’ll see single processor 1.6 GHz to dual processor 2.0 GHz machines, bringing Apple that much closer to the 3.06 GHz maximum speed of the Pentium 4.
Apple calls it the G5 – and is expected to announce the Power Macintosh G5 later today. IBM calls it the PowerPC 970, their next generation 64-bit PowerPC processor. I'm still working modifying the G5 case for this build as such I am in no rush.Apple is dead serious about wanting all Mac users to migrate to OS X – so serious that they’ve developed the “No Mac Left Behind” program to make it easier for those with older, underpowered Macs to make the switch to OS X 10.3 Panther and the forthcoming G5. However its current price on ebay is around 200 Euros which is on the high side considering I need two identical processors.Ģx 3TB for Array (I already own these. Based on my research I thought the E5-2697 v2 would be a good choice considering its 2.7Ghz Base, 3.5Ghz Turbo, 12 Core, 24 Threads. I am not sure if I should go with a CPU with higher base clock and less cores, or more cores and a reasonable base clock. Any advice/suggestions on this is appreciated. I'm still looking for a Single Slot AMD GPU that is natively supported by the current version of OSX. Supports PCIe bifurcation for SSD M.2 using a PCIe card.Īlready own it and have tested it with unRAID and Windows VM Lab Space/resources for certification training.īased on some research I have decided on the following parts:Įnough PCIe Lanes/Slots for all the cards required for the goals stated above Dedicated Thunderbold 3 card for Peripherals.ĭocker Containers for file managment, network management (e.g. OSX VM with dedicated AMD GPU for productivity. Dedicated Thunderbold 3 card for Peripherals. Windows 10 VM with dedicated Nvidia GPU for gaming.
I am looking to build the machine out of decommissioned server gear from ebay to get the most bang for my buck. I am working on a plan to build an unRAID machine inside a Power Mac G5 Case.
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