Power Mac - 1.6 G5 Looking for some more speed

Aias · Aias #1 (**permalink**)

07-20-2007, 07:25 PM

Ive had my G5 since college and man can this machine crush some graphics files. Its about 4 years old now and still chugging along enough that I don't feel like i need a new computer. Questions is hes getting a little ornery and crashes once in a great while. Where as with my old Pc's i used to hit them I only give my G5 a gentle scolding and reboot. Now that im in the proffesional feild i feel I might need to upgrade him to keep it current. Im faily inadept at computers but i have figured out three different areas to try to sink money into, graphics cards, processer, or RAM. The processor is a 1.6 Ghz and the graphics card is the stock one shipped form Apple, RAM is 1 gb. Where would I get the most bang for the buck and also diminish this crashing. Thanks for any and all help.

ibookclamman300 · ibookclamman300 #2 (**permalink**)

07-20-2007, 07:36 PM

more ram would be good, there are 4 slots for ram you know.

Aias · Aias #3 (**permalink**)

07-24-2007, 02:40 PM

Awesome Yeah I saw that there were two more slots open and understand i need to install the RAM in pairs. Thanks for the heads up. One more question, suggestions on what type of RAM to purchase and from whom?

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Member Since: Jul 20, 2007 Posts: 2	07-20-2007, 07:25 PM Ive had my G5 since college and man can this machine crush some graphics files. Its about 4 years old now and still chugging along enough that I don't feel like i need a new computer. Questions is hes getting a little ornery and crashes once in a great while. Where as with my old Pc's i used to hit them I only give my G5 a gentle scolding and reboot. Now that im in the proffesional feild i feel I might need to upgrade him to keep it current. Im faily inadept at computers but i have figured out three different areas to try to sink money into, graphics cards, processer, or RAM. The processor is a 1.6 Ghz and the graphics card is the stock one shipped form Apple, RAM is 1 gb. Where would I get the most bang for the buck and also diminish this crashing. Thanks for any and all help.
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