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<blockquote data-quote="Usagiakumu" data-source="post: 1428001" data-attributes="member: 263643"><p>I was recently given a seemingly decent G5 PowerMac</p><p></p><p>I think it was the single dual core G5, as there is only 1 giant G5 logo inside it</p><p>2gig DDR2 Ram</p><p></p><p>Am I able to upgrade the video card in this to something WAY more modern like anything by ATI or NVIDIA? it does have 4x pci express slots in it, it came with a stock 6600LE which is complete crap</p><p></p><p>For RAM Can I just plop any DDR2 Ram on the board? It says it is DDR2 SDRAM with a bunch of empty slots and this would be awesome.</p><p></p><p>For the DVD Drive, as the one in it is dieing, can I use a SATA one and snake a SATA cable to the hard drive slot as I put a 1tb drive in it and am not hurting for space anytime soon?</p><p></p><p>As soon as I get this DVD issue sorted out, would I be able to run Windows 7 on this?</p><p></p><p>I would love to get some awesome applications to make this thing useful for SOMETHING, but it seems like trying to bat at a dead horse to find software.</p><p></p><p>I did however buy iLife 09 and iWork 09.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Usagiakumu, post: 1428001, member: 263643"] I was recently given a seemingly decent G5 PowerMac I think it was the single dual core G5, as there is only 1 giant G5 logo inside it 2gig DDR2 Ram Am I able to upgrade the video card in this to something WAY more modern like anything by ATI or NVIDIA? it does have 4x pci express slots in it, it came with a stock 6600LE which is complete crap For RAM Can I just plop any DDR2 Ram on the board? It says it is DDR2 SDRAM with a bunch of empty slots and this would be awesome. For the DVD Drive, as the one in it is dieing, can I use a SATA one and snake a SATA cable to the hard drive slot as I put a 1tb drive in it and am not hurting for space anytime soon? As soon as I get this DVD issue sorted out, would I be able to run Windows 7 on this? I would love to get some awesome applications to make this thing useful for SOMETHING, but it seems like trying to bat at a dead horse to find software. I did however buy iLife 09 and iWork 09. [/QUOTE]
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