Upgrades for Powermac G5 2.3GHz Dual Processor?

[Macintosh95]

Hello.
I have a Powermac G5 2.3Ghz Dual Processor, 8GB, WD caviar black (in 2 weeks), ram cooling and a 128GPU. I would like to upgrade it even more but don't know what! What sort of things can the PCI slots do?

 

[pjhutch]

You can install fast network cards, SCSI or USB 2 cards but with PPC you are a bit limited to what you can do as most Macs are now Intel only. Best save your money and get an Intel iMac...

 

[louishen]

A dual 2.3 Ghz G5 is still a good machine, but forget about any ideas of upgrading the thing to an Intel processor, just enjoy it for the work you can do, just leave anything like video encoding to a more modern machine

 

[MacDude121]

You have a very heavily upgraded PM G5 already, I personally would just use it the way it is and not dump any more cash into it.

 

[Macintosh95]

Thanks!
I use the powermac g5 for logic pro and sibelius so I never do video work. I want to get a new hard drive but can't decide between the Western Digital caviar black or the western digital velociraptor. Which one is faster? I have even installed ram coolers for 100% performance. The computer is really fast but I wouldn't mind it to be even faster!

 

[MacDude121]

You could always go for something like this if you want to upgrade even further: Video Card ATI Radeon X1900 GT 256MB DVI/DVI/S-Video for Power Mac G5 Late 2005 - $158.00

But if you're not doing any gaming or video editing, it probably wouldn't be necessary. ;P

 

[Macintosh95]

Thankyou for all your help.
This is by far the most friendliest forum I have ever seen. All very informative and helpful people. Thankyou very much!