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Power Mac G5 (Late 2005)
A1117 · Cheese Grater
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Identifiers
| Order number | A1117 |
Reference
| Original price | $1,999 – $3,299 |
| Announced | 2005-10-19 |
| Discontinued | 2006-08-07 |
| Max supported OS | Mac OS X 10.5.8 |
| Design era | Cheese Grater |
Configurations
| Colors | Anodized aluminum |
| CPU | PowerPC G5 dual-core @ 2.0 GHz (970MP), PowerPC G5 dual-core @ 2.3 GHz (970MP), Quad PowerPC G5 @ 2.5 GHz (2× 970MP) |
| Memory | 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB (max) |
| Storage | 160 GB SATA HDD, 250 GB SATA HDD, SSD |
| Graphics | NVIDIA GeForce 6600 (256 MB), NVIDIA GeForce 6600 LE (128 MB), NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT (256 MB), NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500 (512 MB) |
| Operating system | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.4.1, Mac OS X 10.4.2, Mac OS X 10.4.3, Mac OS X 10.4.4, Mac OS X 10.4.5, Mac OS X 10.4.6, Mac OS X 10.4.7, Mac OS X 10.4.8, Mac OS X 10.4.9, Mac OS X 10.4.10, Mac OS X 10.4.11, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5.1, Mac OS X 10.5.2, Mac OS X 10.5.3, Mac OS X 10.5.4, Mac OS X 10.5.5, Mac OS X 10.5.6, Mac OS X 10.5.7, Mac OS X 10.5.8 |
| Removable media | 16× SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/CD-RW) |
Physical
| Ports & connectivity | 3× USB 2.0 · 2× FireWire 400 · 1× FireWire 800 · 10/100/1000 Ethernet · 3.5mm audio in/out · Optical S/PDIF in/out · 3× PCI-E slots · PCI-E 16× graphics slot |
| Dimensions (W×H×D) | 206 × 511 × 475 mm |
| Weight | 18.1 kg |
Known quirks
- Quad-core 2.5 GHz model is liquid-cooled and legendary — and leaks
- Leaked coolant leaves green residue under CPU cage — logic board usually dead
- Moved to PCI Express — lots of incompatible PCI-X cards from earlier G5s
- Last PowerPC Mac — superseded by Mac Pro (Intel) in 2006
- PSU fans are loud; many owners swap in quieter replacements