PowerPC G5 1800 MHz (Power Mac June 2004), PowerPC G5 2000 MHz (Power Mac June 2004) or PowerPC G5 2500 MHz (Power Mac June 2004)
Memory
256 MB – 8 GB
Storage
80 GB – 160 GB
Screen
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Weight
20.2 kg
What reviewers say
Reviewers find strong media and processor performance, responsive everyday use and a quiet, serviceable aluminium enclosure. They criticise the price, large case and limited drive expansion. The base model’s memory and PCI restrictions matter, and the top model’s standard graphics card is less capable than its processor performance suggests.
2 × PowerPC G5 1800 MHz (Power Mac June 2004), 2 × PowerPC G5 2000 MHz (Power Mac June 2004) or 2 × PowerPC G5 2500 MHz (Power Mac June 2004)
CPU cores
2
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra (64 MB) or ATI Radeon 9600 XT (128 MB)
Memory
256 MB, 512 MB, 4 GB or 8 GB
Storage
80 GB to 160 GB
CPU
Two physical PowerPC G5 processors at 1.8, 2 or 2.5 GHz, each with 512 KB L2 cache. Per-processor front-side bus is 900 MHz, 1 GHz or 1.25 GHz respectively. Only the dual 2.5 GHz uses the maker’s liquid-cooling system.
GPU
Dual 1.8 and 2 GHz: NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64 MB DDR. Dual 2.5 GHz: ATI Radeon 9600 XT with 128 MB DDR. Optional ATI Radeon 9800 XT with 256 MB occupies the adjacent PCI slot as well as AGP.
Memory type
DDR400 PC3200 in matched pairs. Dual 1.8 GHz starts with 256 MB and has four DIMM slots with a 4 GB maximum. Dual 2 and 2.5 GHz start with 512 MB and have eight slots with an 8 GB maximum. Base and maximum memory rows retain each model’s stock storage and graphics.
Storage type
Stock 80 GB on dual 1.8 GHz and 160 GB on dual 2/2.5 GHz; 7200 rpm Serial ATA. Two bays with 150 MB/s interfaces; optional 80, 160 or 250 GB drives, up to two 250 GB drives. One optical bay with 8x DVD-R SuperDrive; Combo drive is optional.
Expansion slots
AGP 8x Pro graphics slot. Dual 1.8 GHz has three 64-bit 33 MHz PCI slots. Dual 2 and 2.5 GHz have PCI-X: two 100 MHz and one 133 MHz slots.
Display
Screen
None built in
Connections
Ports
3 × USB-A, Ethernet, headphone jack
Ethernet
1 Gb/s
External displays
Up to 2
Front ports
USB 2.0, FireWire 400 and headphone minijack.
Back ports
Two USB 2.0, FireWire 800, FireWire 400, Gigabit Ethernet, V.92 modem, optical Toslink input/output and analogue audio line-in/out. Three chassis USB ports in total, plus keyboard USB 1.1 ports. Optional 54 Mbps AirPort Extreme and Bluetooth 1.1.
External displays
ADC and DVI with included DVI-to-VGA adapter; two displays in extended or mirrored modes. A second ADC display requires a separate adapter.
Speakers
Built-in speaker; analogue and optical connections for external audio.
Keyboard and mouse
Apple Keyboard, Apple Mouse, USB extension cable, DVI-to-VGA adapter, modem cable and AirPort antenna.
Design and power
Type
Tower
Weight
20.2 kg
Width × depth × height
206 × 475 × 511 mm
Operating system
macOS
Size and weight detail
Maker height 51.1 cm, width 20.6 cm, depth 47.5 cm; reference weight 20.2 kg varies with configuration.
Materials
Aluminium enclosure with separate cooling zones.
In the box
Mac OS X Panther and iLife. The 1.8 and 2 GHz models were available on 9 June 2004. Apple initially stated July availability for the 2.5 GHz model, later than the generation’s first sale.
