poopmonkey Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I have a Early 2005 G5 that I inherited from a friend. Specs: Dual Processor 2.0GHZ G5 Two 2gb of DDR 400 RAM AGP 256MB Radeon x800xt Mac Edition 500GB Hard Drive PCI Slots Anyways, I want to max out the ram slots to 4GB so I need DDR 400 ram for my G5. Do I need to get some kind of special labeled exclusively for mac ram or can I just get any 2GB (2 x 1GB) ram kit that is DDR 400? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 I have a Early 2005 G5 that I inherited from a friend. Specs: Dual Processor 2.0GHZ G5 Two 2gb of DDR 400 RAM AGP 256MB Radeon x800xt Mac Edition 500GB Hard Drive PCI Slots Anyways, I want to max out the ram slots to 4GB so I need DDR 400 ram for my G5. Do I need to get some kind of special labeled exclusively for mac ram or can I just get any 2GB (2 x 1GB) ram kit that is DDR 400? The RAM must be installed in matched pairs. In my G5 I have 2 x 1GB PC3200U-25440 and 6 X 512MB PC3200U-30330............400 MHz PC3200 DDR SDRAM in matched pairs should be fine......e.g. 2 x 1GB PC3200 DDR: 184-pin DIMM • CL=3 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR400 • 2.6V • 128Meg x 64 BTW you have the best graphics card on balance for the G5........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopmonkey Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 The RAM must be installed in matched pairs. In my G5 I have 2 x 1GB PC3200U-25440 and 6 X 512MB PC3200U-30330............400 MHz PC3200 DDR SDRAM in matched pairs should be fine......e.g. 2 x 1GB PC3200 DDR: 184-pin DIMM • CL=3 • Unbuffered • NON-ECC • DDR400 • 2.6V • 128Meg x 64 BTW you have the best graphics card on balance for the G5........ Thanks for your reply! I heard of the matched pairs so I was thinking of getting a kit of 2GB split into 1GB per stick. So basically, any matched pair of 400 MHz PC3200 DDR SDRAM in matched pairs should be fine. Btw, yeah I noticed that my graphics card is pretty good considering for a G5 I heard that just finding a 256MB gfx card loaded into a G5 is pretty rare and I got the entire system for free. I feel that this system will be a good upgrade for FCP from a hackintosh laptop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verdant Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Thanks for your reply! I heard of the matched pairs so I was thinking of getting a kit of 2GB split into 1GB per stick. So basically, any matched pair of 400 MHz PC3200 DDR SDRAM in matched pairs should be fine. Btw, yeah I noticed that my graphics card is pretty good considering for a G5 I heard that just finding a 256MB gfx card loaded into a G5 is pretty rare and I got the entire system for free. I feel that this system will be a good upgrade for FCP from a hackintosh laptop. See here about X800XT's performance....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopmonkey Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 Yeah I read that article seems like that graphics card is pretty much the best in a G5. Sounds good to me I can't afford the price of a mac haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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