[deermatt]

A friend of mine , who is a pc guy , bought a powermac g5 tower from a work partner, but he doesnt like it , and wants to sell it to me now .. its the following

single 1.8ghz
900mhz frontside bus
160gb hd
1gb ram
8 ram slots
GeForce video card I THINK

case is in mint condition ..

Im not a tower expert, but i was guessing worth around 1400? any help or opinions would be excellent , thanks

[Lateralus]

$1,100-$1,300 I'd say.

[Tenacious Dyl]

Well the following is $1,999, new, from Apple.

Dual 2GHz PowerPC G5
1GHz frontside
bus/processor
512K L2 cache/processor
512MB DDR400 SDRAM
Expandable to 4GB SDRAM
160GB Serial ATA
16x SuperDrive (double-layer)
Three PCI Slots
ATI Radeon 9600
128MB DDR video memory

So... over twice the processing, same hard-drive, faster bus, 16x superdrive, but... half the ram. Not to mention it is NEW and has a FRESH 1 year warrenty... I would say more like $1,200 for your friend's tower, unless the graphics card in it IS a 6800 Ultra, then maybe more like $1,300.

What do others think?

[d.fine]

I'm guessing the GeForce is the stock POC, not worth much, I'd stay in the 1000-1100 range.

Does it come with any warranties? Does it have AppleCare or anything like it?

[deermatt]

it has apple care until 2006

[Lateralus]

There's a 1.8GHz/8-slot on eBay right now with a Buy It Now of $1,000.

Link

[deermatt]

woah, 1k, thats cheap ! maybe i wont buy it..