Need some advice please!!

serc · Nov 22nd, 2005, 09:07 PM

Hi everyone

I have an opportunity to purchase 1 of 2 G5's for a good deal and need some advice. The G5's are the dual 2ghz one's and are both the same spec except 1 is a revision A with no scratches on the case and the other is a revision B but with a bunch of scratches on the case. Like I said both have identical hardware except for the revision. Is the revision B really that much different than the A? By the way both work perfectly fine. Any advice, thoughts comments would be greatly appreciated.

markoon · Nov 22nd, 2005, 09:18 PM

how much more is the revision B? If they are close in price I would go for Revision B as it will be faster and overall better than the Revision A. The scratches don't affect it's performance, so it all depends on the difference in prices.

serc · Nov 22nd, 2005, 09:43 PM

It's the same price for both. How is it going to be faster as the specs are exactly the same for both with the same video card and so on?

serc · Nov 22nd, 2005, 11:16 PM

Sorry forgot to mention these are Powermac G5's. All I can find so far on the net is that the revision b has a little less voltage going to the cpu's which in turn makes the pc slightly cooler and the heatsink looks slightly extended but thats about it. Does anyone know of any other changes between the 2? I would normally grab the revision b right off the batt but the case is totally scratched up compared to the revision a 1 which looks great.

Nov 22nd, 2005, 09:07 PM	#1
serc New Neighbour Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	Need some advice please!! Hi everyone I have an opportunity to purchase 1 of 2 G5's for a good deal and need some advice. The G5's are the dual 2ghz one's and are both the same spec except 1 is a revision A with no scratches on the case and the other is a revision B but with a bunch of scratches on the case. Like I said both have identical hardware except for the revision. Is the revision B really that much different than the A? By the way both work perfectly fine. Any advice, thoughts comments would be greatly appreciated.

Nov 22nd, 2005, 09:18 PM	#2
markoon Full Citizen Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: st. catharines/ burlington Posts: 129	how much more is the revision B? If they are close in price I would go for Revision B as it will be faster and overall better than the Revision A. The scratches don't affect it's performance, so it all depends on the difference in prices. __________________ iMac G5, 17'' 1.8ghz, 80gb, superdrive, 1gb ram 12" Powerbook 1.33ghz, 120gb, 768mb ram, superdrive iPod Photo 40gb

Nov 22nd, 2005, 11:16 PM	#4
serc New Neighbour Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	Sorry forgot to mention these are Powermac G5's. All I can find so far on the net is that the revision b has a little less voltage going to the cpu's which in turn makes the pc slightly cooler and the heatsink looks slightly extended but thats about it. Does anyone know of any other changes between the 2? I would normally grab the revision b right off the batt but the case is totally scratched up compared to the revision a 1 which looks great. Last edited by serc; Nov 23rd, 2005 at 11:59 AM.

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Nov 22nd, 2005, 09:43 PM	#3
serc New Neighbour Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 3	It's the same price for both. How is it going to be faster as the specs are exactly the same for both with the same video card and so on?