View Full Version : they are hugeeeeeee!!!!!!!!
the_new_guy
01-01-2006, 11:24 AM
http://homepage.mac.com/thunderaudio/PhotoAlbum11.html
a post truly worthy of XS
BrokenWall
01-01-2006, 11:27 AM
yeah i have to move those at work, those Quad G5s are heavy as hell in thier boxes
lizardmech
01-01-2006, 05:53 PM
Why do they need liquid cooling? I thought the G5s heat output was nothing compared to something like a pentium D.
OmegaMerc
01-01-2006, 07:11 PM
Wow :eek: . How do temps read? Looks like a dr-evil contraption mechanisim.
boostdfd3s
01-01-2006, 10:25 PM
I run a dual 2.5Ghz Powermac G5, and the temps on mine, the first liquid-cooled G5, routinely sit at 65-70*C and spike to 86*C under load....
Really freaked me out the first day after switching from a A64, lol!
-Zach
the_new_guy
01-02-2006, 12:57 AM
they need liquid as IBM is incompetent and apple is forced to overclock out of the box
antipop
01-02-2006, 01:09 AM
they need liquid as IBM is incompetent and apple is forced to overclock out of the box
I think that only the high end is oc'ed, the below 2,5 they are running stock and they don't need wc.
MaxxxRacer
01-02-2006, 01:17 AM
LMAO.. it uses two DDC's... the DDC is a high pressure pump and from the looks of it that waterblock, if you could call it that, is ultra low restriction. stupidity.
the_new_guy
01-02-2006, 07:40 AM
yaa, coz the lower end g5s are oced and wced as high end ones, if ibm made better proc they would not need to oc