Best G5 Mac for Pro Tools LE using Digi 002

[lois]

Now that some of you have the benefit of hindsight, what would be the best G5 Mac for use with Pro Tools LE?

Right now I'm on a dual G4 using 6.4 but I've been itching to upgrade to 7.X.

Are there any G5 models I should avoid?

Thanks!

[John Jeffers]

The best one is the dual 2.3 tower that I'm selling, so you should buy it from me.

But seriously, I have had no problems with mine. It's the last version of the G5 Power Macs. Worked really great for me with my 002R. Handled 16-track simultaneous recording at 48K/24-bit no problem, and fairly large sessions (32+ tracks, lots of plugins) ran smoothly with the HW buffer set at 256.

[comprodman]

I have a G5 quad with 4 gig of RAM and its fast and works fine, on 10.4 and 7.4le. I have no reason to complain or think about upgrading to 10.5....or move over to a pentium mac.

[lois]

Thanks, guys. Sounds like I can't make a mistake here.

[Slim Shady]

Stay away from any of the G5 models that used "liquid cooling" - they're all starting to die right about now (about 3 - 3.5 years after release) by leaking coolant. I've seen 3 go down in the past month, including my own Dual 2.5. Check this out: PowerMac G5 Coolant Leaks

[BRH]

G5 2.5 quad is the best. 2.3 dual core second best. These have up to date PCIe card slots.. ..

[OddsAre]

Buy a Mac Pro!!!!!!!!! INTEL INTEL INTEL!!! The heat and noise alone makes me cringe to think about a G5 processor, let alone 2 of them in one enclosure. I record with my Mac Pro in the same room as my mics and it's dead silent! Buy a Mac Pro!!!!

[Mr. Anderson]

or move over to a pentium mac.

What's a Pentium Mac?

[CoryCooper]

They meant Intel Mac. There aren't any Pentium Macs. Mac Pro units use Xeon processors.

[LaForestPoetry18]

Running a G5 2.0GHz w/ 8GB of Ram, (2) 20" Cinema Display's, Pro Tools 7.4.2 w/ no issue's (currently), though I did have to get the PCI replaced twice. Honestly, apple fixed it in no time (sent out a rep.), I believe that they were just faulty from when they were made (man-made, hey it happens).