that case looks a thousand times better than the current mac pro, but the enterior of the newer mac pro's looks a thousand times better than the mac pro from 2006
@@buff9267 Yep, I also like the old cheese grater better 😁 I guess the newer ones do look sexier on the inside, but they are far less upgradeable (at least as far as the graphics are concerned) from everything I can tell. Never owned one of the newer ones as of yet.
Cool shit man, I'm historically not a big Apple fan but the way you approach it there truly is so much to appreciate, awesome. Personally I think that the machined aluminium actually is a really sweet design choice too, looks slick, high tech and very durable and robust.
Nice video! As a Graphics Designer I knew them when in use. A fun fact, when I see Jurassic Park in cinema 1993, Dennis Nedry used the same Mac Quadra 700 which I used in my job at that time. 🙂OMG, a long time ago. 😂
I liked the video. Great to see this old monster Mac getting some love and attention in today’s fast paced world. These still look great today. I love older hardware, I guess like you said it’s the nostalgia… am actually looking for a machine like this… keep it up I subscribed and gave a 👍
@@leatherwiz Man, thanks so much for your kind words and support! It really means a world to me, as I’ve just recently started posting more frequently 😊 These comments are really motivating me 🤘 Much love! ❤️
The old Mac Pro's were awesome machines. I bought one a few years ago and used it as a media server for Plex, whilst also being a TimeMachine drive for two other networked Macs, and... I also used it to backup my iPhone. It was power hungry and got very warm. I maxed it out with RAM and storage drives - totalling many TB's. I sold it about five years ago, sadly, a courier totally f**ked it up by throwing it down some stairs and then claimed they didn't insure Apple computers - despite paying for EXTRA insurance... anyway... I replaced it with an i5 Mac Mini, which lasted a few years. The downside was the Mini didn't have the internal storage capacity and performance speed I needed - even after adding a SSD and more RAM. It was okay for basic stuff. Now, I'm on a M1 Max Studio, which is very quick - two years on, it still runs as fast as my two year old, i9, (64GB Ram with SSDs) Windows, (work bought) video editing rig. The graphics cards are holding Macs back - even the new M4's - not forgetting the lack of memory and SSD expansion - come on Apple!! How much to upgrade the RAM and SSD?!?
@@jonescd76 Hey, man, thanks so much for sharing your experience with these machines! Super interesting. As far as upgradability goes, yeah, it’s hard to beat the old Mac Pros. Maybe that’s why they’ve lasted so long on the marketplace. And, as I’ve said, you can still technically use one as a media player or a server. It sucks you can’t do any more upgrades on modern macs. Cheers!
I use WD-40 for cleaning old paste. If it is hard as a rock, let it soak for a while. And if that doesnt work you can try the hardcore thing - nitrocellulose thinner.
@@NeboscloneStudio Hey, thanks for the tip, I’ll try it out next time I encounter this level of caked on thermal paste. I didn’t want to use thinner or acetone because I was afraid of damaging the dye or something. Thanks again for the feedback! 🤘
@@schvabek You're welcome! Yes thinner would dissolve a lot of plastics and dyes, so use it carefuly only with a q-tip on the metal parts. It will erase lettering if they are screen painted on. Also the sanding thing here is a little bit of a no no, because that makes the plane of the cooler uneven to the plane of the processor. What cools the processor is not so much the paste but the closeness of the cooler to the top of the processor. The paste only helps to fill that micron space inbetwen. If the surface is scrached that means uneven heat dissipation. :)
@@NeboscloneStudioYeah, I figured that, but I also thought it couldn’t be worse than patches of hardened paste it had before 🤷♂️ I tried using a sanding block at the end to hopefully get it levelled. Worked out well I guess
Kerosene is another good hydrocarbon solvent to try on things that alcohol will not dissolve. Unlike WD-40, it is 100% volatile so it doesn't leave a grease film. It's also extremely flammable and mildly neurotoxic, so use it sparingly.
Im going to create my own NAS using a viewsonic digital signage PC and 4 external 2TB external drives, most likely running FreeNAS. Wall mounted right next to my fibre router. My internet is damned fast but I dont trust a company to protect my data. Good video BTW, Subscribed. :D
@@jwoody8815 Hey, thanks so much for your kind words and a sub, really appreciated! That sounds like a cool project, hopefully you’ll make a video about it 😁
Hi! Great video but a small tip. When alcohol on the old thermo paste does not work, use contact cleaner. It will turn into a paste and you can then remove it. My heart stopped when I saw the sand paper! 😂 Remember there is always a chemical for something and contact cleaner won't damage anything. The same happens on old xbox it depends on what paste they used.
@@RetroRepairGuy Hey, thanks for the tip! Can’t remember for sure, but I tried nearly everything, WD40, even acetone on the heat sink part. Nothing worked man. Sandpaper did get it nice and smooth at least 🤷♂️😂
Hum - yes, mine is that old too. I had it from new. The fans are super loud - I'd better chip off the old thermal paste... Oh,and I run a far more up to date OS thanks to a clever dude !
That’s cool! Yeah, changing out the thermal paste might be a good idea. I don’t really need a newer operating system, but I did read up how to install El Capitan on this thing. Thanks for commenting! ❤
I still have a 2010 MacPro, 6 core 3.3GHz, 48GB RAM, 6 internal drives (replacing the DVD drives with SSDs, PCI e USB3 card and a Nvidia GTX 980 graphics card. It’s mainly around for nostalgia, but it still works and starts up in under 60 seconds. I use it to access an old After Effects licence. The best Apple ever made.
@ unfortunately (from memory) some of the browsers don’t function so well on its dated OS. I’m sure there are people running the latest OS but Apple makes it impossible for mere mortals to upgrade the OS.
@ I still use a 2011 MacBook Air for Netflix/some other things, so it’s likely you just need to install Chrome/Firefox, and it’s going to run just fine, even on an outdated OS (I think mine has Catalina)
Man i remember back when i was in college i've used to browse the mall with my cousin and there was an Apple Store in there and we used to stare at this beast behind the shelve for minutes and say wowww there were also Mac minis and laptops, 30+GB iPods were still there Ohhhh, this thing u own now was magnificent, of course we couldn't afford to buy it cause these models were starting at above $1800 with single Core 2 Duo Intel CPU and 2GB or it was 1GB of ram (i may mistake i can't correctly remember the specs) and the higher end models were way more expensive
Hey, man, thanks a lot for commenting! I’m so glad this took you back! ❤ These Apple machines truly were something special, especially in the early 2000’s and where I’m from. The only place I saw them was my dad’s office building, since he worked as a photographer for various publishing houses. Much love! ❤
@@Bytional Hey, yeah, especially building in hackintoshes. I’ve watched some videos of those builds myself, but the majority were actually build into the G5 case.
@@schvabek Yes, you just need to redesign the Mobo mount and shift the PSU around. But if you want to keep a clean water cooling design, that's very difficult.
You still use this Mac Pro from 2006, and I still like this video! 😊 Your new channel banner is awesome too btw! The photos of the fleet are incredible- with this Mac Pro and "120 BUCKS" located center stage! 😂
@@schvabekThe windows 10 installation can be a little tricky on these original Mac Pros as a clean install. You need to modify the install disc for it to boot properly. It has to do with the 32 bit EFI despite having a 64 bit processor which is also what limits the version of MacOS it can run.
Video fantastico, anche io sono un nostalgico dei vecchi prodotti apple, ho ancora 4 Mac Pro, 5 G4 2 G4 ed altro vecchio hardware apple.... che nostalgia....
@@hurricanefistThis thing actually isn’t as loud as some of the G4/G5 machines I have. But I guess in comparison with modern, efficient PC’s it can be pretty loud.
@@IpfxTwinHey, thanks a lot for commenting ! 🤘Yep, I still have my G5. The main issue for me is the compatibility between Intel models. And the power consumption is also thru the roof 😅
Great work! suggestion I'd like to make for cleaning dusty things like that. If you have a hand held vacuum or any vacuum at all, have that set up near by to catch dust you brush off. Wouldn't want someone else skin cells and smoke dust in my apartment if I can prevent it.
@@socks7545 Hey man, thanks a lot for your kind words and the tip! Ideally I would blow this case outside, but I didn’t feel like towing this thing back to the fifth floor 😬 The vacuum is great, but when your filming - it all just gets in the way. I use an alcohol soaked brush, so it kinda minimises the dust clouds. It’s still nasty though 😂 Much love! ❤️
All Apple's products now are nothing but laptops condensed into a small form-factor. That's said, you sir are smart by using older tech. Hell, I'm still rocking a 2013 iMac along with a 10-year-old Windows PC, with no plans to upgrade.
@@ianrotten4453 Hey, man, thanks so much 😅 It’s not like I don’t have newer computers, but I enjoy using old ones very much, especially for period-accurate software. Cheers!
I still have one, but some days ago one of the rises have a shortcut after a energy fault. it was 16gb at total with El capitan running fine, now just 8gb with one rise.
@@Doty6String They’ve actually gone up in price, but I’m sure with some shopping around you can find a nice deal. If I were to build a new system in there, I’d choose the MacPro case, it resembles a modern pc more than the older g5 model. I’d also just use an empty case or one with a dead motherboard/missing components. I wouldn’t want to gut a working machine like this. Cheers!
I have a 2023 version, and it just destroys anything I could custom build. Best video editing, content creation machine for the money. Apple monitors are spectacular!!! Expensive set-up but has cut my work time in half. I also ise a Mac book pro and I15 pro max. Just couldn't be happier. Has made my life so much easier.
Hey, thanks for your feedback! I’ve heard a lot about M class Mac Pro machines (and monitors), but I doubt I’ll be able to afford anything in that price range. The current MB pro serves me well, even if it is a couple years old at this point. But, having used Mac for over 20 years at this point, I can tell you the next machine is going to be a Mac as well.
@schvabek My company paid for it. Very expensive! But cheap compared to an HEDT Xeon or Threadripper system. Add studio and field video equipment, and it doesn't take long to have a small fortune in hardware and software.
@BeHeaven616 You're funny. We have workstations at our engineering firm that I guarantee you can not afford it. The negative about Apple is that their stuff is non servicable and can't be upgraded. They are not suitable for our engineering needs. But for video editing, it's a very impressive machine. Could my guys build one better? The answer is yes. But at a substantially higher cost.
@@Tinfoilhat311 one thing i learned over the years is that you should never claim someone cant afford something. I agree that apple products have a good amount of usecases, however the upcosts to a windows workstation are justified by the flexibility windows has to offer. And yes iam aware of the fact that you can run windows on apple machines, however it almost always comes with negatives
On the matter brought up at 7:24, what in the world was the previous owner thinking when (s)he got rid of three of the hard drive trays? I doubt it made the Mac Pro any easier to lift and carry. But otherwise, this looks like a steal of a deal! I also respect the time and effort you made to get an 18 year old PC up and running.
Thank you so much! 🤘As far as the previous owner, I actually don’t know wether the thing came with all trays when you bought it, or perhaps you had to order them with the hard drives? Anyways, yeah, it sucks.
@@schvabek Those Mac Pros come with FOUR hard drive trays, *standard*. It's been years since I've touched one those Mac Pros, but the only reason you wouldn't want to use the original hard drive tray is if you're installing a SATA SSD instead of a 3.5" form factor SATA HDD. You had to use "alternative methods" of attaching SSDs until third party mounting kits became available.
I have the Mac Pro that looks like that and I decided the easy to swap drive bays, was conducive to turning it into a NAS. I loaded 4x 4TB drives into it and installed xpenology on it so it acts like a nice Synology NAS now.
@@DanZimmerli That’s awesome! I didn’t install xpenology (yet), since it mainly use it to dump and copy the excess of my files as they accumulate. Thanks so much for commenting! 🤟
@@schvabek I do also keep mine running 24/7 to do time machine backups from my M2 Macbook Air and run several docker containers as well as backup my photos. This machine can be very versatile even in 2024!
I also have a mac pro of the same year next to my right leg as I type this. Great for a lot of that era stuff, but struggles for much of anything modern.
Hahah, what's with flipping the bird to the computer? Good video, nice editing and a good XP era gaming PC is a must, since modern hardware is just different and won't run the games as they were meant to. Same with DOS gaming and dosbox. Also love the janky hdd mounts and overall general vibe of your setup :)
@@lopwidth7343 Man, thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you liked the video. As far as flipping of the computer, idk, sometimes I just feel like doing that 😂 especially if it’s driving me crazy for some reason
@@schvabek I figured it was something like that :D I got a good laugh out of it, because it was so silly to have in the video but awesome at the same time
I love my 2006 Mac Pro! I used it up until I got the a PC (my first one ever) I wanted to play DayZ ... then I got an M1 Mac.. soo.. yeah but I love it I loved Tiger for the massive amount of customising you could so! I did so so so so much!
@@Maradnus Hey, man, glad this took you back! I also love Tiger, especially because it runs classic apps, but I needed something a bit more modern for this, so I’ve installed Snow Leopard. Cheers!
@@schvabek Hey! This was a great one! Your reasoning is totally valid for Snowleopard & it ran better on the Mac Pro anyway so you are better off! but yea, this took me right back! I still have it under the bed, I need to redo the thermal paste too on mine xD haha looking like I will need to do some sand blasting to get the old paste of xD Cheers
@@schvabek Thank you! I have a few old one. I have an Macintosh portable, & SE & a Performer 450 with screen & the printer xD I also have a few of the OLD laptops pre G3. & then one of each generation powerbook! All the best
I have a HP Z600 Workstation they are quite similar to these power mac pc i dont really use it anymore though as this model reminds of the hp workstation quite a lot.
@@CRYPTiCEXiLE Those were monsters! I really like workstations and servers from back then (DELL, HP, Apple…), even playing with them 20 years later. Insane. Cheers!
A quick search suggests that NVME add-on cards should work with this mac, and with rEFInd (which you already have) or some slightly risky firmware modifications you can even boot off them. Some NVME cards have several NVME slots. Imagine having 16TB of NVME in your 2006 Mac 🤣
@@Montgomerygolfgator Now that would be a cool experiment! The thing is, do I really need NVME drives, given that I already have 4 SATA slots on this thing? I mean, I could already use an NVME to SATA converter if I wanted to. But the idea with this thing is to have cheap storage, so I’m fine with lower speed HDDs. Thanks so much for the feedback! 🤘
Wow- never seen one of those! A lot of the terms for the specs were a bit confusing to me, but I'm definitely not very techy- I do enjoy seeing all sorts of transformations though! No judgements on the zip ties, that was actually very clever. Actually, one year I was helping a friend with wrapping Christmas presents for his family, and we were struggling with the closure of one of the packages... I asked if he had any zip ties! He grabbed red and green ones to make it extra festive LOL!!! 😂 I couldn't find the video on the transformation of your Mac keyboard though, the one you mentioned in the last video- was it a short or long form video? Keep up the great work! 😊
@@thethriftyfawn ThriftyFawn, so glad to have you back! Thanks for your continued support and kind words! Zip ties and duct tape can pretty much do anything - tech wise or not 😄 As far as my video on the Apple keyboard, it’s a long format video, I’ve posted it a couple of weeks ago so you should be able to find it on my channel. I’ll also put it up in the end screen :) Thanks again!! ❤️
@@danielktdoranieHey, thanks for the advice! Yeah, I was afraid to use that on the CPU (because I was afraid I was going to damage it/surrounding components).
@@schvabek I've never changed the HD! A bit masochist, always had problems with the Nvidia 8800GS, bad solder from the factory, well know problem, I had to adjust the fans to prevent kernel panic but it served me well indeed
@@stephanemignot100 I also have one, a 2008 model, although I haven’t used it for a while. My neighbour has a 2009 model he uses to this day. Also runs on the old HDD, never been maintained also lol.
Yo whaddup with that harddrive tie-wrapped in lmao. Depending on your location I could send you one of my spares so you can actually have the harddrive in there nicely.
@@Pierredorado300 Hey, man, thanks for commenting! As I’ve said in the video, the thing only came with one caddy, and the others I have are not compatible. I mean, it works lol 😂 I’m in Europe, Croatia, but honestly, the shipping would probably cost more than the thing is worth, so I wouldn’t want you wasting your money ❤️ But that’s so nice and thoughtful of you! Rock on! ❤️🤘
I remember the day I opened up this type of macpro computer at the recording studio in college and saw that this 12K computer had an ASUS motherboard like my computer I built at home with Tiger direct. 😂 Then I printed out my benchmarks and that really pissed off the applebros.
Forget snow leopard. It will run Lion, the most underrated version of OS X. Lion got a bad rap because it dropped PPC binary support and low memory Mac’s struggled with it. But on your Mac, Lion would really shine, and it has much better compatibility with newer software.
@@RubyTheBelarusianDog Well, I did have computers I used for like 10 years. For example, I had a MacBook Pro from 2006/7 I used until, like 2016 😅 Thanks for commenting 🤘
Oh man, I don’t know about that 😂 You know what they say - if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And I don’t really need this thing to have faster processors honestly 🤷♂️
@@honey4xi Hey, it’s possible to upgrade the CPU on this thing, however I’m not really interested in doing that (if that’s what you had in mind). Cheers! 🤟
Could i get a mac like this, then trow in some "modern" hardware like the best GPU it can takes , max ram that it can handle so probably around 64gb , the and best CPU the socket can handle, then install windows 11 . Would it be use able for things like modern gaming , 3D modeling software like inventor/Fusion 360? Running 3 monitors in 2K resolution. I just like how they look.
@@Freddy-qy4zj Well, the limiting factor is going to be the MOBO and the architecture itself. I think it maxes out at 32 gigs of RAM (DDR2 btw) and pretty outdated Intel Xeons. Not sure about the GPU, but this was before they had their falling out with Nvidia, so you could put a more powerful card in there. But if you wanted to daily drive this thing, you could just replace all the internals with modern parts, which is what many people have done, especially for hackintosh projects, if you’re into that. But at that point it stops being a Mac Pro and I wouldn’t want to do that to this working model.
@@lachlanlau Hey, thanks for commenting! If I was outside, I would’ve hit this thing with compressed air, but since this thing is heavy as crap, I just dusted it off indoors. Vacuuming actually doesn’t work as well, and you can easily damage something. Using a brush dipped in alcohol actually works better and doesn’t spread the dust as much.
@@lachlanlau That’s a great technique, although with larger parts (like this case) it’s sometimes hard doing both things at once. It worked out fine in the end 🤟
the promo videos you show are for the powermac g5, the one you have is the mac pro, .... completely different architecture,... the biggest difference is that you can't dual boot XP on a g5
Copperpaste is not optimal, i have the 2.1 (witch isnt a powermac) its built like a server, mine boots from an nvme, has windows 10 and have a 6gb graphics card. The bios is 32 bit so you have to build your own OS with a 32 bit bios and 64 bit OS, there are guides on how to do it.
@@hatehead1983 Hey, thanks for commenting! Your setup sounds awesome. This thing uses copper pipes and a copper heat sink in combination with aluminium fins, and I’ve read that you should use copper thermal paste for that. I don’t need this thing to run Windows 10 or have a 64 bit OS, although it is capable of running it.
@@halfsourlizard9319 You can use things like File Vault on Snow Leopard. I’m pretty sure XP also has s similar function. Not that I really use that for my needs.
I have one of these from like 2007 or 2008? I think It has 8gb of ddr2 and like two xenons, got it through like a trade for a rototiller I honestly haven't got a clue what to do with it thing is so heavy I just sat it in a corner a year ago and forgot about it I was just thinking about parting the whole thing out on ebay. Was gonna keep the case though but I don't really have a use case for the whole thing
@@devon12346There are definitely people who’d want to have it, so I think your best bet is selling it as a whole unit. It is kinda heavy and difficult to ship, but try selling it locally/doing a local pickup on eBay. Cheers!
@schvabek No joke- fell ASLEEP in two and a half MINUTES!!! Prior to that I was DROWSY, like the walls were melting or something LMAO!!! 😂 Googled it, and the playback speed affects watch time. So the video played for over 30 minutes while I was out cold!!! 🤣
Such a timeless case. I always wanted to convert one to modern PC hardware.
I’ve seen people doing that with a G5 and this case too. Pretty neat
I had a 2008 3.1 Mac Pro some years ago and I installed a GTX 780 in it. Sweet childhood :D
That’s awesome! Thanks for sharing! ❤️
Like how you kept it original. Had great memories using Snow Leopard on these older Macs.
@@8bitnation419 Hey, man, thanks for commenting! Appreciated ❤️❤️
Snow Leopard and Mountain Lion are still my favorite MacOSX experiences...miss those days
that case looks a thousand times better than the current mac pro, but the enterior of the newer mac pro's looks a thousand times better than the mac pro from 2006
@@buff9267 Yep, I also like the old cheese grater better 😁 I guess the newer ones do look sexier on the inside, but they are far less upgradeable (at least as far as the graphics are concerned) from everything I can tell. Never owned one of the newer ones as of yet.
Luckily I have both 😂😂
2 Mac Pro mid 2012 and 1 Mac Pro 2019 all are running macOS Sonoma
@@Locky2701 That’s awesome! 🤘
I have the case with new components and hackintosh
@@matrabyte Oh yeah, it was super common to fit a hackintosh in a G5/Mac Pro case. Definitely a cool project!
Cool shit man, I'm historically not a big Apple fan but the way you approach it there truly is so much to appreciate, awesome. Personally I think that the machined aluminium actually is a really sweet design choice too, looks slick, high tech and very durable and robust.
@@Renierius Man, thanks you so much! As a beginner creator, I really do appreciate your kind input! Cheers! 🤟
I daily drove a 2008 3,1 for two years from 2020 and I still use it as a video capture machine because of the firewire connection
Love these old macs
That’s awesome! What do you use FireWire for nowadays?
My mac pro 2010 firewire still working on it with /canon XL1. G-drive firewire drives
@@macgamer1973 That’s awesome! 🤟
You rock. Cool video. I like the mindset and enthusiasm. Maximizing reuse of computers is also my hobby.
@@logusgraphics Thank you so much for your kind words and support, it really does mean a lot! ❤️🤘 Keep on rocking the old computers!
Love The PowerMac's into the Early Mac Pro's
such beautiful machines
@@3DQuan Hey man, thanks for commenting! Absolutely agree, love this era of Apple hardware 🤘
Nice video! As a Graphics Designer I knew them when in use. A fun fact, when I see Jurassic Park in cinema 1993, Dennis Nedry used the same Mac Quadra 700 which I used in my job at that time. 🙂OMG, a long time ago. 😂
@@VisualScout Hey man, I also remember seeing all the SG workstations in Jurassic Park 😁 And yeah, time flies like crazy!
This video's is how UA-cam used to be back in the early days. Great stuff.
Thanks man! Glad you liked it 🤟❤️
Starcraft 1 on a 2006 Mac Pro.... what a vibe
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you are a absolute legend! fond memories ...
Hey, thanks! I’m glad this brought back memories man 🤟❤️
We still have our original one and it still works with the original monitor
That’s awesome! Would love to have the old cinema monitor
I liked the video. Great to see this old monster Mac getting some love and attention in today’s fast paced world. These still look great today. I love older hardware, I guess like you said it’s the nostalgia… am actually looking for a machine like this… keep it up I subscribed and gave a 👍
@@leatherwiz Man, thanks so much for your kind words and support! It really means a world to me, as I’ve just recently started posting more frequently 😊 These comments are really motivating me 🤘 Much love! ❤️
1:10 made me laugh so hard cause it was random 😂😂😂 so I clicked from my fyp and finished the video. HI FROM THE EXPLORE PAGE
@@bigdaddydjdef man, so glad you found my video and it made you laugh ❤️🤟
"Krist dragi, krist 2, isus dragi" 💀💀 (love my balkan bro)
@@djurabre229 to ti se zove osiguranje od gubitka podataka 😂
The old Mac Pro's were awesome machines.
I bought one a few years ago and used it as a media server for Plex, whilst also being a TimeMachine drive for two other networked Macs, and... I also used it to backup my iPhone.
It was power hungry and got very warm. I maxed it out with RAM and storage drives - totalling many TB's. I sold it about five years ago, sadly, a courier totally f**ked it up by throwing it down some stairs and then claimed they didn't insure Apple computers - despite paying for EXTRA insurance... anyway...
I replaced it with an i5 Mac Mini, which lasted a few years. The downside was the Mini didn't have the internal storage capacity and performance speed I needed - even after adding a SSD and more RAM. It was okay for basic stuff. Now, I'm on a M1 Max Studio, which is very quick - two years on, it still runs as fast as my two year old, i9, (64GB Ram with SSDs) Windows, (work bought) video editing rig. The graphics cards are holding Macs back - even the new M4's - not forgetting the lack of memory and SSD expansion - come on Apple!!
How much to upgrade the RAM and SSD?!?
@@jonescd76 Hey, man, thanks so much for sharing your experience with these machines! Super interesting. As far as upgradability goes, yeah, it’s hard to beat the old Mac Pros. Maybe that’s why they’ve lasted so long on the marketplace. And, as I’ve said, you can still technically use one as a media player or a server. It sucks you can’t do any more upgrades on modern macs. Cheers!
Still the best looking PC of all time imo
@@ChairmanMeow1 Yeah, it’s pretty nice 👌
I use WD-40 for cleaning old paste. If it is hard as a rock, let it soak for a while. And if that doesnt work you can try the hardcore thing - nitrocellulose thinner.
@@NeboscloneStudio Hey, thanks for the tip, I’ll try it out next time I encounter this level of caked on thermal paste. I didn’t want to use thinner or acetone because I was afraid of damaging the dye or something. Thanks again for the feedback! 🤘
@@schvabek You're welcome! Yes thinner would dissolve a lot of plastics and dyes, so use it carefuly only with a q-tip on the metal parts. It will erase lettering if they are screen painted on. Also the sanding thing here is a little bit of a no no, because that makes the plane of the cooler uneven to the plane of the processor. What cools the processor is not so much the paste but the closeness of the cooler to the top of the processor. The paste only helps to fill that micron space inbetwen. If the surface is scrached that means uneven heat dissipation. :)
Nice tip. I'll remember that for future thermal paste if alcohol won't make it budge
@@NeboscloneStudioYeah, I figured that, but I also thought it couldn’t be worse than patches of hardened paste it had before 🤷♂️ I tried using a sanding block at the end to hopefully get it levelled. Worked out well I guess
Kerosene is another good hydrocarbon solvent to try on things that alcohol will not dissolve. Unlike WD-40, it is 100% volatile so it doesn't leave a grease film. It's also extremely flammable and mildly neurotoxic, so use it sparingly.
Im going to create my own NAS using a viewsonic digital signage PC and 4 external 2TB external drives, most likely running FreeNAS.
Wall mounted right next to my fibre router.
My internet is damned fast but I dont trust a company to protect my data.
Good video BTW, Subscribed. :D
@@jwoody8815 Hey, thanks so much for your kind words and a sub, really appreciated! That sounds like a cool project, hopefully you’ll make a video about it 😁
There also should be a transparent plastic cover that properly redirect the air flow. Wait, I was refering to the G5 PPC not the xeon version
Yeah, the g5 had that. Also, the tiger end model had the water cooling system
Those Power PC processors were ridiculously hot running. those cases are amazingly beautiful for their time period
@@MK-of7qw Hey, thanks a lot for commenting! Absolutely, I love this period of Apple hardware.
this is x64
Yep, it’s a 64-bit architecture.
A Mac Pro does NOT Have PowerPC Chips...Power Mac G5's do. the machines look almost identical.
@@eijentwun5509 my mistake. they so look insanely similar. and still amazing
I'm still running a Mac Pro 5,1 (Mid 2010) with 32GB RAM. I have it running macOS 12 Monterey. Its just as fast today as it was when brand new!!
@@kswalker75 That’s awesome! That’s a pretty well specked out model. Hope it serves you for years to come! 🤟
@@schvabek Oh for sure!! It will run Windows 11 Pro flawlessly too!! I don't have a need for it to run Windows, but it can if I ever need it.
Hi! Great video but a small tip. When alcohol on the old thermo paste does not work, use contact cleaner. It will turn into a paste and you can then remove it. My heart stopped when I saw the sand paper! 😂 Remember there is always a chemical for something and contact cleaner won't damage anything. The same happens on old xbox it depends on what paste they used.
@@RetroRepairGuy Hey, thanks for the tip! Can’t remember for sure, but I tried nearly everything, WD40, even acetone on the heat sink part. Nothing worked man. Sandpaper did get it nice and smooth at least 🤷♂️😂
Hum - yes, mine is that old too. I had it from new. The fans are super loud - I'd better chip off the old thermal paste...
Oh,and I run a far more up to date OS thanks to a clever dude !
That’s cool! Yeah, changing out the thermal paste might be a good idea. I don’t really need a newer operating system, but I did read up how to install El Capitan on this thing. Thanks for commenting! ❤
I still have a 2010 MacPro, 6 core 3.3GHz, 48GB RAM, 6 internal drives (replacing the DVD drives with SSDs, PCI e USB3 card and a Nvidia GTX 980 graphics card. It’s mainly around for nostalgia, but it still works and starts up in under 60 seconds. I use it to access an old After Effects licence. The best Apple ever made.
I bet it’d to a fine job just doing basic office tasks still 🤟
@ unfortunately (from memory) some of the browsers don’t function so well on its dated OS. I’m sure there are people running the latest OS but Apple makes it impossible for mere mortals to upgrade the OS.
@ I still use a 2011 MacBook Air for Netflix/some other things, so it’s likely you just need to install Chrome/Firefox, and it’s going to run just fine, even on an outdated OS (I think mine has Catalina)
Man i remember back when i was in college i've used to browse the mall with my cousin and there was an Apple Store in there and we used to stare at this beast behind the shelve for minutes and say wowww
there were also Mac minis and laptops, 30+GB iPods were still there
Ohhhh, this thing u own now was magnificent, of course we couldn't afford to buy it cause these models were starting at above $1800 with single Core 2 Duo Intel CPU and 2GB or it was 1GB of ram (i may mistake i can't correctly remember the specs) and the higher end models were way more expensive
Hey, man, thanks a lot for commenting! I’m so glad this took you back! ❤ These Apple machines truly were something special, especially in the early 2000’s and where I’m from. The only place I saw them was my dad’s office building, since he worked as a photographer for various publishing houses.
Much love! ❤
I remember around 2010, there was a trend to use this MAC pro case to build PC, it was very difficult but doable
@@Bytional Hey, yeah, especially building in hackintoshes. I’ve watched some videos of those builds myself, but the majority were actually build into the G5 case.
@@schvabek Yes, you just need to redesign the Mobo mount and shift the PSU around.
But if you want to keep a clean water cooling design, that's very difficult.
You still use this Mac Pro from 2006, and I still like this video! 😊 Your new channel banner is awesome too btw! The photos of the fleet are incredible- with this Mac Pro and "120 BUCKS" located center stage! 😂
@@thethriftyfawn Hey, thanks!! 😂 I needed something for my Patreon (I’ll announce that on Saturday), so I quickly threw it together.
I have installed windows 10 in this model and in a 3,1. Runs perfect!
That’s awesome! I’ll probably keep the current installation, but I might add a Windows 10 installation, who knows 🤘
@@schvabekThe windows 10 installation can be a little tricky on these original Mac Pros as a clean install. You need to modify the install disc for it to boot properly. It has to do with the 32 bit EFI despite having a 64 bit processor which is also what limits the version of MacOS it can run.
Video fantastico, anche io sono un nostalgico dei vecchi prodotti apple, ho ancora 4 Mac Pro, 5 G4 2 G4 ed altro vecchio hardware apple.... che nostalgia....
@@GiuseppeGalli Grazie mille! Apprezzo molto il commento. Spero che tu possa goderti il tuo vecchio hardware Apple per molti anni! Con affetto!
THE SNIPPET FROM BORIS OMG I LOVE IT
@@theillusionist8407 Давай let’s go! 🤟
Greetings fellow traveler. Let's have a squat, smoke, spit sunflower seeds and share vodka. Tomorrow we'll recover with doctor's sausage.
I remember those nice computers Yeah in 2006 the best of the best !!! :)
That’s awesome ❤
Cool rig.. I got a Dual G5 Apple XServe in my rack that still drives the apple xserve raid nas.. fun stuff..
@@jaybrooks1098 hey, thanks for commenting! That’s awesome!
i remember this thing from back in the comp labs in college. loud as hell.
@@hurricanefistThis thing actually isn’t as loud as some of the G4/G5 machines I have. But I guess in comparison with modern, efficient PC’s it can be pretty loud.
Love the macs from 2006-2008 era. Great machines.
@@DamianKleiman Hey man, thanks for commenting! Yep, this is probably my favourite era of Apple design 🤟
I still have my G5 dual core. It's not exactly a daily driver, but it's maxed out and still quite capable.
@@IpfxTwinHey, thanks a lot for commenting ! 🤘Yep, I still have my G5. The main issue for me is the compatibility between Intel models. And the power consumption is also thru the roof 😅
Sold mine not too long ago, it was still amazingly fast for any computer that I have from around that era.
Hey, man, thanks for sharing your experience. Yeah, it is a rocket ship for the time.
"so there's this thing called linux ..."
Don’t really like it 😂🤷♂️
Great work! suggestion I'd like to make for cleaning dusty things like that. If you have a hand held vacuum or any vacuum at all, have that set up near by to catch dust you brush off. Wouldn't want someone else skin cells and smoke dust in my apartment if I can prevent it.
@@socks7545 Hey man, thanks a lot for your kind words and the tip! Ideally I would blow this case outside, but I didn’t feel like towing this thing back to the fifth floor 😬 The vacuum is great, but when your filming - it all just gets in the way. I use an alcohol soaked brush, so it kinda minimises the dust clouds. It’s still nasty though 😂 Much love! ❤️
All Apple's products now are nothing but laptops condensed into a small form-factor. That's said, you sir are smart by using older tech. Hell, I'm still rocking a 2013 iMac along with a 10-year-old Windows PC, with no plans to upgrade.
@@ianrotten4453 Hey, man, thanks so much 😅 It’s not like I don’t have newer computers, but I enjoy using old ones very much, especially for period-accurate software. Cheers!
Boris clip found, subscribed.
@@Tistan01 Hell yeah!! 🤟😎
I still have one, but some days ago one of the rises have a shortcut after a energy fault. it was 16gb at total with El capitan running fine, now just 8gb with one rise.
Ah, man, that’s too bad! Well, I bet 8 gigs also does a fine job! 🤘
Beautiful case. They should reissue it
@@Doty6String Yeah, it’s still very popular with hackintosh builds. People still love reusing it.
@@schvabek interesting, I’m sure they can be had cheap! It would be cool to have a silicon Mac in this chassis.
@@Doty6String They’ve actually gone up in price, but I’m sure with some shopping around you can find a nice deal. If I were to build a new system in there, I’d choose the MacPro case, it resembles a modern pc more than the older g5 model. I’d also just use an empty case or one with a dead motherboard/missing components. I wouldn’t want to gut a working machine like this. Cheers!
@@schvabek I’ll never do it I love my MacBook Pro setup too much
I have a 2023 version, and it just destroys anything I could custom build. Best video editing, content creation machine for the money. Apple monitors are spectacular!!! Expensive set-up but has cut my work time in half. I also ise a Mac book pro and I15 pro max. Just couldn't be happier. Has made my life so much easier.
Hey, thanks for your feedback! I’ve heard a lot about M class Mac Pro machines (and monitors), but I doubt I’ll be able to afford anything in that price range. The current MB pro serves me well, even if it is a couple years old at this point. But, having used Mac for over 20 years at this point, I can tell you the next machine is going to be a Mac as well.
@schvabek My company paid for it. Very expensive! But cheap compared to an HEDT Xeon or Threadripper system. Add studio and field video equipment, and it doesn't take long to have a small fortune in hardware and software.
Then you dont know how to build a proper workstation
@BeHeaven616 You're funny. We have workstations at our engineering firm that I guarantee you can not afford it. The negative about Apple is that their stuff is non servicable and can't be upgraded. They are not suitable for our engineering needs. But for video editing, it's a very impressive machine. Could my guys build one better? The answer is yes. But at a substantially higher cost.
@@Tinfoilhat311 one thing i learned over the years is that you should never claim someone cant afford something. I agree that apple products have a good amount of usecases, however the upcosts to a windows workstation are justified by the flexibility windows has to offer. And yes iam aware of the fact that you can run windows on apple machines, however it almost always comes with negatives
On the matter brought up at 7:24, what in the world was the previous owner thinking when (s)he got rid of three of the hard drive trays? I doubt it made the Mac Pro any easier to lift and carry.
But otherwise, this looks like a steal of a deal! I also respect the time and effort you made to get an 18 year old PC up and running.
Thank you so much! 🤘As far as the previous owner, I actually don’t know wether the thing came with all trays when you bought it, or perhaps you had to order them with the hard drives? Anyways, yeah, it sucks.
@@schvabek Those Mac Pros come with FOUR hard drive trays, *standard*. It's been years since I've touched one those Mac Pros, but the only reason you wouldn't want to use the original hard drive tray is if you're installing a SATA SSD instead of a 3.5" form factor SATA HDD. You had to use "alternative methods" of attaching SSDs until third party mounting kits became available.
@@archelonprime Yeah, like duct taping it to the freaking housing, like I did 😂
very beautiful machine
It is ❤️🤟
I still use my laptop and desktop computers from 2007 running Windows 7
That’s awesome man, hope you keep using them for years to come! 🤟
I have a bit newer mac pro, and it's the finest apple computer I might ever use. I slapped in a new GPU and hope to upgrade it more soon!
@@coolDude2612-g2k hey, that’s awesome! Glad you’re enjoying your Mac Pro. Keep using it! 🤟
I have the Mac Pro that looks like that and I decided the easy to swap drive bays, was conducive to turning it into a NAS. I loaded 4x 4TB drives into it and installed xpenology on it so it acts like a nice Synology NAS now.
@@DanZimmerli That’s awesome! I didn’t install xpenology (yet), since it mainly use it to dump and copy the excess of my files as they accumulate. Thanks so much for commenting! 🤟
@@schvabek I do also keep mine running 24/7 to do time machine backups from my M2 Macbook Air and run several docker containers as well as backup my photos. This machine can be very versatile even in 2024!
@@DanZimmerli that’s very cool! I might do that when I move and set up my network 😅
I'm more into custom builds but this mac pro was god tier. I had 1 with a gtx 780 12 years ago.
@@aw6686 Hey man, thanks for commenting. Yeah, those specs are positively insane for the time .
your videos are awesome, keep up the good work
@@funniegaminstuff Thanks so much for the support, I really appreciate it! ❤️ I’ll keep the videos coming! 🤘
I also have a mac pro of the same year next to my right leg as I type this. Great for a lot of that era stuff, but struggles for much of anything modern.
Yep, completely agree. Wouldn’t want to rely on this thing as my primary computer. Thanks a lot for the feedback! ❤
The hand in the camera for the majority of the video is hilarious lol
@@slg7490 Yeah, sorry about that 😂 I have no idea why this video of mine is doing so well, it was kinda poorly made. Oh well.
@schvabek that's what makes it good. We want to be informed not sold information like some cheesy salesman.
@@slg7490 Thanks man, appreciate it! ❤️🤟
boris burned his hand on your cpu
Hahahaha I guess he did
What is Life of Boris doing there
@@hubertmendel4587 He’s always with us somewhere #cyka blyat ❤️
Hahah, what's with flipping the bird to the computer? Good video, nice editing and a good XP era gaming PC is a must, since modern hardware is just different and won't run the games as they were meant to. Same with DOS gaming and dosbox. Also love the janky hdd mounts and overall general vibe of your setup :)
@@lopwidth7343 Man, thank you so much for the kind words! Glad you liked the video. As far as flipping of the computer, idk, sometimes I just feel like doing that 😂 especially if it’s driving me crazy for some reason
@@schvabek I figured it was something like that :D I got a good laugh out of it, because it was so silly to have in the video but awesome at the same time
@@lopwidth7343 Haha, thanks! 😂
I love my 2006 Mac Pro! I used it up until I got the a PC (my first one ever) I wanted to play DayZ ... then I got an M1 Mac.. soo..
yeah but I love it
I loved Tiger for the massive amount of customising you could so!
I did so so so so much!
@@Maradnus Hey, man, glad this took you back! I also love Tiger, especially because it runs classic apps, but I needed something a bit more modern for this, so I’ve installed Snow Leopard. Cheers!
@@schvabek Hey!
This was a great one!
Your reasoning is totally valid for Snowleopard & it ran better on the Mac Pro anyway so you are better off!
but yea, this took me right back!
I still have it under the bed, I need to redo the thermal paste too on mine xD haha looking like I will need to do some sand blasting to get the old paste of xD
Cheers
@ man, good luck! This was the worst thermal paste experience I had, hopefully yours didn’t turn to stone 😬😂 Enjoy your old Mac!
@@schvabek Thank you!
I have a few old one. I have an Macintosh portable, & SE & a Performer 450 with screen & the printer xD
I also have a few of the OLD laptops pre G3.
& then one of each generation powerbook!
All the best
@ Wow! That’s awesome! 🤟
I have a HP Z600 Workstation they are quite similar to these power mac pc i dont really use it anymore though as this model reminds of the hp workstation quite a lot.
@@CRYPTiCEXiLE Those were monsters! I really like workstations and servers from back then (DELL, HP, Apple…), even playing with them 20 years later. Insane. Cheers!
A quick search suggests that NVME add-on cards should work with this mac, and with rEFInd (which you already have) or some slightly risky firmware modifications you can even boot off them. Some NVME cards have several NVME slots. Imagine having 16TB of NVME in your 2006 Mac 🤣
@@Montgomerygolfgator Now that would be a cool experiment! The thing is, do I really need NVME drives, given that I already have 4 SATA slots on this thing? I mean, I could already use an NVME to SATA converter if I wanted to. But the idea with this thing is to have cheap storage, so I’m fine with lower speed HDDs. Thanks so much for the feedback! 🤘
Case was insane!
@@pesceenrico9359 It is pretty cool! I guess that’s why people still use it for hackintosh and other builds 🤟
my dad had 2 of these, had one of my first cod mw games on that thing!
@@DonCorleoneV That’s awesome! Glad this took you back.
I miss old school tower computer designs
@@stream1entertainment Yeah, especially by Apple, they were… something else 😂🤟 And CRT all-in-ones, too!
Thanks!
Man, thanks so much ❤️🤟 You rock!
you done a good jobs, jobs bless you ❤
Thanks man! Appreciated! 🤘❤️
Wow- never seen one of those! A lot of the terms for the specs were a bit confusing to me, but I'm definitely not very techy- I do enjoy seeing all sorts of transformations though!
No judgements on the zip ties, that was actually very clever. Actually, one year I was helping a friend with wrapping Christmas presents for his family, and we were struggling with the closure of one of the packages... I asked if he had any zip ties! He grabbed red and green ones to make it extra festive LOL!!! 😂
I couldn't find the video on the transformation of your Mac keyboard though, the one you mentioned in the last video- was it a short or long form video?
Keep up the great work! 😊
@@thethriftyfawn ThriftyFawn, so glad to have you back! Thanks for your continued support and kind words!
Zip ties and duct tape can pretty much do anything - tech wise or not 😄
As far as my video on the Apple keyboard, it’s a long format video, I’ve posted it a couple of weeks ago so you should be able to find it on my channel. I’ll also put it up in the end screen :)
Thanks again!! ❤️
I’m pretty sure OWC still sells the HDD caddy’s, I have about 10 of them sitting on a shelf.
@@Realist-m9c Had to google what 'OWC' was lol
I saw that in the background of your other video and said "I bet that's a 1,1 Pro"... I was right lol
@@HrutkayMods Hey, man, good to see you going through my catalog 😂 Sure is, still use it.
Stubborn thermal paste gets acetone (nail polish remover)
@@danielktdoranieHey, thanks for the advice! Yeah, I was afraid to use that on the CPU (because I was afraid I was going to damage it/surrounding components).
Didn't Jeff goldbloom narrate the Mac commercials, when it blew through the walls?
@@patrickspellman5397 Quite possible. They hired many famous voices, I remember they also had Alan Rickman do the MacBook commercials lol
Wow Alan rickman, did not realize he did commercials. Back then.
It was Jeff Goldblum. He did a lot of advertising for Apple.
Mine lasted 14 years.
14.
Years.
@@jonjimihendrix That’s awesome! 🤘🤘🤘
Same with my 2008 iMac, still works though, just retired
@@stephanemignot100 That’s great! They seem to be very reliable!
@@schvabek I've never changed the HD! A bit masochist, always had problems with the Nvidia 8800GS, bad solder from the factory, well know problem, I had to adjust the fans to prevent kernel panic but it served me well indeed
@@stephanemignot100 I also have one, a 2008 model, although I haven’t used it for a while. My neighbour has a 2009 model he uses to this day. Also runs on the old HDD, never been maintained also lol.
Yo whaddup with that harddrive tie-wrapped in lmao. Depending on your location I could send you one of my spares so you can actually have the harddrive in there nicely.
@@Pierredorado300 Hey, man, thanks for commenting! As I’ve said in the video, the thing only came with one caddy, and the others I have are not compatible. I mean, it works lol 😂 I’m in Europe, Croatia, but honestly, the shipping would probably cost more than the thing is worth, so I wouldn’t want you wasting your money ❤️ But that’s so nice and thoughtful of you! Rock on! ❤️🤘
I remember the day I opened up this type of macpro computer at the recording studio in college and saw that this 12K computer had an ASUS motherboard like my computer I built at home with Tiger direct. 😂 Then I printed out my benchmarks and that really pissed off the applebros.
Really? I don’t think the original had ASUS boards? Perhaps someone swapped it out?
Thanks for commenting! 🤘
Still daily drive Mac Pro 2012 5'1 using opencore run newest OS without many issues
@@rrcoster That’s awesome! I’ll have to try opencore in the future for sure! Was it hard to set up?
@@schvabek Nope super easy. Download the program install it and than run the normal mac os x installer
@@rrcoster Awesome, I have a couple of machines I’d really like to try it on.
Dudee those nice big yellow fraps FPS
@@vvv4470 Heck yeah! 🤟
using this you do not need a heater for the winter 😃
Dang right! This one isn’t that bad, but the g5 was like a space heater.
you can add a padlock to the opening latch
@@2xtreem4u Yep, you sure can! Don’t need to personally, but it’s a nice feature, especially for a server. Cheers! 🤘
Forget snow leopard. It will run Lion, the most underrated version of OS X. Lion got a bad rap because it dropped PPC binary support and low memory Mac’s struggled with it. But on your Mac, Lion would really shine, and it has much better compatibility with newer software.
in time when good computer was a pentium 4 single core with hyperthed , with 4 or 8 gb ram ,, dual xeon mac was really good ,,
@@darkphotographer Hell, back in 2006 8gb of ram was waaay up there as far as I was concerned. This thing would have positively blown my mind lol
I still have my Mac Pro 3.1
@@rometherevenant8749 Hey man, that’s awesome! What configuration? What OS are you running?
3:17 Wow, that ad is so incredibly cringeworthy.
Yeah, you should see the whole thing 😂 The story behind it is actually kinda interesting. But yeah, Apple marketing from the time was… weird 😂
From title of the video i thought you used it for, like, 18 years
@@RubyTheBelarusianDog Well, I did have computers I used for like 10 years. For example, I had a MacBook Pro from 2006/7 I used until, like 2016 😅 Thanks for commenting 🤘
next video is an cpu upgrade? these 1366 cpus are basically free now
Oh man, I don’t know about that 😂 You know what they say - if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. And I don’t really need this thing to have faster processors honestly 🤷♂️
1366 is mac pro 4.1 and 5.1. mac pro 1.1-3-1 are 771.
@@schvabekI have mine upgraded to X5365 processors which adds another 4 cores. It’s also flashed as a 2,1 which had those processors originally.
Which key should I use to open it for complete cleaning?
@@isadoraserafim8489 There’s no key, you just pop the latch and remove the side panel.
@ key to remove the processor cooler
@ oh, I think it’s a hex key or a torx, can’t remember exactly which size. Mine was quite stiff
@@schvabek Thanks, I'll clean mine and upgrade
@ awesome, good luck! 🤟
Heavy, bulky, draw a lot of electrcity for its performance, But it look good😎
@@djameldjamel8763 Damn straight! Actually this one isn’t as bad as the G5 as far as the power consumption goes.
dam that look like a powerfull machine from that time, but noting beat my dad that still use his pentium 4 for his recording studio lol
@@Mason_bluegrass Haha, your dad ROCKS! 🤘 I mean, if it does what he needs, why upgrade it? 😎
Running windows 11 on a 2,1
That’s awesome 🤟
I wonder if you could update it with an SSD and even get more speed out of it
Hey, thanks for commenting! It does have an SSD, all the OS stuff is on it :) It’s quite snappy!
Can we install quantum p;rocessing chips in our desktop computers run million times faster than the fastest central processing chips?
@@honey4xi Hey, it’s possible to upgrade the CPU on this thing, however I’m not really interested in doing that (if that’s what you had in mind). Cheers! 🤟
@@schvabek There's a problem about the heat is so high.
Could i get a mac like this, then trow in some "modern" hardware like the best GPU it can takes , max ram that it can handle so probably around 64gb , the and best CPU the socket can handle, then install windows 11 . Would it be use able for things like modern gaming , 3D modeling software like inventor/Fusion 360? Running 3 monitors in 2K resolution.
I just like how they look.
@@Freddy-qy4zj Well, the limiting factor is going to be the MOBO and the architecture itself. I think it maxes out at 32 gigs of RAM (DDR2 btw) and pretty outdated Intel Xeons. Not sure about the GPU, but this was before they had their falling out with Nvidia, so you could put a more powerful card in there. But if you wanted to daily drive this thing, you could just replace all the internals with modern parts, which is what many people have done, especially for hackintosh projects, if you’re into that. But at that point it stops being a Mac Pro and I wouldn’t want to do that to this working model.
why no vacuuming of dust? brushing would just spread the dust
@@lachlanlau Hey, thanks for commenting! If I was outside, I would’ve hit this thing with compressed air, but since this thing is heavy as crap, I just dusted it off indoors. Vacuuming actually doesn’t work as well, and you can easily damage something. Using a brush dipped in alcohol actually works better and doesn’t spread the dust as much.
@@schvabek I meant brush and dust. I recently cleaned a relative's old A1494. I held the vacuum near an old toothbrush as I brushed away the dust.
@@lachlanlau That’s a great technique, although with larger parts (like this case) it’s sometimes hard doing both things at once. It worked out fine in the end 🤟
the promo videos you show are for the powermac g5, the one you have is the mac pro, .... completely different architecture,... the biggest difference is that you can't dual boot XP on a g5
@@RandomBSOD Yep, I’ve said it in the video. There was some software, enabling running virtual machines on PPC.
Copperpaste is not optimal, i have the 2.1 (witch isnt a powermac) its built like a server, mine boots from an nvme, has windows 10 and have a 6gb graphics card.
The bios is 32 bit so you have to build your own OS with a 32 bit bios and 64 bit OS, there are guides on how to do it.
@@hatehead1983 Hey, thanks for commenting! Your setup sounds awesome.
This thing uses copper pipes and a copper heat sink in combination with aluminium fins, and I’ve read that you should use copper thermal paste for that.
I don’t need this thing to run Windows 10 or have a 64 bit OS, although it is capable of running it.
Mine's an excellent footrest
@@microwaveoven2 Oh yeah, it makes an excellent chair as well! I’ve seen some photos online of people making benches out of these cases lol
Bel video, mi è piaciuto molto
@@Vlamat67 ehi, grazie mille! sono contento che ti sia piaciuto il video ❤️
Do operating systems that old even support full-disc encryption!?
@@halfsourlizard9319 You can use things like File Vault on Snow Leopard. I’m pretty sure XP also has s similar function. Not that I really use that for my needs.
Love it 😀 😍 ❤️ ♥️ 💕 🙌 😀 😍 ❤️
Thank you sooo much!! ❤
I have one of these from like 2007 or 2008? I think It has 8gb of ddr2 and like two xenons, got it through like a trade for a rototiller I honestly haven't got a clue what to do with it thing is so heavy I just sat it in a corner a year ago and forgot about it I was just thinking about parting the whole thing out on ebay. Was gonna keep the case though but I don't really have a use case for the whole thing
@@devon12346There are definitely people who’d want to have it, so I think your best bet is selling it as a whole unit. It is kinda heavy and difficult to ship, but try selling it locally/doing a local pickup on eBay. Cheers!
which key did you use at minute 1:18?
I have no idea, probably a Torx of some kind (most screws had Torx heads if I remember correctly)
@ there are 2 small screws I will try to find a key for them
@ well what shape are they? Just try sticking various bits until one of them fits lol
THIS one at 0.5x speed also equals... nighty night out like a light 😴
Hahahaha it sounds kinda terrifying to me 😂
@schvabek No joke- fell ASLEEP in two and a half MINUTES!!! Prior to that I was DROWSY, like the walls were melting or something LMAO!!! 😂
Googled it, and the playback speed affects watch time. So the video played for over 30 minutes while I was out cold!!! 🤣
@ 😂
@@schvabek LOL- the friggin cleaning and BRUSHING of that tower was also triggering... it was like BRRRRRRRSSSSHHHH, SSSSHHHHWWWWSSSSHHHH!!!
🤣😆😂🤣😆
probably still paying it off
Heh, did you buy it new? 😁