Hackintosh on Powermac G5 or how to assemble a workstation. Part 2

This is the second part of the story about the assembly in the case of the PowerMac G5 working machine based on the X86 architecture.

• Part 1. Exterior (housing, power supply, CO)
• Part 2. Interior (motherboard and its friends, cable management, launch)
• Part 3. Software (installing Mac OS X and other pleasures)

To begin with about the components.

After buying the G5 block, I began to reflect, but what to put in it? Definitely this should be a solution based on Xeon, and definitely on socket 2011. I also decided on the series quite quickly, either E5-1600 or E5-2600, and definitely NOT v1.

The v2 series allows you to build a solution using DDR3 server memory, the price of one dice of which is comparable to a couple of cups of coffee. But the v3 series is more promising. Yes, the memory for it is significantly more expensive, but the motherboards for this socket are universal and support both v3 and v4 (although the stones on v4 now stand like an airplane, but a year ago it was the same with v3, and once with v2).

And what to do with the motherboard? With rare exceptions, the models (we will conditionally call them X79 and X99) are universal for two generations of processors at once. So, X79 boards allow you to put both v1 and v2. X99 boards - v3 and v4.

Thoughts about mother

In addition to the above problems, I began to consider the same question, but whether to put two processors at all. But in fact, it would be worth starting not with what to supply, but how the components are suitable for the implementation of their plans, their compatibility with Apple operating systems, and at the same time remain within the allocated budget. Studying the profile topics, it became clear that the solutions on both X79 and X99 are absolutely realizable, and the problems that arise in the process are absolutely identical. Those. no matter which mother you choose, the problems will be the same, and they will be solved.

The implementation of the project using X79 boards is optimal in terms of budget. Processors on them cost a penny, memory is even less, performance is within normal limits, motherboards for every taste and budget, even two-headed ones. But the prospects for the upgrade are sad.

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What about silence and temperatures? The machine turned out very quiet. It got to the point that I accidentally sent her to hibernation, believing that it was turned off. And so it was until I connected the HDD. There will be no HDD =)

And by temperature, here are screenshots for you:

What about the budget? Well, if interested, then under the spoiler.

Oh yes, why do I need a 25V line on the power supply. Yes, this is a line for FireWire to connect external drives, monitors, and other peripherals compatible with this format.

Thank you for the attention. Good luck to all!