Apple Mac Pro G5 A1047 2.5GHz Dual PowerPC Tower For Parts As-Is

Apple Mac Pro G5 A1047 2.5GHz Dual PowerPC Tower For Parts As-Is

The Apple Power Mac G5 A1047 is a dual-processor PowerPC G5 tower desktop, originally configured with dual 2.5GHz G5 processors, 512MB of DDR SDRAM, a 160GB hard drive, and an ATI Radeon 9600 XT graphics card. This unit is sold strictly AS-IS for parts or repair. It shows signs of an internal radiator leak and rust, and no RAM, hard drive, or add-on cards are currently installed.

Specifications & What's Included

• Model: Apple Power Mac G5 — Part Number A1047
• Original processor: Dual PowerPC G5, 2.5GHz
• RAM slots: 8x DDR DIMM slots — all empty (no RAM installed)
• Hard drive bays: Empty — no HDD installed
• Expansion: 4x PCI-X slots — all empty, no add-on cards
• Optical drive bay: Present (drive not verified)
• Power input: 100–120V / 200–240V, 6.5A / 3.5A, 50–60Hz
• Ethernet ID (original MAC): 00:0D:93:56:BB:AA
• Enclosure: Full aluminum tower chassis with side panel
• Known issues: Signs of internal radiator/liquid cooling leak; visible rust internally
• Sold as chassis/logic board — no RAM, no HDD, no GPU, no add-on cards

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The Power Mac G5 was Apple's flagship professional desktop from 2003 through 2005, built around IBM's 64-bit PowerPC G5 architecture. The A1047 was the top-of-the-line dual 2.5GHz model and was one of the last Power Mac G5 configurations before Apple transitioned to Intel processors in 2006. These towers used a liquid cooling system to manage the heat output of the dual 2.5GHz G5 chips — the same liquid cooling that is a known failure point and the likely source of the leak on this unit. Today these machines are sought by collectors, vintage Mac enthusiasts, and technicians sourcing logic boards, power supplies, PCI-X cards, chassis parts, and other components for working G5 restorations. The A1047's aluminum enclosure, power supply, and logic board are all usable parts with an active secondary market among the PowerPC Mac community.