what is the best processor for the mac g5

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I have one of the 2.3 Dual Cores, 16GB of RAM, 120GB SSD and a TB WD HDD.

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Ive been doing some research and Im trying to find out which model is the most powerful PMG5 that IS NOT water-cooled.

After spending the last few days looking into all of the G5s online, Ive seen too many horror stories about the liquid cooled models, so I dont want to fool with that stuff.

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In short, is the Dual Core 2.3GHz PowerMac G5 the most powerful G5 tower that uses standard cooling If so, thats the next Mac Ill be purchasing, after selling my current 1.8GHz (single) G5.

It seems like if I have iTunes, TenFourFox, and Mail open all at once on this thing gets sloooow.

CoD2 (UB) is completely unplayable, and Prey is soso most of the time, glitchy at others.

The DC DP will pretty much breakeven with eachother performance wise with base spec - however the DC will run a lot cooler (as its 1 CPU - 2 cores as oppose to 2 CPUs).

Youll be getting quicker DDR2 RAM as oppose to DDR on the DP.

And on the DC you get PCIe, which gives you less choice, but quicker graphics cards (the DP has 8xAGP).

You can also wedge in double the RAM into the DC (2gb per slot, the DP 1gb).

The DC 2.3 is the best safe G5 - in the fact it was the last G5 released that was air cooled.

Got ATI x1900 on it, but it is sitting on the attic as spare machine for my quad G5.

As I have found out, they run much cooler and quieter than the quad.

What Is The Best Processor For The Mac G5