Welp, it came to a point where I was without a daily Mac recently after my G5 2.0DP developed those logic board issues, and after percervering for a few days with the old Yikes G4 biding my time for a logic board to come up for sale, I went insane and just purchased the first G5 in short driving distance i could find as a replacement... a newer 2.0 dual-core snaffled off ebay with a Compaq LCD 15" monitor for $150. Fairly basic specs as it stands, 2 gig memory, standard graphics card, standard HDD... but not complaining at that pricepoint and within the local area.

It actuallly seems significantly more sprightly than the older dual-processor G5 it replaced, which in itself was more than comfortable until it became buggy.

Tangientally, I just discovered that since my last search, a replacement logic board became available for an early DP... So I guess that means I will be rebuilding the old one as well, as I can probably find some menial duty for it such as a file server and media server.

I know many do not care for G5's, but this is for the benefit of those that do and still appreciate them as a daily hack. Those that don't, please reserve opinions as to why I shouldnt be using old tech in 2015... I have heard it all before, after all. lol