Action Retro | Running Modern NVMe in a PowerMac G5! @ActionRetro | Uploaded February 2022 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
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Today we're going to try running a PowerMac G5 from modern NVMe on PCIe! How much speed gain can we really get from it, and can we install most or all of Linux on the drive for a super souped-up monstrosity of a Power Mac?

LINKS:

🍎 Twitch channel: twitch.tv/actionretro
🍎 Void Linux PPC/PPC64: voidlinux-ppc.org
🍎 That nice NVMe PCIe controller card: amzn.to/34vvKIP
🍎 WD_BLACK SSD that I used: amzn.to/3GMcvaW

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