Should I buy a used G5 and which one?

I currently own a G4 (APG), 450MHz, with 1.5GBs of memory. I have never bought a used Mac, but cannot make the huge investment at this time for a new machine. I've actually been fine with this one, but I'm getting ready to make the time to do some upgrading (Adobe CS2 then CS3 soon afterward, and OS 10.4) to parallel upgrades I'll be making at my office (new Intel Mac on it's way). I'm guessing my home machine will start to crawl. Any advice in terms of the G5 models and buying a used Mac in general? Any models I should avoid?
All advice greatly appreciated.

Yes, of course any Mac Pro would be better than a G5 (the only one I see is a $3300 Quad, by the way -- are we on the same site?), but the idea was to find a $1000 solution to tide me over until I can really invest in a new system. And since I'm coming frm a 450MHz G4, which again has been just fine for me (running CS1 and 10.3.9), I would assume that any G5 would be a big improvement and there do seem to be good options to look into. On the other hand, I've seen such a variety of responses to this idea that I'm still not sure which direction to go at this point. Clearly I'll need to do something soon, but I'm not a speed freak nor do I need the coolest system on the block. I don't play video games, and I won't be using this machine for video. I just want something that runs 10.4, CS2, and CS3 easily, and isn't going to wake the neighbors when the drives spin up or leak coolant all over the place.
That said, I've hit upon another possible solution: FastMac's Dual 1.4 GHz Upgrade for PowerMac G4 AGP. Anyone have opinions about this upgrade as an option? And thank you all for providing input. This is really stressing me out, but your opinions do help.
Lauren
450 Mhz PowerPC G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

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