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Completed G5 Project! i think...

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sarbz

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Of course it's NEVER done. But it's pretty darn close. I'll always think of something else I want to do to it.

Here's what it looked like before:

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Here's what I did to it tonight:

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Here's what it looks like now:

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Why do PC in Mac case mods always have lights? It really detracts from the design of the case in my opinion.
 
corebreach said:
Why do PC in Mac case mods always have lights? It really detracts from the design of the case in my opinion.
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because, otherwise, it looks... terrible.

To the topic poster, you should look into making the whole wind-tunnel thing that Apple does in the original G5.
 
To the topic poster, you should look into making the whole wind-tunnel thing that Apple does in the original G5.
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This is a simplified version of the original mac's cooling. It actually works quite well. The fan in the front helps to draw air in, and the two in the back blow it out. My case is extremely cool, and quiet now too! (all fans at 5v & an NV Silencer 5)

Why do PC in Mac case mods always have lights?
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I like blue lights. Even if I built this PC inside of a shoe box, I'd put blue lights in it. My keyboard is backlit blue, I have a blue led usb hub, and a blue led on the volume nob for my speakers. Oh yeah, and a blue lava lamp in the room too.
 
I have seen a lot of ugly G5-Mods, but this looks cool.
Even the blue light and the window supports its decent look.

Only thing to complain about:
Some more cable-management would be good.
No need to hide the wires, but try to arrange them a little better.
 
koegs said:
I have seen a lot of ugly G5-Mods, but this looks cool.
Even the blue light and the window supports its decent look.
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My thoughts exactly. That looks better that an actual G5 :p
Nice work.
 
Thank you. I've already thought of two more things to do to it :D I think the fan on the front should match the rear fans, and I might have something sandblasted into the window.
 
Looks really good, but too bad about the front fan sillohette.
Does it work well without that front fan there?
or can the fan be moved off the grill and inwards some?
 
It works with the front fan gone, but then I have to run my rear fans higher than 5v. I'd prefer silence over looks. Usually the lights are off so it's not visable. I don't even know why I put lights in there. I never use them unless I'm showing someone the case, or taking a picture.
 
Yea. The front fan just HAS to go, IMO. I'd either get quieter fans, larger fans (running at a slower speed), or simply deal with the louder fans in the rear.
It's a trade off. You've gone to the trouble of building the case. Make it look all it can.
That little fan in the front of the case throws it all off.
 
The only other person that see's my computer is my wife. She could care less. So I think I'll choose cool and quiet (no pun intended AMD) over slightly better looks. Besides, 99.9% of the time, the cold cathodes are off.

BTW, here's what it looks like with the lights off for everyone who says bright lights distract from the case's design.

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scatpack said:
Paint that damn Maxtor harddrive!
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That's a really good idea. I read about some window mods for hard drives, that would be awesome in my case because the HD is so visable, but I don't have the balls, or the $$$ to replace it if something should go wrong.

I think I will paint it! hmmmm....should I go with silver to match the case? I want to paint the whole inside of the case black eventually.
 
CrimandEvil said:
Why not just peal off the sticker and buff the drive?
http://www.bit-tech.net/article/152/12
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I pulled off the sticker, but I didn't have any mothers polish around. I'll have to pick some up.

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Also pulled the front fan, and it's only a few degrees warmer now (I just recently got an NV Silencer 5...that helps a ton) it does look a lot better. Thanks!

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Nice, funny how empty it is compared to my default G5 with the gigantic dual heatsinks.
Did you take the bottom plate out separating the mobo area from the normal PSU area?
edit:yes you did, but how?
I stuck a little blue fan in my G5 and I like the glow, hehe
 
illgiveumorality said:
Nice, funny how empty it is compared to my default G5 with the gigantic dual heatsinks.
Did you take the bottom plate out separating the mobo area from the normal PSU area?
edit:yes you did, but how?
I stuck a little blue fan in my G5 and I like the glow, hehe
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I was given the case with nothing in it. It was completely stripped. No fans, no dividers, no PSU, nothing.

I have a dual 2ghz G5 at work, and it looks damn cool inside. It obviously sucks for gaming, but it rocks in photoshop. Plus it can handle 8GB of RAM!!!!!!! that's nuts. I have 2 in it, and I can't imagine using any more...at least not at this point in time.
 
Looks great but mine will blow everyone away *evil laugh*

I'm not thread crapping, it's good stuff man, although the wires look too messy for my own taste, cool window.
 
You know, the wires actually looked better before the split loom...

Try taking it off and bundling more of them together; maybe extend a few so they can loop around less visible parts of the case.
 
Hey, I was wondering how you mounted your motherboard in there. I don't see any mounts or anything. I took the backing out of my old case and cut it to fit, it looks nice but I am curious how you mounted yours.
 
feebleminded said:
Hey, I was wondering how you mounted your motherboard in there. I don't see any mounts or anything. I took the backing out of my old case and cut it to fit, it looks nice but I am curious how you mounted yours.
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Rubber bushings.
 
Othersider said:
You know, the wires actually looked better before the split loom...

Try taking it off and bundling more of them together; maybe extend a few so they can loop around less visible parts of the case.
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You think so? I kind of like the chrome split loom look. I was inspired by the orac3 case.
 
but the orac3 case has like 20x more in that case then you do
 
Lookin good!

Sorry for the thread crap... I've got one in the works as well.... it will be a lot different than anyone else's that's posted on here.

No more clues until I can really get started and write a project log. :)
 
Thanks for the compliments :D

How do you think something like I designed for this guy would look on my window? (the honeycomb looking stuff)
 
Personally i reckon the looming looks terrible. i'd cable sheath them instead of looming, cause it'd look neater.

Also, in MY opinion the lights look tacky and just ruin the effect of the case, same with the window. You got a G5 mac case, which is really nice, and just riced it up like a cheap lancer, which is bad.

Apart from that, if you turned the lights off, replaced the panel and sheathed the cables i reckon itd look awesome :)
 
FunkStar said:
Personally i reckon the looming looks terrible. i'd cable sheath them instead of looming, cause it'd look neater.
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I wanted to use nicer sleeving, but I'm impatient and didn't want to order it and wait. I picked up the chrome loom from autozone. Eventually, my plans are to go with a modular power supply, and sleeve the ide and sata cables to match. Until then, the loom will have to do. Funds are starting to get limited also :(
 
corebreach said:
All I can say is don't overdo the mod.
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I have a lot of lexan, and I mounted the current window with double sided velcro. This allows me to change out the window until I find something I really like. If I don't like a design, or if it looks to be overdone, I'll change it.
 
"wow that looks pretty awesome!"

"It really detracts from the design of the case in my opinion"

"I have seen a lot of ugly G5-Mods, but this looks cool.
Even the blue light and the window supports its decent look."

"That looks better that an actual G5
Nice work."

"Looks really good"

"Paint that damn Maxtor harddrive!"

"the wires look too messy for my own taste, cool window"

"You know, the wires actually looked better before the split loom..."

"Thats terrific moddin'...You did the already great G5 case some justice!"

"Lookin good!"

"All I can say is don't overdo the mod."

"Personally i reckon the looming looks terrible. i'd cable sheath them instead of looming, cause it'd look neater.

"Also, in MY opinion the lights look tacky and just ruin the effect of the case, same with the window. You got a G5 mac case, which is really nice, and just riced it up like a cheap lancer, which is bad."

"Beautiful I love it"

aren't different views and opinions great? It's amazing how so many people can look at the same thing and have such different views on it. Beauty is truly in the eye of the beholder.

stupid post i know, but i just thought it was cool to sum up the different opinions.
 
sarbz that's awesome! It really is neat to see all the different opinions one after the other like that without other comments or forum overhead.
 
Okay... from someone who's friend bought a G5 case off Ebay the DAY this thread was started, I have some questions for sarbz and feebleminded.

1) So how did you "mount" the motherboard? Drill some pilot holds and then screw in these "rubber brushings" you speak of? I'm not sure what the "rubber brushing" would even look like, but I imagine I'd find the right location for the motherboard, pilot some holes, and use some "regular" motherboard standoffs to "mount" the board in the case.

2) When you mounted the motherboard, you were able to pick a location so you can just "use" the AGP and PCI slots with those in the case? Obviously you can't use them all with an ATX board, but if you CAN use a few of them without a ton of modding, that would be sweet!

3) Any other major difficulties with the "modding" of the case for a PC? Sounds like folks have figured out the buttons wiring, so most of the hard work has been done by you pioneers.

Oh, and my buddy was wondering if the motherboard "tray" is removable. I'm betting no, but I'll ask anyway.

Thanks for the great pics, and keep up the great work!
 
MERKMAN said:
1) So how did you "mount" the motherboard? Drill some pilot holds and then screw in these "rubber brushings" you speak of? I'm not sure what the "rubber brushing" would even look like, but I imagine I'd find the right location for the motherboard, pilot some holes, and use some "regular" motherboard standoffs to "mount" the board in the case.
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To tell the truth, my rubber bushings are glued onto the board. No fancy stuff here. Just a few small drops of good old gorilla glue. I have self tapping screws holding the mobo down to the rubber. Not the best way to do it, but it was quick, and I'm impatient. Besides, it holds, and I don't see it.


MERKMAN said:
2) When you mounted the motherboard, you were able to pick a location so you can just "use" the AGP and PCI slots with those in the case? Obviously you can't use them all with an ATX board, but if you CAN use a few of them without a ton of modding, that would be sweet!
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Yes, I removed the original motherboard mounts, and placed the new mobo so that the pci and agp slots lined up. The case's slot spacing is standard.


MERKMAN said:
3) Any other major difficulties with the "modding" of the case for a PC? Sounds like folks have figured out the buttons wiring, so most of the hard work has been done by you pioneers.
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Just make sure you have sufficient airflow in the top "zone" if you plan to keep your hard drive in this location. It WILL overheat if you don't have fans to keep air circulating. Other than that, there aren't any problems really. It's just like building a pc inside a big aluminum box. Have fun and be creative. There's plenty of room.


MERKMAN said:
Oh, and my buddy was wondering if the motherboard "tray" is removable. I'm betting no, but I'll ask anyway.
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There is no motherboard tray. There's the side wall of the case, and that's it. And ANYTHING is removable if you try hard enough :D
 
Sarbz - Thanks so much for the reply. My buddy was having "cold feet" about the project earlier today. We both have more PC stuff than we should, and some of our modding projects haven't turned out quite how we wanted. So I think he was considering just selling the case on Ebay, and getting away from the project.

However, I've explained to him that mounting the motherboard shouldn't be that bad. And while he's a little worried about mounting a DVD burner so it looks good in the case, I don't expect that to be a huge problem. That said...

I guess the case has a "door" that opens and closes when the optical drive "ejects". Can you describe what you did to get a drive mounted in the case, and whether you use that door, just have an alternate faceplate, or what?

I think it made a big difference that he can use his ATX motherboard in the case. Reading that some cutting would allow that to fit seemed to improve his spirits. Though really, the mATX P4 motherboard on New Egg looks like a great one, and he could probably use most of his other existing parts in the Apple case if he chose to. (He's never been an AMD guy.)

I think it would be a fun project, but I'm waiting to be hired before I consider such things. And I've had plenty of my own projects, replacing the hard drive in my 12" PowerBook took a lot more than replacing the drive in a Dell laptop. ;) And now I've been getting my GPS software working under Virtual PC 7 for Mac, etc.

P.S. My primary box is a Shuttle SB61G2, and I've got several small form factor systems. My only tower is an Enermax "Titanium" case with just awesome mirrored sides and brushed squares. If it wasn't in my armiore computer desk, it would be awesome to look at. ;)
 
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