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Project: G5 conversion, Art is a philosophy

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ultimeus

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Hi all, I begin my first worklog, it's a apple G5

conversion, I try to keep the apple look outside and inside but

with my own choices.

Hardware :

Q6600
DFI P35 UT
4GB crucial ballistix tracer 5300
Twintech 8800GTS 512 (to change with black pcb card)
Samsung T166 500gb raid
Corsair HX 520w
Sony dvd burner

Liquid cooling if budget can be complete

Ek supreme
Laing ddc 3.2 with Ek acetal top
Ek northbridge cooler
EK nickel block (depend from graphic card)
Dual microcool 240 rad (stacked rads)
10/16 compressions fittings
10/16 white tubing

Mod parts:

Apple G5
Lian li A10 motherboard tray
Lian li rack drive
TJ-07 watercooling rad supports
Full white sleeving
Nanoxia Fans

Some objectives of the project:

Try to keep the mac look with mods, painting of all parts to mac

grey,

Reuse powersupply plastic surround port in lian li motherboard tray

Cover rads, bottom case with custom aluminium plate.

Color scheme : white, grey, green.

Repaint case to original grey.

Sponsor : EK waterblocks
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Modding parts

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Case ready for some action

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First placement of motherboard tray

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Cut for opening door mechanism

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Motherboard tray inside

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Second cutting session and more adjustment

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Cutting back plate for door opening and lapping

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Adaptation of powersupply plastic surround port , final form of

hole would be made with mastic

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Holes will be filled with mastic too

I'll try some sketchup for final look
 
Yeah I know, this afternoon I was working on it, I repair links soon.

Edit: Links repair :)
 
I contact Eddy from EK watercooling, he accept to sponsor me, I'm really happy and want to thanks him because this is my first worklog.

Tomorrow big update, I play all the afternoon with bondo, some parts are modded and painted with filler.
 
Hard drive rack prepared for some modding (3 to 2 hard drives)

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Integration of apple psu hole

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backside

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superior side, there was an hole in the upper side, I cut a little plate from aluminium and filled with bondo.

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Rack drive modded and prepared with filler.

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Back motherboard tray finished

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Painted

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I'm not very happy with paint, it doesn't look professional, kind of plastic texture and don't match apple grey.

Since I had planed to repaint the case ( to much little dents, and color dismatch because smoking) soon, I've ask a friend who work in a paint garage to resparay all the parts.
 
Let's see if someone can do the G5->PC Mod correctly this time.

Every time someone attempts this mod, they completely change stuff around and it looks like crap.

Doesn't look bad so far. Keep up the work!
 
Project update

Hi guys sorry for being so long, as a student I need time for buying

parts.

Dualbrain white sleeving, amazing sleeving I love it

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With every sleeving, you need dualbrain drawing :up:

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My christmas present : apple keyboard

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And for the new parts, Big thanks to Charles from murderbox to send me

a free serpentine top grill (waiting for delivery)

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Top of G5 will be laser cut to fit this grill

When thinking to my mod, I didn't like anymore my lian li rack drive

so time for replacement, waiting for a pair of scythe Himuro

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Waiting for atx 24 pin extension, GTX260.
Need to buy watercooling stuff now

And I changed my mind about inside of G5, All interior is going to

satin black :up:

Note from FLECOM: Do not hotlink images, host them yourself
 
Where did you get a hold of the G5 case? I've been looking to mod one for AGES!

Things are starting to look good, and props to Charlie for hooking you up with that top fan cover, I'm digging it :)
 
I'm liking your work so far. Nice and clean.


Looking forward to following this one. :)
 
crazjayz said:
Where did you get a hold of the G5 case? I've been looking to mod one for AGES!

Things are starting to look good, and props to Charlie for hooking you up with that top fan cover, I'm digging it :)
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Thanks guys

I had the chance that G5 of my teacher was dead just when I was looking for one.

You can find most of them on Ebay. If you live in Us it's easy, in europe it's really difficult.
 
Hi guys, here is an update :up:

Sleeving pron (first part)

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Re soldered front G5 cable

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Scythe himuro

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Why the hell do people use Photobucket?? It's a pain in the ass. Use Imageshack for love of god!
 
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