Then the filing and sanding removed all sharp edges. Shorter sides were done with the Dremel for precision towards the edges. Straight cut of the long sides thanks to the big angle grinder. So that the plastic is not melting.Ĭut-out (before filing and sanding). Also, the fan grille with its many mini-screws. E.g.: ASUS TUF X99 (ATX) and ASrock AB350M (mATX)Īll the Internals are removed. Then I made a plan for the easiest ATX conversion with the least cutting.īest thing to do: Cut an opening to the back - big enough for ATX boards I/O and reuse the original PCIe slots for graphics cards. Or one could paint them again in a different colour…
#Open power mac g5 case mod
One could finish the mod with a new front panel. One could make furniture or art out of them… Ready for ATX or mATX boards, empty PSU-Enclosure… I will call these 12 cases “Empty Ones” in the following. Only 4 of them have stronger orange peel. Just missing a motherboard (and maybe hard drives) - and done.ġ2 other cases did not end up perfectly painted, but still good. No more hard work needed to finish the build. The 14 best cases got equipped with a 600W PSU, front-panel, water-cooling (for the mATX Barebones), apple power-cables, etc… In the pyramid-pictures they are always on top, because they were finished last and taken to the workshop more often. I will call these “Barebones” in the following. I chose the best 14 cases after painting and decided to finish modding them, completely.
O 32GB RAM (ECC Unregistered DIMMs) with Aluminium heatsinksĪ finished (painted) case from the outside. O biggest cooler on the market (BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro) Ryzentosh (For music production studio): Two 1080Ti in SLI (two flexible SLI Bridges were later installed) 64GB ECC-RAM (Registered DIMMs) with dual Copper heatsinks & Heatpipes 8-Core Intel XEON E5-1660 v3 (Overclocked to 4 GHz - all-core) Workstation & Gaming-Beast for my brother: Threads for the finished build projects will be linked here later: I already equipped two of the shown modded cases with complete hardware. I will definitively equip machines later and build completely custom machines I do not have the money to equip all cases with CPU, RAM and SSDs right now.īut it would be so much fun to do it, now that all the hard work is done. Of course, you can come and have a look if you are near the South of Germany (or the North of Switzerland).
#Open power mac g5 case mods
My mods include a preinstalled power supply (and even watercooling on some)Ĭountless hours of work and high-quality components & tools were used I believe in Apples high quality and the unique design of Sir Jony Ive I hope to be able and show everybody that it was worth it - And that someone out there is appreciating the work, as well. …to the dogs and the cat for waking them up from their afternoon nap every now and then (because of the metalwork-noise). …to my friends for neglecting them during the last months …to my family for occupying their workshop, guest rooms and garages The project kept me busy during all of the winter. It was a rough 6 months from start to finish. I am done now and it is time to share my experiences:
Since it is impossible to find a G5 Case without dents and scratches, I wanted to paint them, freshly. Keep as much of the original design as possible This time I wanted everything to be perfect: I modded G5 Cases before – They kind of became my passion. They are now ready for ATX and mATX Mainboards…
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