josh256 Posted June 17, 2009 Share Posted June 17, 2009 Most expensive part was the case.. in hindsight I should have used a G5 case to even further reduce my costs. Notable Components: ASUS P5B-VM SE uATX (micro ATX was important!) PC Power&Cooling Silencer (front to back airflow was important!) ASUS 8600 GT Silent (fanless) 2xChassis fan (1xAntec w/ Molex connector, 1xEnermax w/ mobo connector) Epoxied bolts w/ steel/plastic flange nuts so i could make micro adjustments to the board height if necessary (as the bottom pegs were right on the case lip this was necessary to keep the board perfectly level): PS: No need for JB weld steel/epoxy [although it would look better] just avoid any fast set or marine epoxies and you'll be able to lift the entire case from any bolt;) Dremelled the usual places for mobo and power supply: Reinforced the power supply w/ two internal screws (into existing taps) This is the most "natural" airflow for the P/S (vs. a P/S with vertical air) Also dremelled a small opening behind the 4th HD bay for the mobo/CPU/GPU and SATA power cords This way I'm not pulling a {censored} load of cables through the bridge and to the front of the case and down Used vamp clips to tap 3.3/5.5/12/ground leads for the front panel roughing the USB and Power leads (Firewire used a regular fw800 cable) Tapped new guides for a rear chassis fan (blows out) Testing the cabling and airflow (decided to disable rear fan led) Connecting everything and cleaning it up w/ zip ties, cable covers, case clips Epoxied another chassis fan to a strip of aluminum then epoxied that to the front/base, added plastic sheeting to ensure cold air is drawn 100% externally Used a Pioneer 217DBK (should perhaps have used a white 217D? whatever, ejects flawlessly once the pioneer's plastic tray/cover removed) Front panel at work, cat absorbs any stray EMF;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apple apple Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Looking good. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Vincent Posted June 18, 2009 Share Posted June 18, 2009 Most expensive part was the case.. in hindsight I should have used a G5 case to even further reduce my costs. Notable Components: ASUS P5B-VM SE uATX (micro ATX was important!) PC Power&Cooling Silencer (front to back airflow was important!) ASUS 8600 GT Silent (fanless) 2xChassis fan (1xAntec w/ Molex connector, 1xEnermax w/ mobo connector) Epoxied bolts w/ steel/plastic flange nuts so i could make micro adjustments to the board height if necessary (as the bottom pegs were right on the case lip this was necessary to keep the board perfectly level): PS: No need for JB weld steel/epoxy [although it would look better] just avoid any fast set or marine epoxies and you'll be able to lift the entire case from any bolt;) Dremelled the usual places for mobo and power supply: Reinforced the power supply w/ two internal screws (into existing taps) This is the most "natural" airflow for the P/S (vs. a P/S with vertical air) Also dremelled a small opening behind the 4th HD bay for the mobo/CPU/GPU and SATA power cords This way I'm not pulling a {censored} load of cables through the bridge and to the front of the case and down Used vamp clips to tap 3.3/5.5/12/ground leads for the front panel roughing the USB and Power leads (Firewire used a regular fw800 cable) Tapped new guides for a rear chassis fan (blows out) Testing the cabling and airflow (decided to disable rear fan led) Connecting everything and cleaning it up w/ zip ties, cable covers, case clips Epoxied another chassis fan to a strip of aluminum then epoxied that to the front/base, added plastic sheeting to ensure cold air is drawn 100% externally Used a Pioneer 217DBK (should perhaps have used a white 217D? whatever, ejects flawlessly once the pioneer's plastic tray/cover removed) Front panel at work, cat absorbs any stray EMF;) thats sick where did u get the case tho ive been looking everywhere for one for my hackintosh desktop i built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh256 Posted June 20, 2009 Author Share Posted June 20, 2009 Scored the case from another insanelymac user.. there were some on ebay, the G5 cases are cheaper *and* easier to hack so would grab that instead (unless you have some uncommon need for 2xDVD-ROMs).. PS: Just installed my Xecutuer CK3 Pro.. flashing my first ixtreme 1.6 with the Mac Pro case/hack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaggah Posted July 12, 2017 Share Posted July 12, 2017 I'm liking that rear LED fan, do you have exact name and model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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