dzinerman Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 New here, but not to Mac OS. Here's my AMD athlon 1.4 / 512/ 128 ATI 9500 / 80 + 40 / DVR- 104 (stock apple superdrive) in a G4 Quicksilver case. Basically, flipping the front bezel and moving the PS made room for CPU/Ram and allowed the board to be mounted to the door. Case cracks Mac style, but the PS cable had to be extended using an old G4 PS cable. Tight clearance required the big cpu fan/ al. funnel that's force fed from lower fan. (G4 location, mounted backwards) The deadspace between the nice plastic and metal casing is basically pressurized, (not enough free airflow for cpu fan) I rigged the PC clicky power switch to the G4 button mechanical style and added usb/sound out in the zip bay, with a magnetic door. Oh yeah, clipped white apple LED and re-soldered to the pc power led. It jus sorta hangs out in the right place. This project required some major Dremel work and lots of Edison-type engineering. Works great. Well, as great as PC's work. Power supply is weak for all the fans, and the superdrive sucks power. Thought i'd let you all take a look at my work. it's been running good for about 4 months now. And don't dis it's pathetic specs. it was once an awesome gaming rig built by a guy named Vinny. Now it plays DVD's, iTunes, and still does a bit of gaming on the weekends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rakslice Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 Noice. I especially like the gratuitous d-ring. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 hmm, but the specs arent overwhelmingly fast, but otherwise a nice mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzinerman Posted August 29, 2006 Author Share Posted August 29, 2006 Yeah, the specs suck, but i got it free from my girlfriend. Not like i'd just buy a PC. Well, i am really thinking about biulding an intel mac. When i get the time and monies, maybe i'll build a wicked fast Intel mac in that case. it's all setup. yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mifki Posted August 29, 2006 Share Posted August 29, 2006 hmm, if you have enuff money get a real mac. Much betta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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