Nykwil Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) Hey guys...been browsing through the OSx86 threads here hoping to try and get OSX to work on a PC I was going to build...figured I'd try my hand at fitting the stuff into a G5 case...and oh...i dunno...watercooling it...and not with some lame premade kit either. Anyway I'm halfway done...still need to wait for some watercooling parts enjoy the pics pics further down the thread Definitly not finished yet...i wanted to save space in the lower portion of my case so I can place a pump and radiator without having space being canabalized by a PSU. My solution was to place the PSU on the drive tray...and cut an opening in the bottom for the fan to vent air. The dive tray is also sliced in half ( i need to sand it to smooth it out some) so i can service thinggs like the hdd and add modular cables without having to take out the psu with the tray and without having to remove the motherboard tray. I screwed some holes in the drive tray under the Dvd drive and mounted my hard drive under that. specs: CPU: core 2 duo e6600 Ram: Corsair xms2 2gig ddr2 800 Mobo: Gigabyte 965P-DQ6 HDD: Seagate 7200.10 500gb PSU: Seasonic M12 600w The motherboard tray was from a coolermaster wavemaster case (Thanks to aquamac for answering some of my questions and for some inspirations) My watercooling loop is going to consist of: 2x120mm radiator 2x120mm Noctua fans D-Tek Fuzion CPU Waterblock Aquaxtreme MP1 GPU waterblock Swiftech mini res Laing ddc pump 7/16" ID masterkleer tubing Watercooling the rig is phase 2 of my project by the way Edited August 1, 2007 by Nykwil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.C Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 where'd you get the case? i cant seem to find one online and im planning on building a computer too, i might try your config because its my 1st time. but ive got a couple of quests 1. where's u get the case 2.what gfx card should i get? X1950XTX? 3. which cd\vdv burner should i get (i want your grey one) 4. here's a list of things i've got... Mobo, HDD, PSU, CPU, and gfx card, what (other than cd\dvd drive) am i missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) where'd you get the case? i cant seem to find one online and im planning on building a computer too, i might try your config because its my 1st time. but ive got a couple of quests 1. where's u get the case 2.what gfx card should i get? X1950XTX? 3. which cd\vdv burner should i get (i want your grey one) 4. here's a list of things i've got... Mobo, HDD, PSU, CPU, and gfx card, what (other than cd\dvd drive) am i missing? I got the case on ebay just search for "G5 case" or you can purchase it from allmac.com or mac-pro.com The dvd-drive I'm using is a samsung sata dvd-rw drive. I got it from newegg...there's not that many sata dvd drives so it shouldnt be hard to find. It has 18x speed and can burn a plethora of methods. the x1950xtx is a lot cheaper than the highest end solution (geforce 8800gtx), I got it for 299 for an open box oem version from newegg and it's a pretty high end card within itself. i read a few threads on the forum where people were able to get to x1950xtx working with 0Sx86. Edited February 23, 2007 by Nykwil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric.C Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 is it this 1? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827151141 and i cant find a g5 case, non of the ones on ebay ships to canada and i cant find any case on allmac.com or mac-pro.com. do you have to do anything to the case to install a ATX mobo in there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted February 23, 2007 Author Share Posted February 23, 2007 (edited) is it this 1? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827151141 and i cant find a g5 case, non of the ones on ebay ships to canada and i cant find any case on allmac.com or mac-pro.com. do you have to do anything to the case to install a ATX mobo in there? yeah thats the drive that i have. You need to call up allmac or macpro and ask if they have any in stock and are willing to sell it. (that's how i found out that macpro would sell me a case.) Rarely will you actually find it on the website. emailing customer service helps too to install the atx motherboard i needed to cut out the back of the g5 case big enough to fit in the coolermaster motherboard tray. I drilled holes in the back of the case and tray and made sure they were lined up properly...i will be attaching the back with screws and nuts. I also went and drilled some holes in the tray to match up with some of the standoffs on the case but when i screwed those into place I couldnt install the motherboard without the screws touching the bottom of the case. In any case though with the screws in the back of the case in place it shouldn't be a problem and I can just not screw the tray into side of the g5 case. Edited February 23, 2007 by Nykwil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protools Posted March 16, 2007 Share Posted March 16, 2007 is it this 1? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16827151141 and i cant find a g5 case, non of the ones on ebay ships to canada and i cant find any case on allmac.com or mac-pro.com. do you have to do anything to the case to install a ATX mobo in there? Just to know: http://www.allmac.com/shop/product_info.php?products_id=4157 But pay attention, my G5 case that i have ordered from Allmac was not new !!!! And some alu parts are folded like the first defekt G5 ! Sincerely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zapro Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 Hey guys...been browsing through the OSx86 threads here hoping to try and get OSX to work on a PC I was going to build...figured I'd try my hand at fitting the stuff into a G5 case...and oh...i dunno...watercooling it...and not with some lame premade kit either. <CUT> Nykwil, can you fix the pictures so that we can see ? Regards, Per. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted March 17, 2007 Author Share Posted March 17, 2007 (edited) Uh i've long abandoned this thread...but i have pics in the "How to fit a PC in a G5 Powermac Enclosure" it's stickied. You're free to look at the pics there. Pics are on the last page. *edit* Ah what the hell, I'll repost em in here. I dont leave the ccfl on when the case is closed...i only turn it on to light up what i need to look at inside the case...it's off otherwise. vids of it booting up for the 1st time: This was the 1st time booting it up I still had a cd in the tray and i didn't optimize the bios yet...it boots up a lot faster now Currently I've successfully over clocked it from 2.4 ghz to 3.4ghz Idle temps range from 29-32c Load temps range from 48-51c Benchmarks are great, I've posted my benchmarks for various OSX benchmarks and theyre pretty decent scores, Look for em in the benchmarks forum. Edited March 17, 2007 by Nykwil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alex ifixit.dk Posted April 10, 2007 Share Posted April 10, 2007 I successfully installed the ATX board into an G5 case. Im down to one problem, how did you manage to connect the front panel?, i cant find any map of wich pins are what.... i will attach photo of the final result soon... heelp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreed Posted May 7, 2007 Share Posted May 7, 2007 Can you help with how you connected the front IO board? Thanks for your help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ced1610 Posted May 24, 2007 Share Posted May 24, 2007 i don't understand ????!!!!, why don't you simply weld wires on those button's pins on the small board ????!!!!! it is a normal button !!!!! and the USB and FW connectors have pins too... with finding real pins layout, all that you can have is the flashing led (when it's in sleep mode....) modding a little bit this small card is easy and just works !!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark4181 Posted June 14, 2007 Share Posted June 14, 2007 i don't understand ????!!!!, why don't you simply weld wires on those button's pins on the small board ????!!!!! :pirate2: it is a normal button !!!!! and the USB and FW connectors have pins too... :pirate2: with finding real pins layout, all that you can have is the flashing led (when it's in sleep mode....) :pirate2: modding a little bit this small card is easy and just works !!!! :pirate2: got "how-to" ? ... p.s.- nykwil: any chance you could list or link all the screws and rivets you used to mount everything? all the little pieces of metal on homedepot.com are giving me a headache haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 got "how-to" ? ... p.s.- nykwil: any chance you could list or link all the screws and rivets you used to mount everything? all the little pieces of metal on homedepot.com are giving me a headache haha I forget the number for them but they were like 12mm long and 3mm wide hex screws and nuts from amazon. if you search for em you should be able to find em. http://www.amazon.com/LONG-Cap-SCREW-12mm-...516&sr=8-11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXBondyXx Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 Thats plain awesome! I'm new to hackintosh, how well does the PC modded version of OSX run compared to the original that runs on Macs? I have a MBP but I'm interested in making a Hackintosh system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted June 15, 2007 Author Share Posted June 15, 2007 Ok I've been reluctant to post this pic of the pinouts because...well I didn't make it...my engineering brother did. but hopefully you can understand it. The I/O board was the biggest pain in the ass for me this thing refers to my motherboard Everything works except for the audio port...i can hear out of it in windows but it just plain acts up and doesnt SEEM to detect properly...i'm not sure. it's high res so u can see everything. also disregard the power on i ended up using a multimeter and figuring out which leads turn the machine on when activated properly. Also the LED on the power button wont turn on...i found out the hard way that the IO board has some sort of weird switching system that if you try to connect it to a pc mobos led leads it will loop on an off over and over. no biggie i rigged my own leds right above the button. i hope it helps please dont ask me any more questions about it...i just installed it and forgot about it cuz it was such a friggen pain just for the power button alone. http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/9673/fr...elpinoutuf6.jpg PLEASE DON'T YELL AT ME IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT...use it as a guide, and best of all...learn to work out your own solutions. I asked pple for help on this project too...but when it came down to the nitty gritty i figured out the solution on my own (ex: I had to determine where i wanted the psu and if it would work out...where i would place the hdd...how to route the cables around...what screws to use etc...) which can sometime take days. In the end though it is extremely satisfying. Thats plain awesome! I'm new to hackintosh, how well does the PC modded version of OSX run compared to the original that runs on Macs? I have a MBP but I'm interested in making a Hackintosh system. it's my main OS....i have vista on a separate partition but i dont even boot into it and im contemplating getting rid of vista all together. I love it, it runs really well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark4181 Posted June 15, 2007 Share Posted June 15, 2007 thanks much nykwil. i don't mean to sound so needy. i'm simply a rather visual learner, so i absorb information best if i can see the end result, or better, the process. i can figure things out on my own, but with a project like this, i'm a bit reluctant because of the dollar amount involved thanks again, very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blista Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 looks nice. but LOL mac case with dell screens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted June 16, 2007 Author Share Posted June 16, 2007 looks nice.but LOL mac case with dell screens. LOL???!! show me wtf u have :-P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac-mini Posted June 16, 2007 Share Posted June 16, 2007 my mac mini is on a dell screen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted August 1, 2007 Author Share Posted August 1, 2007 had to boot into my dusty vista partition in order to stress test my 3.2ghz oc on my new quad core chip. idle temps in OS X are 44-46c i plan on voiding my warranty and lapping my cpu to drop the temps a few more c's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted August 2, 2007 Author Share Posted August 2, 2007 took about an hr to lap my q6600 flat to the copper nice mirror finish sorry for the poor image quality temps are looking good as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~anima Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Hey, I just thought about getting my hardware in a g5 case too. But I would like to know if I could take an other motherboard tray then the one from the Coolermaster Wavemaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nykwil Posted August 7, 2007 Author Share Posted August 7, 2007 Hey, I just thought about getting my hardware in a g5 case too. But I would like to know if I could take an other motherboard tray then the one from the Coolermaster Wavemaster. I don't see why you can't. As long as you are able to cut an opening cleanly and nice enough in the back of the G5 case to slide in the motherboard tray and secure it with screws/rivets I'm sure it would work. When I was planning out this project, I too, was going to use a different motherboard tray because I couldn't find a tray from a wavemaster case. In the end, however, I just gave cooolermaster's customer service a call and they sold me one at a very reasonable price. (came out to be around 24 dollars) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~anima Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 nice, thanks for answering the only thing is that i cant find any store that sells a G5 Case. wait i just found something at ebay: http://cgi.ebay.de/Apple-G5-Leergehaeuse_W...1QQcmdZViewItem but it seems to be without anything, no HD cage and ... and ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wieder_Ich Posted January 15, 2008 Share Posted January 15, 2008 Hello, Look also at "www.koebs.org" - "coolcases" - "PC2007" This one is also a good one Kind regards wieder_Ich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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