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gibsonc

Member Since 13 Feb 2012
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In Topic: Powermac G5 Case mod

09 August 2012 - 12:53 PM

View Posttopsub, on 08 August 2012 - 11:44 AM, said:



thanks! Do you happen to have a part number? I am trying to find it on there site but they have a lot of products.

They do however I won't be able to give them to you until I'm back at home!

I think it may be this one http://uk.rs-online....=PSF_394578|alt

Although I am not 100% sure if it was, it looks right though!

In Topic: Powermac G5 Case mod

06 August 2012 - 04:09 PM

View Posttopsub, on 06 August 2012 - 01:46 AM, said:

Does that company have an online store to buy the power iec connector you have to your PSU?

Yes they do http://uk.rs-online.com/web/ great company and I believe as long as you register you can get free shipping :)

In Topic: Powermac G5 Case mod

04 August 2012 - 11:51 AM

View PostSamgrest1, on 03 August 2012 - 10:25 PM, said:

how were you able to install mountain lion straight to your hackintosh? didn't you need to install snow leopard through ###### first?

Nope, just downloaded mountain lion on my MacBook Pro and then put it on a memory stick that was bootable and installed it straight on :)

In Topic: Powermac G5 Case Mod [Complete]

03 August 2012 - 08:42 PM

Very well done! We have practically done the same build! I have mounted my HDD caddy in the bottom which allows me to get two intake fans at the front of the case. It is super cool inside!

In Topic: Powermac G5 Case mod

03 August 2012 - 04:33 PM

I have been doing some more testing of the Intel HD 4000 graphics using Unigine Heaven 3.0 , getting a score of 222 with an average FPS of 8FPS, and a maximum of 15.
Its not great but unless your not gaming it should do absolutely fine!
I was also very impressed that after running those benchmarks the CPU's temps did not go above 40 degrees!

View Postimacdavey, on 03 August 2012 - 04:20 PM, said:

Beautiful job. You seem to have made the mod much simpler than others I've seen.

So, the PSU is in the old HD bay and the HD bay is on the bottom? That's different than others but I bet it keeps the interior cooler. How did you mount the HD caddy to the case? Is it just resting on the bottom or did you reuse some screws?

Thank you, I tried to just go for simplicity for this mod! I see no reason to over complicate it!

R.e the HD caddy it was stuck to the bottom using some sticky pads. They are really bad though so don't do a good job of making it stay in place. Its not an issue though as it doesn't move around in there due to the fans holding it in.
I am also hesitant to properly stick it down as I would imagine it will be very hard to get a hard drive in if it is fixed in place!
I think for a more permanent solution I will get some strong velcro, that way it can be removed when I upgrade the hard drives.

The caddy was originally going to go under the optical drive however I drilled the holes in the wrong place and wasn't going to take the whole thing apart to rectify it so thats why the caddy ended up in the bottom. I think it works best though!

Placing the HD caddy in the bottom is much better for airflow, if hung from the DVD tray then you are blocking all the airflow to the graphics card and PSU.

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