Power Mac Gi5 'Hackintosh'

paulstung · 1 Jul 2013 at 16:13

Those results are making me want to take the plunge even more, it scares the life out me though

coolamasta · 1 Jul 2013 at 22:58

Arkious said:
Its quite easy, you just have to make sure you take your time and apply gentle even pressure. Also i recommend getting one of those stanley blades that you can snap off as you go as they seem to be the thinnest at 0.41mm so it doesnt bow the cpu as much when peeling the corners. Also you must try not scrach the cpu surface or go too deep that you hit the die. But as i say i was an amature at it and it wasnt hard at all really.

Dam worth it!

Cheers bud, will get myself one of those snap-off blade knives and go for it over the coming weeks then, thanks for the little extra push towards doing it haha

Sandmod · 17 Jul 2013 at 12:47

Has anyone had the balls to delid their CPU then? After the few weeks of running mine at 4.6 it barely hits 50

JGStonedRaider · 17 Jul 2013 at 13:05

Use the vice method it is safer imo

setter · 17 Jul 2013 at 13:13

Id thought about it with my current cpu, but as it's such a poor clocker, (4.5ghz at 1.330v) it's not worth it. Id only delid a good low voltage clocker that i wanted to push higher. Not something this current chip is capable of, as the voltage increases required would be way too high.

For anyone that does delid, coollaboratory liquid pro/ultra is the paste of choice. Also, if cutting with a knife/razor. It's reccomended to cut one corner with the blade. Then use firm plastic, (takeaway container lids are ideal) to work the rest of the way round. Less chance of damaging anything.

jakehall109 · 17 Jul 2013 at 14:15

Ive got 3 or 4 of these cases waiting for a hackintosh build but just never got round to it :-\ looks good watercooling will suit it

Sandmod · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:18

setter said:
Id thought about it with my current cpu, but as it's such a poor clocker, (4.5ghz at 1.330v) it's not worth it. Id only delid a good low voltage clocker that i wanted to push higher. Not something this current chip is capable of, as the voltage increases required would be way too high.

For anyone that does delid, coollaboratory liquid pro/ultra is the paste of choice. Also, if cutting with a knife/razor. It's reccomended to cut one corner with the blade. Then use firm plastic, (takeaway container lids are ideal) to work the rest of the way round. Less chance of damaging anything.

well mine is 4.6 at 1.330V, not much better but i have managed to get 5ghz out of it at 1.5V stable, its just nice knowing my expensive watercooling can actually do its job now lol

And · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:46

Good work there.

Surprised you've got away with posting the OSX install screenie though, I posted a screenie in the OSX desktops thread from my Hackintosh and it got removed rather quickly by one of the mods.

Akagi · 18 Jul 2013 at 21:57

And said:
Good work there.

Surprised you've got away with posting the OSX install screenie though, I posted a screenie in the OSX desktops thread from my Hackintosh and it got removed rather quickly by one of the mods.

The screen has a mac mini strapped to the back of it. Nothing to do with the OP's new build. Shhh.

tomparker95 · 19 Jul 2013 at 09:57

Lovely build mate well done. Risky delidding the cpu though :eek:

!

Sandmod · 20 Jul 2013 at 23:38

And said:
Good work there.

Surprised you've got away with posting the OSX install screenie though, I posted a screenie in the OSX desktops thread from my Hackintosh and it got removed rather quickly by one of the mods.

Another member said somthing similar, however he said that talk was not allowed, so a simple photo showing what i have done should suffice :-)

a pictude speaks 100 words

acme15 said:
The screen has a mac mini strapped to the back of it. Nothing to do with the OP's new build. Shhh.

No no you have it all wrong, i have it plugged into my macbook air i have shoved between the tower and the wall hahahahaha

tomparker95 said:
Lovely build mate well done. Risky delidding the cpu though !

Cheers mate :-)

yeah i like a bit of a thrill, i was a bit wary but i simply couldnt resist!

Anox · 21 Jul 2013 at 13:49

looks like photobucket wants your money, god I hate it so much.

Sandmod · 23 Jul 2013 at 17:25

Anox said:
looks like photobucket wants your money, god I hate it so much.

Haha yeah, bluddy pricey for a subscription too!

richb93 · 23 Jul 2013 at 18:04

Nicely done. Although the window is very tidy, I don't like it as it's the opposite of the intended aesthetic of a Mac case. Still, just personal opinion. Epic job though, probably the best Mac Pro case mod I've seen!

Also, check out imgur for image hosting. Much better than photosuckit

Sandmod · 23 Jul 2013 at 22:36

richb93 said:
Nicely done. Although the window is very tidy, I don't like it as it's the opposite of the intended aesthetic of a Mac case. Still, just personal opinion. Epic job though, probably the best Mac Pro case mod I've seen!

Also, check out imgur for image hosting. Much better than photosuckit

Ofcourse your quite right, however if I wasn't bothered about the insides I could have thrown it together like most people have. The way mine is put together at least in my eyes is the way I would expect it to be done and the window just shows it off ^.^

Thanks for the comments and I will have to try imgur in the future :-)

Sandmod · 11 Aug 2013 at 21:49

Just a quick update...

I decided to get another SSD and use one for Windows and one for OS X. Initially the idea was to RAID0 them and have 300 and 200 but it's too much hassle and didn't warrant the effort. So I decided to finally come up with a mounting solution for both SSDs.

I nabbed another Vertex 4 256GB new for £136, a dual 2.5" to 3.5" adapter and a 3.5" to 5.25" adapter. My idea was to put them together and mount them above the Blu-Ray drive, but this needed an extra power socket so it needed modifying.

So here is pictures of how it went.

Here's the two SSDs and the adapters

This is the position I want it mounting to make plugging in cables easier

This is my modified power cable before and after braiding

Here are the plugs in there rough positions

I then made a single bracket that will mount the SSDs to the Blu-Ray drive

Here it is fitted

And here is the finished cable management

It's much better having a drive for each system, it's easier for updates and less risky of loosing the entire system at once. Also the internals look much tidier now the drives are mounted instead of them hanging. Hope you guys like!

richb93 · 12 Aug 2013 at 00:07

Your cable management is awesome. Very nice indeed!

Sandmod · 12 Aug 2013 at 06:22

richb93 said:
Your cable management is awesome. Very nice indeed!

Cheers, there was a lot of work involved with getting it like that haha!

Forgot to mention but I died the raspberry purple mayhems to blue with their dye and now it's amazing colour!

jpod · 12 Aug 2013 at 12:30

Awesome, like the window, it's essential to see the fantastic internals!

matt_fsr · 12 Aug 2013 at 15:15

Good god that's superb.

I've an old G5 case that I've been thinking of turning into a PC running Windows, just to annoy the Mac-lovin' friends I have... but was thinking of doing it on the cheap.

Any chance you can give me a vague idea of what the absolute basics cost involved might be for something like that? I have the PC hardware that I can fit into the case, it's just the mounting boards etc that I'm not familiar with. PM through trust would be preferred, but feel free to post the same info on this thread.