Power Mac Gi5 'Hackintosh'

[Sandmod]

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.

Thanks very much and its deffo worth doing rather than having it sitting round the house i suppose. I purposely purchased this case with the mod in mind so its a little easier for me to say go for it haha. Nice to see your only down the road from me ^.^

I will post some details on here just so others with the idea can see also, but it boils down to how precise/tidy you want it. There are many mods out there that in my eyes look terrible, but do the job and equally there are some that are absolutely fantastic! I chose to go the more expensive tidy route so that i can use this case for my next build too, so i will list what i used and where from.

For mounting the motherboard i used the Mountain Mods G5 Tray, ensure to choose the 2x80mm fans as the 120mm dont fit.

http://www.mountainmods.com/mountain-mods-modular-removable-motherboard-tray-p-56.html

The PSU i retrofitted as you could see earlier in my thread.

The front panel connector i picked up from this site, he is great and will customize the cable if required.

Finally to cut out the back panel and fit the tray i used a dremmel, hacksaw and file, some elbow grease and some sticky plasters lol.

If anyone plans on their own mod i would be happy to offer further advice, just drop me a PM (if i have access that is as i cant seem to find it?)

 

[matt_fsr]

Cheers for that. The G5 in question is more 'lying around at work' than sat at home, but it's unloved, broken and not likely to be repaired so I'll probably have it rather than scrap it - such a shame to waste such cases, never mind that it'd fetch good money weighed in for scrap

I honestly can't decide what to fit in it though, I've an old C2D CPU and board, and a several generations old graphics card but I really have no use for the machine once its' actually built up.

But... I still want to build it!

I don't know if I'd ever want it to become my primary PC case, but I suppose once all the fixtures are in place, then I suppose there's no reason why it couldn't happen.

 

[Sandmod]

Cheers for that. The G5 in question is more 'lying around at work' than sat at home, but it's unloved, broken and not likely to be repaired so I'll probably have it rather than scrap it - such a shame to waste such cases, never mind that it'd fetch good money weighed in for scrap

I honestly can't decide what to fit in it though, I've an old C2D CPU and board, and a several generations old graphics card but I really have no use for the machine once its' actually built up.

But... I still want to build it!

I don't know if I'd ever want it to become my primary PC case, but I suppose once all the fixtures are in place, then I suppose there's no reason why it couldn't happen.

Well purchase a motherboard tray and use those components to get the thing ready for new parts when the right day comes. I think they make fantastic cases as they are built like brick and look simple and suffisticated lol.

I wish you all the best on carrying out this project and if you do, please do a log! It will be great to see someone else's take on it