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Project- Power PC with antec side project

Project- Power PC
Status- Day 6 epic failure
Parts still required- psu
number of swear words uttered to date- 612- the psu blowing added a good few hundred



well i made a fatal mistake last week and indulged in some drunken ebay bidding.

the result being I ended up the owner of 5 powermac G4s


now having always wanted to build a G5 powermac pc i thought this would be an ideal opportunity to build something that little bit "different"

so here we are at the beginning of Project- Power PC


final aim

G4 mac case with a fully watercooled sandybridge/ivybridge gaming system running 24/7 with fancy lights and snazzy looks

Tools
whatever i find in the shed along with copious amounts of chemical metal :)


this is what i picked up :)

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i have a total of 5 power pcs one of which has been spared due to being a bit "tasty"

this has been saved
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its a MDD(mirrored drive door model and comes equipped with 2x 867 mhz cpus and thanks to a bit of canibalisation from the other macs a rage 128 pro gpu and 384 megs of ram (it rocks)

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slighty better pic, This is taking over my daily duties once i install osx 10.5 on it until such time as project pile of crap/power pc is completed :)


now these macs seem quite straightforward to work with look at the nice easy catch for opening the sides up :)
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and the guts of a mac
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this is the MDD which i am not using as the backplate is totally wrong for a atx layout so i've moved onto one of the lesser g4s

I got a bit carried away at this point and forgot to take pics so heres an empty powermac G4. having dinner then the dremels coming out, :) hopefully have a mobo test fitted this evening.


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one stripped G4 case, see how easy that was :) now to cannibalise my daily rig for a psu and get stuck in


oh btw any ideas/suggestions/criticism is all more than welcome, if you think something would work or look cool then tell me :)
 
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Hyburnate said:
:o Noice, proud owner of some G4's ;)

I want them guts
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if you need anything e-mail in trust.

got 2 that i've tested working along with the MDD and the other 2 are jsut spares :)


oh and some action shots

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and yes that is our dining table. the wife is going to murder me at some point :)
 
its just a run of the mill ordinary dremel from b&q

open to ideas here lol i've no idea what direction i'm aiming in atm
 
woohoo, just bought my first hardware addition for the new build.


an apple aluminium keyboard :) i feel a theme coming on here
 
Never seen the insides of one of them. but one thing bothers me.

With a mac most people have them as store brought items obviously. and normally the onlything upgradable is the HDD and the Memory if i have my macfacts right.

So then. why the hell does the mac need a bloody awsome desighn in opening up the side.

that hinged sidepanel it just pure awsome.

I would be investing in some small hydralic rams. so at the press of a button the side of the case slowly lowers itself down. showing off its smexy insides.
 
cerbrus2 said:
Never seen the insides of one of them. but one thing bothers me.

With a mac most people have them as store brought items obviously. and normally the onlything upgradable is the HDD and the Memory if i have my macfacts right.

So then. why the hell does the mac need a bloody awsome desighn in opening up the side.

that hinged sidepanel it just pure awsome.

I would be investing in some small hydralic rams. so at the press of a button the side of the case slowly lowers itself down. showing off its smexy insides.
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that would be an epic idea,

///sticks small hydraulic rams on the shopping list///

wondering about cutting the side panel open to allow me to illuminate the apple logos on both side panels. or maybe open the back of it up and plastic weld a small res behind the apple logo and have coolant running through it and bubbling up :)
 
Foxtrot26 said:
that would be an epic idea,

///sticks small hydraulic rams on the shopping list///

wondering about cutting the side panel open to allow me to illuminate the apple logos on both side panels. or maybe open the back of it up and plastic weld a small res behind the apple logo and have coolant running through it and bubbling up :)
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I would deffinatly try and get a res behined that logo. could even add in a small pump just to creat a bubble efect. after all the more disturbance in the water the better the rad will cool lol.

And have a look around carbootsales for old lego technich kits. some of the hydralic pumps and arms would be the perfect size for that case. You might just have to upgrade to a slightly larger master cylinder though. as lowering the side panel is one thing. but lifting it back up again will require a lot more pressure. especially with a full build attached to it lol
 
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G-Dubs said:
you planning on keeping the internals apple or changing to PC?
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its going to be all PC (looking at sandybridge/ivybridge eventually

but i've got enough 775 gear kicking around to get me up and running just now :)
 
hmm who would ever have thought it, apple cases are made of something more solid than my poor dremel metal cutting bits can cope with :(



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3 cutting discs later and i'm not even half way through the back plate opening i need to make :(

trip to b&q tommorow for some blades for the jigsaw and i'll crack on during the week
 
try the speed click system for the Dremel

Much stronger discs and a joy to use.

I guess you've worked out a PC mobo won't line up with the PCI slots.
 
G-Dubs said:
try the speed click system for the Dremel

Much stronger discs and a joy to use.

I guess you've worked out a PC mobo won't line up with the PCI slots.
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yup measured out(roughly for my backplate by lining up on the pci-e/pcie slots on a matx mobo need to finish cutting out the back plate and drill out holes for standoffs to go in and i'm getting there :) should have it ready for christmas (maybe)

still undecided on colour scheme etc etc and i'm really just playing it by ear so as previously said guys all suggestions are good :) i'm thinking about doing the painted bits in a bright gloss white with some fancy lighting shining up through the clear plastic maybe?
 
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