What's better than a LianLi V series case? Silverstone? Antec? Nope - Apple.

Today I got my hands on this...



It just oozes class... Down to the latch that youhave to pull in order to remove the sidepanel...



Some heavy duty modding will be required. I am reluctant to cut too much of the externals. Instead I will be mounting the mobo further in the case and routing cables to the corresponding ports on the case itself. Well that's the plan anyway. Less cutting, more soldering.

Here is the drive bay (where the PSU of a regular ATX PC case would reside)



And the front optical drive bay. It has a neat bay cover that slides down like a window blind rather than the usual out like a hatch design. Note that Apple has prerouted wires for drive connectors and power. They are all black so identifying them would be another chore prior to soldering. I intend to use as much of the original equipment as I can.



The Apple mobo connector will have to go. Note the front panel connectors are housed in thier own cage. Typical Apple design touches.



The motherboard bay is very spacious. I plan to mount the PSUtowards the back of the case with the mobo towards the front bringing connectors from the mobo to the corresponding ports at the back of the G5 case. I will try to maintain the clean lines of the G5 Enclosure as best I can.



Some case cutting however may be unavoidable. Well, I need to make some measurements. Should be a fun mod. Hopefully I am able to complete it...

This post has been edited by MacDaNife: Sep 12 2006, 10:47 PM

Whoa, where'd you source an empty G5 case dude? And what did it cost lol..

probably bought a real g5 and throw away the internal
cool stuff!

Very cool case .... but it will make me "sakit hati" to cut this baby...

Got it for FREE!

Have a good friend in the Apple support industry in Malaysia who made me an offer I (obviously) could not refuse. I agree about the sakit hati bit too. Will try not to cut this baby at all.

Actually I'm having fun just looking at it for now!

wow free....still got ar?sell it lar....

Mac : I dun blame ya...who can resist.

Changing this thread into a worklog. Please post your progress ok. Cheers.

ps: Can I have you Lian Li?

Walao,if market selling this case near RM1k maybe more. U're lucky got it free and try to mod it. U're so lucky man.


Off topic: Mac, if u want to sell ur V1000black i'm interested.

My darling LianLi?

I'll never part with it!

U bloody basket bola! FREE?! Daaaaaaamn. I just checked the link that Pizzaboy posted in the other G5 thread. The G5 case+USPS airmail cost USD560. OMG. How to buy $560 case for modding? I'd rather spend it on my upcoming ACD. Once again, U BASKET BOLA! So lucky.

This post has been edited by ianho: Oct 7 2005, 04:45 PM

@macdanife
OMG macdanife, I think that u probably got the most nicest rigs in this forum, anyway, this is very nice, its a nice casing....., so which is this for the the FX57 or x2????

@sniper
I dun think he's gonna give away his baby ah-lian le

Actually I've been thinking about how to go about with this mod... Lots to consider. Should I go with a regualr ATX Mobo? Due to the location of the PCI slots, it would have to be mounted upside-down as with the LianLi v1000. This would help with placement of the PSU as well. I'm thinking an acrylic panel to separate the PSU from the mobo. However, I don't think I'd have sufficient space for complete separation of PSU and mobo so.... Have to make some measurements...

nice case!

still got ar?

see also liao!

Y dont u just use the method that was posted in the link that Pizzaboy posted. Like here. http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=...highlight=apple

@macdanife
we hope to see more pics from this monster

holy case LianLi Vseries ?? hmmm... Apple G5 still sound better

and look better !

mac, we need to see the hardwares inside when installed.

Mac, i found this site, he has the same G5 case as urs ...

hope it helps in ur modding venture

watch out, even for 1mb streamyx !!!

http://forums.bit-tech.net/showthread.php?t=99239

Insane man. Makes my 1mb line feel like 33Kbps line. Hahahahaha. Look at the prices the bugger got the parts for. USD14 for the G5 case. USD12.50 for the 600W Apple PSU. OMG! I wanna go China for shopping trip. Hahaha. His mod is supremely nice coz it looks exactly the same as a G5. No obvious things to tip u off that it's actually a PC. Perfect sleeper mod.


Edit: I just found out sumthin. For those of u who haf problems loading up the page that Uglyvamp posted, use Firefox to open n it loads up real quick. For sum reason it screws up with IE.

This post has been edited by ianho: Oct 8 2005, 01:00 AM

he from china leh.....rock!!

I've strong doubts about the prices on the G5 & the PSU ...