Oh well. I suppose it's gonna b hidden at the back anyways. Lookin good so far.

this thread looks smashing!
great mod u got there, Mac.
hey if u need help fabricating acrylics or aluminium, let me know.
i got aluminium sheets available

ugh, im sooo wanna molest ur G5

Thanks for the support CrossFire. It is much appreciated.

Today, worked on thermal zones and case cooling.

The fans in the original G5 are thermally controlled. There were two circuit boards that come with the case. Presumably these are the temperature monitoring circuits that Apple builds into the G5 case. While I would LOVE to utilize them, sadly, I am no electronics genius and so will have to go low-tech:



Sunbeam Rheobus Easy Fan Controller. Nice cos it is able to switch off the fan entirely. Now obviously the G5 case has no 5in bays to speak off. So I'll have to mod this too...



Happily the Dials just slide off. Removing some nuts and screws leave me with the naked PCB and Rheobus. Interestingly, Sunbeam saw it fit to include some heatsinks too...



That much done it was time to cut some acrylic in order to fabricate the shelves that would divide the G5 into separate thermal zones. These were done after careful measurement and cut 5mm acrylic with my trusty Dremel into the following three pieces:



The lowest shelf goes right at the bottom of the case. Note the slot for PSU wires to enter and here is where the cable clutter goes... I may paint this silver in the future but so far, it looks quite neat to be able to see the cables and yet know that they do not interfere with airflow at all.





The next shelf has the Fan Controller built into it:

Finally the third shelf will separate the PSU compartment from the PCIe Graphics Cards. This is why I chose the Aquagate Mini 8cm version. The 12cm version simply will not fit in the narrow space that is available. No matter. The X2 runs very cool anyways...





And with the Apple sidepanel back on, it all comes together...





Well, that's it for now... Further updates may be a little delayed thanks to the presence of some new distractions... Namely these two beauties. A double punch of the best games this year!

Very nice looking mod MacDaNife Don't forget that acrylic edges should be filed, then sanded dry, sanded wet, and finally allowed some brasso polishing to look as good as the flat surfaces. For your additional work you might find that when you do the above process before gluing two pieces together (perhaps using Tensol 12 rather than your current adhesive) you'll attain a much cleaner looking edge Hope that helps! Good luck fellow modder!

the lower compartment looks pretty tight.. will there be enuff clearance for your rams?

Tested OK with Corsair ProSeries (the tall ones with the LED lights).

Have to take out the PSU first though...

Those shelves look fekking sweet, not to mention your usual excellent cable management and good integration of the rheobus. That last knob on the right isn't pushed down all the way tho, . Lol, I can see you're getting real handy with acrylic eh.

Your photos seem to give alot of interesting hints at the tidbits in your room. diNovo, Copperhead+Exactmat, Eclipse...

pardon me mac but i browsed thru every page but i still couldn't find anything about how you attached the mobo to the acrylic tray. maybe i missed. mind sharing how you actually did that? what kinda stand-offs are you using? and how do you attach them to the acrylic? thanks

ps. sweeeet swweet mod thus far

ckwei,i belive there are those pics at few pages before

It's in page 5.

crap how could i miss that >.<
ok, so what you did was drill holes into the board and just insert the mobo standoffs rite? will the arcylic crack if you screw it in by force after drilling? interested to know cos might try to build a case from scratch nxt yr thanks again

Hi Mac, why not you cut a hole for the bottom acryic for the PSU to fit inside it. In that way the cable out from the PSU will be under the sheet.



Just my 2cents. Keep up the good work.

This post has been edited by sooyewguan: Oct 29 2005, 05:42 PM

Great!
Looks just great!
So are you going to imitate the 'G5' cover above your CPU?
Coz your aerogate cooler's (i think) pipe is kinda like obstructing the view..

well done mac, really looks nice and tidy!

excellent job!! by the way where did u get an apple casing?

im pretty sure by the time you finish with this project, it will become 20+ pages. I suggest later you open a thread here or elsewhere (blog), detailing on how you do it from Step 1.

It is hard to read all your post with all comments in between (mine included)...

You will have to use a rotary tool (I used a Dremel Multipro) to drill holes that correspond to the size of the standoff screws that you intend to use. The size must be exact or your acrylic will crack.

Problem with this was that the fan would then be blowing amongst the wires, which is exactly what I want to avoid. The point is the completely free the airflow from obstructing wires.

Not sure yet. A cover will block airflow to the radiator. A nice AMD X2 logo would be nice though. I have a nice nVidia SLi sticker too....

Thanks!

I've a buddy who is the boss/co-owner of a Apple Service Center... I was in his shop to purchase an extension of my .Mac account. I saw the bare case and asked how much it would cost to buy and he offered it to me for free...

is that a saitek gaming k/board i see there

oh well... does ur buddy have anymore of it? haha...

but it's a real good job that u did with modding..

Kudos