Mac,

Ever considered open frame psu? Take out the case since Enermax is pretty compact inside and the red looks sorta out of place like that. Ya can hide it with an acrylic or white acrylic case.

Actually, that is a good idea , but with a custom designed acrylic PSU case which is long an flat rather than square... Will need to change out the fans with quad 6cm ones (2 inflow and 2 outflow)...

Hmmm...

Or recycle that nice blower from the HDD rack.
6cm's are pretty noisy.
Haven't seen that blower so dunno how thick is it though.

how about USD 0.99?



http://cgi.ebay.com/Case-Apple-PowerMac-G5...1QQcmdZViewItem

Doesn't ship overseas lar.

yupe

only US address...

but considering if you ask someone to get it for you and even give him a commision, i still alot cheaper than RM1k to ship it over here...

@mac
what a good job done, bravo!!!

when pair this with ur Apple Cinema Display. wau looks really like a real G5!

hahahah....good mod here

OK, next mounted the Mobo backplate. Made out of 5mm Acrylic. Thickness is required as the backplate is held on the G5 case by the Apple Mobo standoff screws. In order to maintain the necessary depth/distance of the DFI mobo to the PCI slots, I had to drill holes in the acrylic backplate. The Apple Mobo standoffs were then trimmed to a height of 5mm in order to be flush with the acrylic backplate. The backplate was then screwed down with specially shortened screws.

A lot of dremel drillwork required hence the delay. Some pics:





With that done, regular PC motherboard standoff screws were postioned on the acrylic backplate in order to securely hold the DFI board



Position fits perfectly, and as you can see in the next few photos, the PCI slots align very nicely. The uppermost PCI slot however is unusable unless I sacrifice the harddrive bays, which I do NOT want to do.







This post has been edited by MacDaNife: Oct 18 2005, 09:58 PM

What a beautiful match, really worth for wait you posting.

Cant wait to see the next upcoming how you mod the backpanel ports with G5.

Good Job.

ohh.. i can't wait to see when u r finished.. sure it'll be 'cun'

Next: The PSU.

Choose a Enermax Coolergiant 600W PSU. This is for the whopping 600W and also for Enermax's excellent showing in the THG Torture Testing. However a regular PC PSU is too wide/high to fit in the base of the case where I intended it to go. It would hit the RAM and having a hot PSU against my potentially overclocked RAM is NOT a good idea...

Option is to put the PSU towards the front of the case but that would mean that it would be blowing hot air into the case. While I intend to make a acrylic divider that would isolate the lowest 'hot' compartment from the rest of the case, in reality, hot air rises. This would warm up the whole case.

As Sniper suggested, it was time for a total rethink:

And time to completely void the Enermax 5-year warranty. Oh well....

The layout of the Enermax Coolergiant 600W is very good, with a beefy heatsink and components all well laid out for maximal airflow.





However, it can be improved...

The plan is to make the PSU long rather than wide, with the on off switch at the top to facilitate switching on and off from within the case (I want to avoid cutting the G5 back if I can). The fan control knob will also be mounted at the top.

THIS is how I want the PSU to sit within the case...



And to do this, I'll need to make a custom acrylic enclosure:







Since I've already voided the warranty, might as well cut off the unnecessary wires too...



Have not decided how to put the acrylic together... Glue? Screws? I've got the glue ready, SuperGlue is NOT a good idea as it will discolor the acrylic at the point of contact. Have tested the Selleys MultiGrip Contact Adhesive and while it takes longer to set, it provides a strong bond and will not discolor the acrylic.

Good Work As always macdanife
about the psu arcylic cover if u wanna open the acrylic case next time better use a screw or if you dont wanna open it then use a glue.but screw is better will look neater but is up to you

yeah i agree on the screw part for the PSUs acrylic case... and since you're making a custom case for it..... instead of cutting out the unnecessary cables and making them go to waste, why not make a mod for it and make it a modular PSU? using normal molex's might do the trick, but i would suggest something with a clip for better connectivity...mebbe something like the 4 pin atx mobo connector.

at least ull have the option of fitting them in in the future in case u need more connectors

EDIT: oh yeah.....y not change the PSU fans to something with a lil more 'bling'?

This post has been edited by mADmAN: Oct 18 2005, 10:38 PM

mac, you still wanna use SLI for this casing?
i think the would be bad for upper card as the soundcard will block the airflow from the GTX.

// MacDaNife :
nice mod-ing you hving there, want to share some my opinions ,

from the original Enermax psu, the airflow are great ,


IMHO, from the custom acrylic enclosure you made, the air flow will be blocked due the height of the heatsink. The heat will traped in between those heatsink, and it will shorten the lifespan of the psu if the temp is high loaded for a long run system. Its a serious problem, xpecially when the warrenty of the psu was voided .


hope you get my idea,
Evogenix

mac to glue the acrylic, you better use those proper glue

you might want to read this article

http://www.tech-mods.net/forums/showthread...p=1922#post1922

... cos I've developed an allergy to 'bling'....

Great link! Very informative. Thanks.