Project: G5 conversion, Art is a philosophy

Hi all, I begin my first worklog, it's a apple G5 conversion, I try to keep the apple look outside and inside but with my own choices.

Hardware :

Q6600
DFI P35 UT
4GB crucial ballistix tracer 5300
Twintech 8800GTS 512 (to change with black pcb card)
Samsung T166 500gb raid
Corsair HX 520w
Sony dvd burner

Liquid cooling if budget can be complete
Ek supreme
Laing ddc 3.2 with Ek acetal top
Ek northbridge cooler
EK nickel block (depend from graphic card)
Dual microcool 240 rad (stacked rads)
10/16 compressions fittings
10/16 white tubing

Mod parts:

Apple G5
Lian li A10 motherboard tray
Lian li rack drive
TJ-07 watercooling rad supports
Full white sleeving
Nanoxia Fans

Some objectives of the project:

Try to keep the mac look with mods, painting of all parts to mac grey,

Reuse powersupply plastic surround port in lian li motherboard tray

Cover rads, bottom case with custom aluminium plate.

Color scheme : white, grey, green.

Repaint case to original grey.

Sponsor : EK waterblocks

http://www.sysone.fr/images/actu/070726_ekw_r600.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0001.jpg
http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0002.jpg

Modding parts

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0005.jpg

Case ready for some action

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0007.jpg

First placement of motherboard tray

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0010.jpg

Cut for opening door mechanism

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0011.jpg

Motherboard tray inside

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q.../IMG_00082.jpg

Second cutting session and more adjustment

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q.../IMG_00112.jpg

Cutting back plate for door opening and lapping

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0013.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0015.jpg

Adaptation of powersupply plastic surround port , final form of hole would be made with mastic

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0020.jpg

Holes will be filled with bondo too

I'll try some sketchup for final look

i have a feeling this is gonna be a sweet outcome

Sweet. I love the mac cases. Where did u get one?

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Originally Posted by breathemetal

Sweet. I love the mac cases. Where did u get one?

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you can find them on ebay quite often.

You can find them on ebay or mac replacement shops, I buy mine from my graphic designer teacher

http://www.welovemacs.com/9227346.html for mac pro enclosure

nice build mate! g5 conversions are awesome. I can't believe that you spent 500 bucks on it!

looking forward to see the rest of the conversion....nice start

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Originally Posted by Boogerlad

nice build mate! g5 conversions are awesome. I can't believe that you spent 500 bucks on it!

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I pay 80 euro for mine but it's used and need some paint :)

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Originally Posted by felix_w

looking forward to see the rest of the conversion....nice start

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Thanks I'll try my best, next update soon, I begun playing with bondo yesterday.

Nice, i love Apple case conversions
Definitely looking forward to this !
Subscribed :D

Can't wait to see how this one turns out :D

Thanks everyone for subscribing

I contact Eddy from EK watercooling, he accept to sponsor me, I'm really happy and want to thanks him because this is my first worklog.

Tomorrow big update, I play all the afternoon with bondo, some parts are modded and painted with filler.

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Originally Posted by ultimeus

You can find them on ebay or mac replacement shops, I buy mine from my graphic designer teacher

http://www.welovemacs.com/9227346.html for mac pro enclosure

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Ebay FTW, I see them there like for less then 80 bucks all the time. You have to have money pouring from your pockets to spend 5 large on a *new* case with no psu. . :shakes:

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Originally Posted by LogAn'sRun

Ebay FTW, I see them there like for less then 80 bucks all the time. You have to have money pouring from your pockets to spend 5 large on a *new* case with no psu. . :shakes:

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Originally Posted by ultimeus

I pay 80 euro for mine but it's used and need some paint :)

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80 euro, not 500...

Maybe you see G5 for less than 80 bucks but shipping not included. And mine was complete inside.

If I had 500 euro for a case i'd buy a murdermod.

ultimeus: Go for it! Nice guy, nice Case, nice materials ... the final outcome is expected to be nice :shock2:

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Originally Posted by felix_w

80 euro, not 500...

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jupp, saw that, but if you clicked the link you would see that they're selling those cases new for 499usd . . . .

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Originally Posted by ultimeus

Holes will be filled with mastic too

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G5 conversions are always cool, but what is mastic?

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Originally Posted by AlucardCasull

what is mastic?

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Mastic is a generic term for a material used to seal or fill in imperfections in a surface, though it isn't a word frequently used that way in the US. Bondo is a common example.

When you use bondo, you'll have to sand, paint? I wonder how hard it would be to find a match. The g5 case is sick. I'd love to get one, but not sure where I would but my 3x120 radiator , or 8 hard drives.

Oh well. Really nice work, i'm looking forward to see how it comes out. If you're detailed enough, I might get inspired and follow your lead.

We went the easy way in getting a mac look, silver lian-li pc-v1000a with a silver 343 3 bay fan mount.

:)

Ah bondo, i know bondo

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When you use bondo, you'll have to sand, paint? I wonder how hard it would be to find a match.

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I was wondering the same thing. Unless the whole case is getting painted a different color, matching that silver is gonna be a PITA.

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Originally Posted by LogAn'sRun

jupp, saw that, but if you clicked the link you would see that they're selling those cases new for 499usd . . . .

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i saw that too...kinda robbing isn't it ?
just because mac cases are prestiguous ? nevermind...

back to the topic...any progress done ultimeus ? people are thirsty for visual material!!!:lol2:

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Originally Posted by SpazBoy357

Mastic is a generic term for a material used to seal or fill in imperfections in a surface, though it isn't a word frequently used that way in the US. Bondo is a common example.

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Exactly, I change the term in first topic (french is my usual language)

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Originally Posted by avddreamr

When you use bondo, you'll have to sand, paint? I wonder how hard it would be to find a match. The g5 case is sick. I'd love to get one, but not sure where I would but my 3x120 radiator , or 8 hard drives.
Oh well. Really nice work, i'm looking forward to see how it comes out. If you're detailed enough, I might get inspired and follow your lead.

We went the easy way in getting a mac look, silver lian-li pc-v1000a with a silver 343 3 bay fan mount.

:)

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When I made my cut I have seen a hole when placing motherboard tray, so I cut a little aluminium plate that I fix with bondo and made a nice transition with bondo.

I'm going tu use 2x 2 120mn rads insteed of 3x120mn for not making more holes.

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Originally Posted by SpazBoy357

I was wondering the same thing. Unless the whole case is getting painted a different color, matching that silver is gonna be a PITA.

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I had the chance to paint an other case 3 years ago, and grey used is quite the same as G5 color.

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Originally Posted by felix_w

i saw that too...kinda robbing isn't it ?
just because mac cases are prestiguous ? nevermind...
back to the topic...any progress done ultimeus ? people are thirsty for visual material!!!:lol2:

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When you see apple prices for each part you understand the global price, apple case are really well construct more than lian li, and I am a big fan of lian li.

I'll try to upload more tonight, problem I lost my usb key (I work in a friend's garage and use his camera). I'll try to find a solution.

I buy some white sleeving and pin remover to dualbrain. Waiting for shipping now :cool:

I'm pretty sure the case is made of some very thick aluminum. It's remarkably quiet. Although i'm sure that is lost on most mac users.

:)

nes

Update (26/11/08)


Hard drive rack prepared for some modding (3 to 2 hard drives)

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q.../IMG_00073.jpg

Integration of apple psu hole

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q.../IMG_00152.jpg

backside

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q.../IMG_00162.jpg

superior side, there was an hole in the upper side, I cut a little plate from aluminium and filled with bondo.

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q.../IMG_00142.jpg


Rack drive modded and prepared with filler.

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0023.jpg


Back motherboard tray finished

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0029.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0047.jpg

Painted

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0061.jpg

I'm not very happy with paint, it doesn't look professional, kind of plastic texture and don't match apple grey.

Since I had planed to repaint the case ( to much little dents, and color dismatch because smoking) soon, I've ask a friend who work in a paint garage to resparay all the parts.

Good luck with the build. The G5 case looks nice as it is so this should turn out well

Valdeam http://photo-shack.com/img/c930eecd0...cc445f708f.gif

updates?

what? no more updates since november 08?!!

Project update

Hi guys sorry for being so long, as a student I need time for buying parts.

Dualbrain white sleeving, amazing sleeving I love it

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0062.jpg

With every sleeving, you need dualbrain drawing :up:

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0066.jpg

My christmas present : apple keyboard

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0054.jpg

And for the new parts, Big thanks to Charles from murderbox to send me a free serpentine top grill (waiting for delivery)

http://store.murdermod.eu/components...ade62aa1dc.jpg

Top of G5 will be laser cut to fit this grill

When thinking to my mod, I didn't like anymore my lian li rack drive so time for replacement, waiting for a pair of scythe Himuro

http://www.scythe-usa.com/product/hd..._main2-400.jpg

Waiting for atx 24 pin extension, GTX260.
Need to buy watercooling stuff now

And I changed my mind about inside of G5, All interior is going to satin black :up:

Next update will be soon with sleeved cables, top cut, painting and watercooling.

real crisp looking sleeving man! I always liked the cleanliness of white sleeving. Should be an incredible build/conversion

Not sure about white sleeving... even the best fan filters that I have seen let some dust in, and sleeving never seems to want to let the dust go. :D

Should make for a great looking new build, but a year later, I can see this looking a bit rough. Hehe

What a great idea you had man, just waiting for more update.

Looking forward to your progress. Enjoy the sleeving!

Hi guys, here is an update :up:

Sleeving pron (first part)

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...IMG_0009-1.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...IMG_0015-1.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...IMG_0020-1.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0021.jpg

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http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0044.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...IMG_0047-1.jpg

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http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0050.jpg

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http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...IMG_0054-1.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0055.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0057.jpg

Re soldered front G5 cable

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...IMG_0058-1.jpg

Scythe himuro

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0065.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0071.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0073.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0076.jpg

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0083.jpg

Atx 24 and 8 pin extension

http://i457.photobucket.com/albums/q...s/IMG_0090.jpg

some nice sleeving there, I'm really beginning to dig the white sleeves. . .

I'm interested to know how you guys heat your heat shrinks without discoloring them.

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I'm interested to know how you guys heat your heat shrinks without discoloring them.

Subscribed!

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Hair dryer ;)

hey, nice worklog, but your worklog is at forumdeluxx.de, too, isn't it?

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hey, nice worklog, but your worklog is at forumdeluxx.de, too, isn't it?

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Yes it is.

All the pics give me "bandwidth exceeded"

I have to reshost them on Hiboox to be not limited.

you can use www.hostthenpost.org :) unlimited free image hosting. Oh yeah I run it lol.

Hope you get your pics rehosted ... would love to see how this is coming along.

yeah im with shazza... lol use imageshack... or something like that.... i definitely am interested in seeing how this is progressing!

Photobucket is SH*T!!!! But this build is AWESOME!!!

Thanks guys I promise I would rehost them tomorrow

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Thanks guys I promise I would rehost them tomorrow

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www.hostthenpost.org
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