Case Mod - In Progress Project: G5 conversion, Art is a philosophy, Update white sleeving (02/03)

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






Modding parts



Case ready for some action



First placement of motherboard tray



Cut for opening door mechanism



Motherboard tray inside



Second cutting session and more adjustment



Cutting back plate for door opening and lapping





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



Holes will be filled with bondo too

I'll try some sketchup for final look

 

Oooooooh. Subscribed.

 

Yeah me too. Just something about the G5.

john

 

Lol, everyone is getting into the G5 craze. I've got 2 G5 cases sitting in my room, and I'm bidding on a Mac Pro case on Ebay

Gah!

 

I win! I have 2 full G5s and 1/4.


I want to see what he does. G5s are cool.
john

 

Ever finish that one?
I think you should.

 

Everyone has a G5 but me...

It's probably for the best. What I'd do to one would be true Mac blasphemy.
I see the word 'mastic' popping up. Do you use tile mastic for a filler like I do, or is this some local term for 'bondo'?




...Clamps!

 

thanks everyone for supporting

G5 is popular because it's well construct (very tick aluminium) and it's really beautiful.

I do my search, mastic means bondo (didn't know exact term i speak french).

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.

 

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



Integration of apple psu hole



backside



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




Rack drive modded and prepared with filler.




Back motherboard tray finished





Painted



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.

 

Or me lol.

I love the G5 case. Can't wait to see where this mod goes.

 

Cheapskate, you need to go e-bay, now, fast, go go go Get yaself a G5 case and work your magic

 

23/02

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



With every sleeving, you need dualbrain drawing :up:



My christmas present : apple keyboard



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



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



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.

 

that's going quite nice, welcome to the club :d

 

Thanks

I'm from belgium too.

 

Really? from where exactly?

 

I'm from Beersel, but I don't speak nederlands.