- #WILL AN ATX BOARD FIT INSIDE A POWER MAC G5 CASE MOD#
- #WILL AN ATX BOARD FIT INSIDE A POWER MAC G5 CASE PRO#
#WILL AN ATX BOARD FIT INSIDE A POWER MAC G5 CASE PRO#
I wanted to create something more powerful than a mid-level Mac Pro when I did this, and that’s what I’ve done easily. I did about three quarters of the work before I decided to buy a Dremel, and it made everything so much easier. It’s so important you have the right stuff, and the right stuff is a Dremel, a drill and a good set of screw driver. I bought a graphics card to use in this build, but it doesn’t fit with the case closed, so I’ll have to stick it in only when I want to play games and leave everything open, which is a slight problem but I can live with it. The final thing to think about is the graphics card. It doesn’t look pretty at the back, but it’s the best I can do for now as I can’t think of a better way to get it to work.
#WILL AN ATX BOARD FIT INSIDE A POWER MAC G5 CASE MOD#
Other issues you will encounter if you mod an PowerMac G4 MDD include getting it to close (you have to cut out a section in the metal stand that holds the optical drive) and the power supply, which I have left outside the case. I of course had to cut out the holes specifically, but it wasn’t too difficult. I’ve got three 80mm fans (one at the front, two on the top), two 50mm fans (at the back) and one huge 120mm fan inside. I probably went a bit over the top with six, but I think it’s worth it. If you have loads of high end components in there, they will put out a lot of heat, and as such, you need fans. While an ATX board can physically fit, you will need to attach it to the back of the case (not the door), so you really need to be insane to try and do it, even though some have successfully.
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Furthermore and of course, Apple’s motherboard is custom made, so you have to take everything out cut out all the mounting points, then create your own.Īs far as which motherboards can fit in there, Micro ATX is the only viable (and simplest) option. On previous models, they were the right way round to fit the standard motherboard configurations, however Apple’s custom made motherboard switched these around, so I had to cut out the entire back panel to get it to fit. Essentially, the difficulty was down to the location of the I/O ports and the PCI ports. It was the only PowerMac capable of handling two optical drives, and it was also in my opinion the coolest. My mod was made even more difficult due to the model I chose: the MDD. Hence the Powermac G4, which I chose over the G5 as I preferred the more fun design.
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What I needed was something made by Apple. That’s when I started researching parts, and discovered that all the cases designed for homebuilt systems were butt ugly – black boxes with no style.
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I was in need of a computer, and I could get a much faster machine than a Mac Pro for much less if I built it myself. A while ago I had the insane idea to try and gut a Power Mac G4 and make it a beast for video editing, gaming, and graphic design.