So for a normal PSU that has a 120mm fan on the top, with that fan removed it can fit height-wise in the Apple PSU casing, and be cooled by the two fans blowing front-to-back. Even though the Apple one is shorter, it has two fans in the front. You open the Apple PSU casing, remove the circuit board, and replace it with the insides of your PSU. It's wider and longer than a normal PSU, but a little bit shorter. It's roughly the size of two microATX boards side by side.īelow that is the PSU, taking up the last 10%, about 2' total. It has four PCI slots, but the I/O panel area is somewhat longer than normal. It's very wide, going the full depth of the case. Above the shelf is the DVD drive and two hard drive bays, with a small cooling fan.īelow the shelf, taking up about 70% of the rear panel is the motherboard. There's a shelf for the top 20% of the case. The inside is where things get dicey, though. It's about the size of a regular ATX midtower. So many freaking X's, since I'm currently running an Xeon X3210 core2quad)ĭVD - Some generic SATA DVD burner pulled from a broken HP desktop from like 2006įans - 2 x San Ace 120mm, 1 x Delta 120mm? Not sure on third or forth fan yet.

PSU - XFX 'XXX Edition' (I kid you not, I think they get paid by the 'X'. GPU2 - XFX Radeon HD 5450 (maybe, if I want to use it to run to my TV as a third monitor) Mobo - Sandy Bridge, will pick up early next week at Microcenter or online Since we're getting near to launch date, I'm holding out for Sandy Bridge, but I've gotten everything I could:ĬPU - Sandy Bridge, will pick up early next week at Microcenter This means provisions for good aircooling, full ATX mobo, one each of optical, mechanical, and solid state storage, and a powerful PSU. I was lucky enough to score a complete dual G5 rig with a dead mobo on ebay, to use as the basis for this project. I always have liked the way PowerMac G5 cases have looked since launch date, but I don't want their lame hardware.

I wanted to attempt an interesting project.

Power mac g5 front panel wiring