#POWER MAC G5 CASE MOD HOW TO#

If you don’t know how to use some tool, consult manual or ask advice from professional.ĭISCLAIMER: I’m not professional carpenter, welder, machinist, or anything like that. So goal is to have at least part of the case dark inside.Īll of the above goals are of course subject to change, since after all I don’t have that comprehensive plan for this.ĭISCLAIMER: Always use protective gear when using power tools.

Use the same colour theme as in 2020 Mac Pro, where the case is silver outside, but painted black/dark inside.

If possible, I also try to give bit more industrial look to this, so for example on the inside I don’t try to hide screws etc., but I will try to avoid any visible screws on the out side.

I don’t have access to fancy workshop where I could CNC everything, so let’s see what I manage to come up. I like how both G5 Power Macs and original Mac Pros looked when opening the side panel, so I’ll try to do something similar with my project as well.

Try to keep that “over engineered” look also inside the case.

If I’m painting this it’s going to be maybe dark gray, black, or something like that.

So no flashy RGB leds or extravagant paint job. Try to retain the Appleish discreet aesthetic.I know I don’t have money for the hottest and coolest Threadrippers, Xeons and Nvidia Quadro or RTX 3090 cards, but I still want to make sure that I could in theory throw anything I want in here. I have no idea what hardware is going into this thing. Have space for big CPU air cooler, something like Noctua NH-D15.I know we are living the M.2 NVME era but I’d still like to have some options for extra storage space if needed. I don’t want to damage or cut case too much so the dust filters should be accessible by removing the side panel. 2x 140mm fans at the front of the case, and one 120mm exhaust fan at the back.That’s ok tough, I like to figure out problems as I move forward. I have some preliminary goals for this project and some basic ideas, but I haven’t made any comprehensive plan from start to finish. Project name is reference to a song by Sigur Rós.

#POWER MAC G5 CASE MOD MOD#

I’ve wanted to mod G5 case for a long time but after seeing the Hack pro project in Linus Tech Tips channel I decided to finally give this thing a try. I got myself empty Apple Power Mag G5 case about a year ago, with the plan to convert the case for regular ATX standard and use this with regular PC hardware. So I’m on vacation few weeks and have access to a work shop, so why not start doing something creative?

Power mac g5 case mod