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L33t's G5 Mod (Blue Gl0w)

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Mavericks 10.9.3
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Intel i5 3570k @ 4.3Ghz
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Gigabyte HD Radeon 6850
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L33t's G5 Mod


Hey all, I owe a big thanks to everyone who contributes to this forum. I've used it for help with my hackintosh and just recently I've used it to figure out the planning in my G5 mod. So here it is.

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Motherboard: Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0054OWTQU/

Memory: 16Gbs Corsair Vengence - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004RFBIUU/

CPU: Intel i5 3570k @3.4Ghz - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007SZ0E1K/

Graphics: Gigabyte Radeon HD 6850 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004F6GJAU/

Hard Drives:
Western Digital 1.5 TB - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008YAHXIK/
Western Digital 500 Gb - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00461G3MS/

Power Supply: Corsair TX750 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004MYFODI/

CPU Cooling: Corsair Hydro Series H60 - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004MYFOE2/

Disk Drive: DVD Blu-Ray Reader - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004SUO068/

Previously Owned:
Cooler Master Blue LED Fans - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0026ZPFCK/
Antec 80mm fans - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00066ISVG/

Motherboard Back Plate: Mountain Mods - http://www.mountainmods.com/mountain-mods-modular-removable-motherboard-tray-p-56.html






So this was really the first big metal project I had ever done, me only being a high school student with very little experience. Thankfully my dad is an engineer and he was able to help me out and get parts cut at his workshop.

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For the power supply he cleverly cut a tunnel of sorts to allow the power chord and on-off switch to be accessed from the outside of the case.


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I claim credit for most of the planning, as I did not like the look of fans seen through the front of the case, I wanted to keep the G5 look as much as possible, I simply added my own flavor by putting the glowing fans on the bottom.

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The front IO panel only has the power and LED working, as those are really the only ones I needed, and having to do the wiring myself, I thought I would keep it simple. The diagram is out there on the vast internet for those who want to do the same.


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Installation was painful,
:crazy: it took me an entire week of 4 hour days trying to get the darn Mac OS X installed, but I finally got it through the combination of many different sources. If anyone would like me to post my methods I will. But now the Hackintosh is working well on Lion 10.7.4, as that is where the hardware works best I have found. I will probably upgrade my motherboard in the future, but for now it is working fine!


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Thanks for checking out my Mod! I hope it inspires you, as the many mods on this forum have inspired me!





 
THe 3.61Ghz is due to the intel turboboost feature or whatever its called. There is a fix for it, I saw it on the forum a while ago where you can go in and edit the "about this mac" window.
 
Nice work. Just curious, where did you get your case?

I bought it off a previous owner of a G5 near my area for only $30! It was a great deal, and I still have all of the original mac g5 parts, but the logic board on the mobo is broken. That's why it was so cheap...
 
UPDATE:

Thought I'd give you an idea of what I've done. I mounted the HDD cage to the top tray, which cleaned things up super nicely. I am currently running triple screens, two from the 6850, and one from the HD4000 graphics. I'm also looking to add an SSD in the future.

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