Mac 2009 weekend ATX Case Mod...

[baja-king]

Mac Pro 2009 weekend ATX Case Mod...

Hi Guys

I decided to present my first Mac Hack Pro Mod...

I wanted to Mod a Mac Pro Case as I wanted to have the option of 2 x DVD/Bluray Burners at some stage... Picked up a new bare case off fleabay for £50 and paid £50 for the Llan Li PC-A05NB case which I butchered for the tray and backplate and USB 3 front connectors. My aim was to have a Case that worked to ATX standards so I could upgrade in the future - relatively quiet - and that I could turn around in a weekend...

Hardware:
Mainboard: Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K OC @ 4.6 Ghz
RAM: Corsair Vengeance , 4x8GB, DDR3-1600
GPU: 2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX670 OC - 2 GB (SLI)
CPU Fan: Corsair H80i
SSDs: 2 x Samsung 830 256 Gb (OSX +Win 7) in Icy Dock 4-in-1 SATA Hot Swap Backplane RAID Cage Hard Drive Case
HDDs: 2 x 2.5TB Western Digital
PSU: Corsair AX860
Motherboard Tray Taken From: Lian Li PC-A05NB Black Aluminium Mini Tower Performance Case
Bluetooth: Belkin USB F8T017NG
Wifi: TP-Link TL-WDN4800
CD/DVD: Sony Optiarc AD-7263S

Let me know what you think...

 

[djulink]

Impressive selection of Hardware! (and geekbench score)
It's giving me ideas to enforce mine and Xmas is coming...
The SSD/HDD rack is a clean alternative to the genuine PowerMac G5 ones.
Maybe a little wires/cables management to complete the mod and it'll be perfect (in my - modest - opinion)

Are you a gamer ? with the two 670 SLI, must be a killing machine...

 

[baja-king]

Thanks. I agree with your comments about the cabling. One reason why I went with the modular PSU - going to get a spare set of cables and shorten them to get rid of the excess...

I am a gamer - the twin 670's are great - every game maxed out + plus I get the gpu benefit of 2 cards in OSX for Resolve

 

[BoomR]

I woul LOVE to get more info (& link?) on your 4-bay RAID enclosure--it's sweet!!

 

[baja-king]

Sure, here you go...

http://www.icydock.com/goods.php?id=142

UK - http://www.scan.co.uk/products/icy-dock-mb994sp-4sb-1-25-4-in-1-sata-hot-swap-backplane-raid-cage

USA - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007Q5T3H8

 

[MiniITX]

Really nice build. May be if the PSU goes next to the optical drive + cable management the build looks even nicer.

Thanks for very detailed photos enjoyed watching them. If possible fix the photo in this thread as well they look scrambled.

 

[monty007]

awesome build!! especially the sli video cards. I like the way you though outside the box on installing the PSU.

 

[Solidww]

That is definitely a great build. Surprised it was completed over the weekend.

 

[davidgotmilk]

Great looking mod! how did you fit a standard atx mobo into the case?

 

[1975jamie]

Hi Guys

I decided to present my first Mac Hack Pro Mod...

I wanted to Mod a Mac Pro Case as I wanted to have the option of 2 x DVD/Bluray Burners at some stage... Picked up a new bare case off fleabay for £50 and paid £50 for the Llan Li PC-A05NB case which I butchered for the tray and backplate and USB 3 front connectors. My aim was to have a Case that worked to ATX standards so I could upgrade in the future - relatively quiet - and that I could turn around in a weekend...

Hardware:
Mainboard: Gigabyte Z77x-UD5H
CPU: Intel Core i7 3770K OC @ 4.6 Ghz
RAM: Corsair Vengeance , 4x8GB, DDR3-1600
GPU: 2 x Gigabyte GeForce GTX670 OC - 2 GB (SLI)
CPU Fan: Corsair H80i
SSDs: 2 x Samsung 830 256 Gb (OSX +Win 7) in Icy Dock 4-in-1 SATA Hot Swap Backplane RAID Cage Hard Drive Case
HDDs: 2 x 2.5TB Western Digital
PSU: Corsair AX860
Motherboard Tray Taken From: Lian Li PC-A05NB Black Aluminium Mini Tower Performance Case
Bluetooth: Belkin USB F8T017NG
Wifi: TP-Link TL-WDN4800
CD/DVD: Sony Optiarc AD-7263S

Let me know what you think...

DID you have to mod the case any for the motherboard to fit in. or did it just fit in. I know about removing the mounting screws. I was wondering about high and length.