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Hey guys,
first of all: Maybe I'm in the wrong forum in here, but I'm not going to build a hackintosh (at least not now).
I want to watercool my 2009 Mac Pro. This sounds crazy, I know. Very few people have done that before.
I'm planning to mod a Mac Pro to get it water-cooled.
Also I want to create a new transparent acrylic sidedoor, to see the beauty from inside, and obviously place a few LEDs.
As there almost no free space inside the Mac, I will need to use an external radiator. I bought a PowerMac G5 which houses the Rad, res and the pump. All of them are powered by a second PSU unit.
This mod would include modding the original CPU heatsink, because without it, the Mac refuses to boot. Then, although it uses regular LGA1366 CPUs, I need no create a custom plate for the CPU water block because the logic board of the Mac doesen't have the usual holes for the coolers.
The GPU isn't going to be a problem since I already use a flashed PC EVGA GTX 570 in it.
I want to do no metal work to the case, that means if I want to, I can build everything back to how it used to be. The heatsink will be the only thing I have to take apart. I will get the tubes outside of the case through a special PCI bracket.
Little sketch how I want it to be:
I wanted to ask you guys what you think of this idea?
It's a hell lot of work, but in the end a wonderful Mac would be created, that no one ever did before in this way.
Thanks!
first of all: Maybe I'm in the wrong forum in here, but I'm not going to build a hackintosh (at least not now).
I want to watercool my 2009 Mac Pro. This sounds crazy, I know. Very few people have done that before.
I'm planning to mod a Mac Pro to get it water-cooled.
Also I want to create a new transparent acrylic sidedoor, to see the beauty from inside, and obviously place a few LEDs.
As there almost no free space inside the Mac, I will need to use an external radiator. I bought a PowerMac G5 which houses the Rad, res and the pump. All of them are powered by a second PSU unit.
This mod would include modding the original CPU heatsink, because without it, the Mac refuses to boot. Then, although it uses regular LGA1366 CPUs, I need no create a custom plate for the CPU water block because the logic board of the Mac doesen't have the usual holes for the coolers.
The GPU isn't going to be a problem since I already use a flashed PC EVGA GTX 570 in it.
I want to do no metal work to the case, that means if I want to, I can build everything back to how it used to be. The heatsink will be the only thing I have to take apart. I will get the tubes outside of the case through a special PCI bracket.
Little sketch how I want it to be:
I wanted to ask you guys what you think of this idea?
It's a hell lot of work, but in the end a wonderful Mac would be created, that no one ever did before in this way.
Thanks!