neilhart
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- Motherboard
- ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 Gaming - ITX/ac
- CPU
- i7-7700T
- Graphics
- GTX960
- Mac
- Mobile Phone
Long story cut short. I built this Mac Pro Hack from two partially complete 2008 Mac Pro cases plus a few bits.
Specs:
CPU: Intel i7-950
MB: MSI X58M
Mem: 6GB (3 x 2GB)
PSU: Inland ATX ILG-500
HDD: 4 SATA II – a mix on Apple slide brackets.
SSD: 2 40GB Intel X25V (SATA II in RAID 0)
GPU: PNY GeForce GTX 460
However the key point is that I used the Micro ATX from factor and can change motherboards when need be to keep the system fairly current.
This is an ego build that may never really be complete. But for now it is up and running and I feel a need to share.
Inspiration for this build was initially from reading the “aquamac” web pages (Google for this site – it is worth the effort). And most recently the documented work of mooner was very helpful (mooner has his build documented here and should be required reading if you are going to do a Mac Pro Hack).
Some photos follow:
Specs:
CPU: Intel i7-950
MB: MSI X58M
Mem: 6GB (3 x 2GB)
PSU: Inland ATX ILG-500
HDD: 4 SATA II – a mix on Apple slide brackets.
SSD: 2 40GB Intel X25V (SATA II in RAID 0)
GPU: PNY GeForce GTX 460
However the key point is that I used the Micro ATX from factor and can change motherboards when need be to keep the system fairly current.
This is an ego build that may never really be complete. But for now it is up and running and I feel a need to share.
Inspiration for this build was initially from reading the “aquamac” web pages (Google for this site – it is worth the effort). And most recently the documented work of mooner was very helpful (mooner has his build documented here and should be required reading if you are going to do a Mac Pro Hack).
Some photos follow: