Recent content by rotaryricer

The G5 motherboard uses a proprietary layout so there isn't any motherboard (that I know of) that will mount to the factory standoffs. Some people choose to pry off the factory standoffs and glue them in a standard ATX pattern but the issue with that is the G5 PCI slots on the back of the case...

Here are a couple more shots of it all finished. IMG_0787.JPG As you can see most of the wires are run under the motherboard tray with the intent of keeping the inside as clean as possible. Specs are an MSI x58m motherboard, i7-970 processor, 12GB of triple channel DDR3 RAM, 2 WD 500GB HDDs...

So after running a Hackintosh setup in an old HP case for a couple years now I thought it was time for an upgrade. I spent quite a while looking at some of the other builds on here and I finally decided to do my own G5 case recycle. I purchased an entire semi-nonfunctional G5 off of ebay as it...