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Personally, I'd go for something like a 9600GT or GT240. You can pick them up second hand for next to nothing. Plus they work OOB. However, if you wanted a new card I'd get an HD6450. Apparently they are now supported.

Thanks. The PSU will be mounted at the bottom of the case. I will make a simple mounting bracket out of aluminum and will also make an extension cord for the PSU. Trying to spray paint the steel motherboard tray has been an absolute #%$#*. I can't paint inside my garage because there is no...

Yup hopefully I measured it perfectly and fan grills will fit. I am going to need to cut down the plastic fan mount though.

Update: Back panel cut up with dremel and rear I/O fitted. Motherboard tray and rear I/O fitted (I am going to spray paint these after the test fitting) I mounted the motherboard tray on the existing standoffs. I had to remove and JB weld some of the standoffs in place to provide proper...

Yeah haven't really had the time to do much more work. I have had exams and other work stuff to get done so the project has kind of taken a back seat. That is all sorted now so I am getting back into it. I will post a couple of updates soon. Would definitely recommend doing a case mod if you...

That is completely untrue. Gigabyte are not the only boards that work. They are recommended because they are the easiest to get working. There are many other boards that work. As far as the graphics card. You might be able to pick up an 8600gt, 9400gt or 9500gt of ebay for a good price. I am...

The exposed aluminium will be oxidised to form Aluminium Oxide. It will not really discolour. However, instead of being shiny it will become a dull grey colour. I would not advise sanding the whole case unless you plan to paint it. The problem with sanding it is that you remove the anodising...

You do not need to overclock. It is completely optional. There is only one type of Snow Leopard Retail disk. There are also the disks that come packaged with mac computers but they are not retail disks and are not supported. You must use a retail disk. You might also want to look into OSX...

You don't need a core i5 or the latest and greatest graphics card for xcode. If that is all you are using it for it is a complete waste of money. The Intel Core i3-2105 has a built in HD 3000 gpu that is fully supported by OSX Lion. It is 2/3 of the price of i5s you are suggesting. Combine...

The rules state that AMD CPUs are not to be discussed on this forum. As I said, try the insanelymac forums. That is their thing. Sorry

Try the insanelymac forums. They handle AMD CPUs there. Short answer: yes it CAN work but there are limitations.

I know OP mentioned ASROCK. He also asked why gigabyte is the most popular. I was just explaining why Gigabyte is preferred and using ASUS boards as an example.

Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but I am pretty sure that the main reason is power management issues with other boards. The power management on gigabyte boards works without much trouble. If I remember correctly the power management features on some Asus boards in particular have some issues...

I am also currently doing a G5 mod. You said that your friend suggested rewiring the G5 PSU. DO NOT TRY IT. It is theoretically possible but it is not worth the effort. Apple did their best to make it as different from ATX PSUs as possible. Emptying the G5 psu and fit the innards of an ATX PSU...

Why not get a cheap Socket 1155 ITX board with a celeron sandy bridge chip? You won't get onboard video but you will have that problem with the atom anyway. You would get much better performance and you could even run OSX 10.7 on it.

YES DO IT!!! That would be glorious :D

Well you can't download Lion on 10.5. There is no app store. You would need to buy the Lion USB stick from an apple store. Even then I don't know if unibeast would work on Leopard. I am pretty sure you need Snow Leopard.

Most of those parts look OK. However, you didn't say what you were doing for graphics. I assume tat you plan to use integrated. If that is the case you should spend $20 more and buy the i5 2500K cpu. This cpu comes with the integrated HD 3000 GPU which is more powerful and better supported in...

No prob. Just noticed that the motherboard is no longer sold at Newegg. However, it is still sold on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004PGAMMG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=tonymacx86com-20 Good luck with your build!!!

In that case you should be fine with the basic core i3 CustoMac build. The built in HD3000 graphics should be ample for HD playback. Basic parts list based on 2011 CustoMac build #1 CPU - Intel Core i3-2105 with Intel HD 3000 Graphics...