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So I was given an old G5 and I really like the case. So wanted to build a Hackintosh on a budget:
i5-6500 3.2ghz
Asus Z170-K
No graphics card (Don't really do any gaming or heavy video/image editing) - only need to connect 2 to 3 monitors.
Some SSDs and DVD-RW (so the DVD caddy is functional)
Reuse G5 PSU so everything sits flush
Wanted to use the G5 PSU since the one I got has a decent one in it and don't want to cut the bottom of the case to fit an ATX PSU. I am currently trying to figure out how to do an ATX cable swap but since I have never done this before I am a bit lost in terms of which cables to use from a donor ATX PSU and etc. Would appreciate all the help I can get in PSU mods. Links I found only shows the diagrams and overall pictures of all the cables connected. I would need something more detailed to know how to connect which cables to which cables, etc. Also not sure on what to do when I have fewer cables coming out of the G5 PSU than I need in the ATX cables (ex. if I have 10 yellow cables from G5 but need 13 to go to the new ATX cables)
What do you guys think? Any help will be greatly appreciated so I can build this beast
i5-6500 3.2ghz
Asus Z170-K
No graphics card (Don't really do any gaming or heavy video/image editing) - only need to connect 2 to 3 monitors.
Some SSDs and DVD-RW (so the DVD caddy is functional)
Reuse G5 PSU so everything sits flush
Wanted to use the G5 PSU since the one I got has a decent one in it and don't want to cut the bottom of the case to fit an ATX PSU. I am currently trying to figure out how to do an ATX cable swap but since I have never done this before I am a bit lost in terms of which cables to use from a donor ATX PSU and etc. Would appreciate all the help I can get in PSU mods. Links I found only shows the diagrams and overall pictures of all the cables connected. I would need something more detailed to know how to connect which cables to which cables, etc. Also not sure on what to do when I have fewer cables coming out of the G5 PSU than I need in the ATX cables (ex. if I have 10 yellow cables from G5 but need 13 to go to the new ATX cables)
What do you guys think? Any help will be greatly appreciated so I can build this beast
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