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- Motherboard
- Asus X99-A
- CPU
- i7-5820K
- Graphics
- GTX Titan X
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Alright I have a lot of old spare Macs laying around my office and I have always really loved the 20" iMac G4. So today I have decided to give one an upgrade. My plan is to keep as much as humanly possible stock on this machine. That means retaining the stock LCD panel, fans, wifi antenna, dvd drive, and NOT cutting ANY of the machine's exterior. Tall order I am sure.
I have found this Motherboard as the soul of the project.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135313
I will be using an i5 3570k as the heart.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
This is the CPU cooler I will be using.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835426028
This board is pretty unique as it has builtin support for LVDS and power for the inverter. I plan to fabricate a bread board for all the ports and then extend them to the ports internally. I found this Mini PCIe Firewire board.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/StarTech-co...rs_Adapters&hash=item2ebefec502#ht_5095wt_922
I want to find a USB based wifi/bt adaptor that is fully compatible as well as having support for antennas so I can reuse the existing antenna wires for both.
I just placed the order and have everything being overnighted. Hope to get this rocking this weekend! I will update with pics and progress as I go!
Mark
I have found this Motherboard as the soul of the project.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135313
I will be using an i5 3570k as the heart.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504
This is the CPU cooler I will be using.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835426028
This board is pretty unique as it has builtin support for LVDS and power for the inverter. I plan to fabricate a bread board for all the ports and then extend them to the ports internally. I found this Mini PCIe Firewire board.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/StarTech-co...rs_Adapters&hash=item2ebefec502#ht_5095wt_922
I want to find a USB based wifi/bt adaptor that is fully compatible as well as having support for antennas so I can reuse the existing antenna wires for both.
I just placed the order and have everything being overnighted. Hope to get this rocking this weekend! I will update with pics and progress as I go!
Mark