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My Hac Pro G5 case (updated 3/22/13)
I bought a G5 case on craigslist for $50. I did the case mod last weekend and was going to replace the back with the lian li motherboard tray but the trays are out of stock and backordered. I wanted my new i7 setup running so I decided to just do a quicky mod that I can revisit later with the motherboard tray if I want. For now the hole below the fans will be finished off with a piece of gray cut rubber or something similar from one of them art supply stores with a slit in the middle to allow the ethernet and audio cables to pass though. This is really only to close of the hole and protect my i/o and motherboard from dirt/dust etc. If it looks semi-decent I'll be fine with that.
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First I removed all of the G5 parts and took off the standoffs. I jb welded the standoffs in the ATX layout to mount my board. I'm only running a video card and PCI usb header out the back so I only needed 3 of the 4 slots. My ATX board is past the dvd tray so that had to be notched out for clearence. I was able to reuse the rear fan bracket and I bought some 92mm antec 3 speed fans for it. The fan bracket needed to be notched out to clear the audio block on the mother board. I reused the harddrive caddy and mounted it under the DVD drive using the stock G5 screws and just drilling holes in the bottom of the tray. I added 2 80mm fans to the harddrive caddy one drawing air from the front of the case and one pulling air through the drives. These fans were just hot glued into place. They are so light weight that gluing them was the easiest way. The glue also helped in keeping wires neat. If a wire wasn't staying where I wanted it just a small dab of hot glue keep it inline.
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I bought a G5 case on craigslist for $50. I did the case mod last weekend and was going to replace the back with the lian li motherboard tray but the trays are out of stock and backordered. I wanted my new i7 setup running so I decided to just do a quicky mod that I can revisit later with the motherboard tray if I want. For now the hole below the fans will be finished off with a piece of gray cut rubber or something similar from one of them art supply stores with a slit in the middle to allow the ethernet and audio cables to pass though. This is really only to close of the hole and protect my i/o and motherboard from dirt/dust etc. If it looks semi-decent I'll be fine with that.
Picture 003.jpg
First I removed all of the G5 parts and took off the standoffs. I jb welded the standoffs in the ATX layout to mount my board. I'm only running a video card and PCI usb header out the back so I only needed 3 of the 4 slots. My ATX board is past the dvd tray so that had to be notched out for clearence. I was able to reuse the rear fan bracket and I bought some 92mm antec 3 speed fans for it. The fan bracket needed to be notched out to clear the audio block on the mother board. I reused the harddrive caddy and mounted it under the DVD drive using the stock G5 screws and just drilling holes in the bottom of the tray. I added 2 80mm fans to the harddrive caddy one drawing air from the front of the case and one pulling air through the drives. These fans were just hot glued into place. They are so light weight that gluing them was the easiest way. The glue also helped in keeping wires neat. If a wire wasn't staying where I wanted it just a small dab of hot glue keep it inline.
Picture 002.jpg
Picture 009.jpg