- Joined
- Feb 24, 2019
- Messages
- 12
- Motherboard
- GA-H170-DS3H-F22
- CPU
- i5-6500
- Graphics
- HD 530
- Mac
- Classic Mac
Hello All.
Long time lurker, first time poster. Wanted to tell everyone how amazing this place is. I've been reading for years, and I am now attempting my first case mod / Hackintosh. This post is mainly for the case mod aspect though, and I don't intend to really discuss the parts until the end. It will mostly be used stuff that I have lying around or that was cheap on ebay.
I wanted to start off by saying this build was really inspired by all the posts I've read, but I wanted to give a really big shout out to a few people whose pictures and guides I've been following to really give me the push I needed to do this build. ItsMyNaturalColour posted his entire build on YouTube, and for a lot of the metal chassis modification it was great to actually see what that looked like before I went and attempted it myself. I've used his general ideas in the construction of my case, but I've deviated a bit in some respects. [B]ProjectIcarus[/B] and his "Rainbow Mac" build were also big inspirations. In addition, while I'm still working on it, his idea of using a small board to replicate a chime is a great idea, and something I'm working to incorporate into my build as we speak. Lastly, of course minihack, and their guide with pictures on getting the power board to work in the Hackintosh.
I also want to thank Laser Hive for their work, I did go that route for the back i/o plate, because I wanted something that just worked, and I didn't want to have to really get into trying to make my own thing.
So let's take a look.
Project Day 1:
I started with this Quicksilver case that I acquired from DV Warehouse. I took a risk here, because their used parts have been good to me in the past, but this case was kind of a half and half win for me. Honestly, the worst part was the non-latch side that had some pretty deep scratches in it. I also stripped a screw head on that side for the acrylic, but I' hopeful I can find a new side for that part of the case. The rest of the case was in decent shape, and pretty clean on the inside, which is what I really wanted. The latch side itself cleaned up pretty well with a magic eraser, and so did the top and the front. Both the power button, and the speaker were missing, but I had sourced them from eBay so that I could add them into the build later.
With the case cleaned up, I immediately set upon stripped the case, though I was delayed a day or two until I purchased a speed screw remover kit to get the last screw out. Below are the results.
Long time lurker, first time poster. Wanted to tell everyone how amazing this place is. I've been reading for years, and I am now attempting my first case mod / Hackintosh. This post is mainly for the case mod aspect though, and I don't intend to really discuss the parts until the end. It will mostly be used stuff that I have lying around or that was cheap on ebay.
I wanted to start off by saying this build was really inspired by all the posts I've read, but I wanted to give a really big shout out to a few people whose pictures and guides I've been following to really give me the push I needed to do this build. ItsMyNaturalColour posted his entire build on YouTube, and for a lot of the metal chassis modification it was great to actually see what that looked like before I went and attempted it myself. I've used his general ideas in the construction of my case, but I've deviated a bit in some respects. [B]ProjectIcarus[/B] and his "Rainbow Mac" build were also big inspirations. In addition, while I'm still working on it, his idea of using a small board to replicate a chime is a great idea, and something I'm working to incorporate into my build as we speak. Lastly, of course minihack, and their guide with pictures on getting the power board to work in the Hackintosh.
I also want to thank Laser Hive for their work, I did go that route for the back i/o plate, because I wanted something that just worked, and I didn't want to have to really get into trying to make my own thing.
So let's take a look.
Project Day 1:
I started with this Quicksilver case that I acquired from DV Warehouse. I took a risk here, because their used parts have been good to me in the past, but this case was kind of a half and half win for me. Honestly, the worst part was the non-latch side that had some pretty deep scratches in it. I also stripped a screw head on that side for the acrylic, but I' hopeful I can find a new side for that part of the case. The rest of the case was in decent shape, and pretty clean on the inside, which is what I really wanted. The latch side itself cleaned up pretty well with a magic eraser, and so did the top and the front. Both the power button, and the speaker were missing, but I had sourced them from eBay so that I could add them into the build later.
With the case cleaned up, I immediately set upon stripped the case, though I was delayed a day or two until I purchased a speed screw remover kit to get the last screw out. Below are the results.