Sandy Bridge Hack Pro progress...

[CoolDw]

Hey guys, noob here just posting progress after a long week abusing my g5 case. Before I begin i have to mention this all couldn't be possible without the amazing help of Mad Audi Scientist (thanx for the help bro ), tonymac, alohacab (i/o front cable insanelymac) and many other posters here, thank you all .

Specs:
Intel Core i7 2600k
P8P67-MPRO
Cooler Master Hyper 212+
16gb GSkill DDR3-1600
Corsair HX650 PS
Crucial 128gb Sata3 SSD
WD 1tb 7200rpm Sata3 HDD
XFX ATI Radeon HD 5770
Sony Optiarc Optical Combo Drive

Some Parts installation in progress...

here are some pics and hope of any help...

Before And After

from the beginning...

hi-res
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Just a little cable management, the 2 rear fans and I still have to wait for my ati card and ssd tray to come in and hoping to have this running SL this weekend. just running leo for now. Any suggestions are welcome and if i can be of any help i will be more than glad to contribute

 

[MAD AUDI SCIENTIST]

Thanks for the props my man...any time..i still have to get around to posting my build.

Your build looks sick so far!!

i always wanted to do the front i/o panel...did you buy one or built one yourself? you got my email hit me with the info...and good luck with the rest of the build...

 

[CoolDw]

done M.A.S pm'd you

 

[eelhead]

Looking good

 

[CoolDw]

CoolDW,

So nice and clean.
I've a question hope you can help;

1. How do you attach Hard drive rack?.

Thanx kmm, actually I removed the dvd drive then traced the three hole pattern the hdd rack has on the plastic side on the metal plate that divides the top section then drilled the 3 holes out. Only thing is if you notice on the attachment pix of the inside and zoom in you will see that the rack is upside down(did research and this orientation has no performance decrease on new HDD/SSD drives from 04' and up). Once the rack is screwed on then you can reposition the dvd drive which should have enough clearance to sit atop the new trays head screws. hope I didn't confuse

 

[pahoran]

daaamm man this is sooo sick!!! gosh i love this g5 mods!

btw wat kinda mobo tray is that? the lian-li or the mountain mods bro?
can u post a link? also im doin an almost exact mod as urs, but im using the p8p67 deluxe so its big. Also something more important, im buying almost the same mobo tray as u, and as u can see the tray is not the same color as the case, so if u or anyone knows wat color is the g5 case, i mean the exact same color, that i can hopefully walk in to a store and buy cause i want to paint the mobo tray from the outside the same color as the g5.

congrats!

 

[CoolDw]

Thanx pahoran first, this is a mountain mod mobo here is the link;

http://www.mountainmods.com/mountain-mo ... -p-56.html

As for the color I know it's aluminum but I don't know the exact color code it would be

 

[henrygale]

nice.. what did you do for the psu plug? any closer pics?

 

[CoolDw]

nice.. what did you do for the psu plug? any closer pics?

Yea actually I used a cheap $20 psu, took it apart and used it's plug. just traced a slightly smaller outline of it to the back of the case. Drilled a hole right in the middle of the trace and a large triangular file took care of the rest so it was a snug fit . You can use the plug of any old/broken psu. I will post an hd pic as soon as I can find my cam.

 

[henrygale]

nice.. what did you do for the psu plug? any closer pics?

Yea actually I used a cheap $20 psu, took it apart and used it's plug. just traced a slightly smaller outline of it to the back of the case. Drilled a hole right in the middle of the trace and a large triangular file took care of the rest so it was a snug fit . You can use the plug of any old/broken psu. I will post an hd pic as soon as I can find my cam.

OK thanks! sounds good. How about the cable connecting your PSU and the plug? Did you solder anything? thanks !!