teenspirit7's Audio Workstation/Gaming G5

[teenspirit7]

Hello, after months of deliberation, I pressed the order button!

A little background

• Dual boot system - Mavericks OSX and Windows 8.1
• Used for - Audio workstation (OSX) and Gaming (Win 8)
• Being built in a G5 case (already bought a conversion kit from thelaserhive)

The Components:

CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor

CPU Cooler: Corsair H80i 77.0 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler

Motherboard: Asus Maximus VI Hero

Memory: Kingston Black 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory

Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Storage: Samsung 840 EVO 250GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Storage: Seagate 3TB HDD 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive

Video Card: Asus 770GTX 2GB Video Card
Wireless Network Adapter: TP-Link TL-WDN4800 802.11a/b/g/n PCI-Express x1 Wi-Fi Adapter
PSU: SeaSonic 760W 80+ Platinum Certified Fully-Modular ATX Power Supply

Already Owned

Case: Powermac G5 case

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The Build Begins

Delivery

Unfortunately the parts were delivered in three separate batches, so inevitably the last took hours to show up. Anyway, here's what arrived:



First delivery, bringing the Monitor, SSDs, WiFi, CPU Cooler and RAM




Second delivery - Motherboard, and Processor




While I was waiting for the third and final delivery, I got the CPU and RAM installed




FINALLY!! Third delivery - PSU and GFX Card

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Hacking away



After hacksawing away for a while, I decided to take the case to my Uncle who is a professional Metalsmith. By using the right tools it would be quicker and cleaner.

Also as I will have to cut a gap in the top shelf, which is much thicker, for the PSU fan, I thought it prudent to use more appropriate tools.

 

[eelhead]

Yeah, always with the right tools the job gets done faster and cleaner

Cannot wait to see how it goes for you.