Tuf-est Love: G5 Evolution

[rickyreall84]

Tuf-est Love: G5 Afterlife

Tuf-est Love Afterlife





In this post I will be showing you the different stages of my G5 Mod. You will also be able to see how I have evolved as a modder. The reason It took me so long to come to my final result with my mod because I was never satisfied. Also because more and more people keep on posting great looking mods that looked better then mine and I really wanted to push myself to build something that I was happy and satisfied with (well I might never be satisfied). I will give a lot of credit to the most frequent users that post on the G5 thread and when you see my mod you can see all the ideas I used from them. Ok lets get to the parts/pictures I will be also commenting on them as we go and thanks for looking. Since tonymacx86 has taken some of his past hacks out of the closet over the last week, I thought it would be a good idea to show my progress with my 2012 build that still holds strong. Many hardware changes have been made and I would like to share them with you.

Components Still Using​

Apple OS X Yosemite 10.10.1
http://www.apple.com

Apple G5 case
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Computer-Cases-Accessories-/175674/i.html?_nkw=g5

Mountain Mods Modular Removable Motherboard Tray
http://www.mountainmods.com/mountain-mods-modular-removable-motherboard-tray-p-56.html

Asus Sabertooth Z77 LGA 1155 Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131821

Inter Core i5-3570k Ivy Bridge Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116504

COOLER MASTER Silent Pro M600 RS-600-AMBA-D3 600W
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817171036

Samsung 22X DVD±RW Burner with Dual Layer Support
http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0382892

Toshiba PH2050U-1I54 500g Hard Drive 2.5"
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822149395

New Components​

CORSAIR Vengeance Pro 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1866
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233539&cm_re=corsair_vengeance-_-20-233-539-_-Product

Sapphire Radeon R9 270X 2GB GDDR5
http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-Version-PCI-Express-Graphics-11217-01-20G/dp/B00B3WTWXU/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1421582415&sr=8-3&keywords=radeon+r9+270x

2 SAMSUNG 840 EVO MZ-7TE120KW 2.5" TLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147252&cm_re=samsung_evo_120-_-20-147-252-_-Product

CORSAIR Hydro Series H75 CW-9060015-WW Water/Liquid CPU Cooler 120 MM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181058&cm_re=corsair_h75-_-35-181-058-_-Product

Apple Broadcom BCM94360CD 802.11ac mini WLAN+Bluetooth 4.0 Wireless card
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-Broad...954?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c7a42e742

BCM94360CD/BCM94331CD to PCI-e 1X Adapter for hackintosh and PC
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BCM94360CD-...228?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35debb1104

Still Using Cables/Fans​

2 SilenX IXP-34-08 60mm case fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835191003

Corsair Air Series SP120 High Performance Edition CO-9050008-WW 120mm Twin Pack Static Pressure
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181027

Corsair Air Series SP120 Quiet Edition blah blah blah
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835181025

Fractal Design Silent Series R2 FD-FAN-SSR2-80 80mm Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835352004

Fractal Design Silent Series R2 FD-FAN-SSR2-40 40mm 40mm Fan
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835352001

2 BYTECC Bracket-252K 2.5" Dual HDD/SSD Screwless Bracket For 3.5" Drive Bay - Black
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817994139

Silverstone Tek Sleeved Extension Power Supply Cable and 6 Pin Connector and Sata Connectors
http://www.amazon.com/Silverstone-Tek-Extension-Motherboard-PP07-MBW/dp/B00B46XJQ6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421583007&sr=8-1&keywords=silverstone+sleeved+kit

SilverStone 21-Inch x 15-Inch 4mm Thick 2-Piece Sound Dampening Acoustic EP0M Silent Foam
http://www.amazon.com/SilverStone-21-Inch-Dampening-Acoustic-SF01/dp/B0040JHMH6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421583192&sr=8-1&keywords=silverstone+sound+dampening

White SilverStone FF123W Ultra Fine 120mm Magnetic Fan Filter
http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Silve...997?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item418bc542f5

Apple Accessories:​

Apple LED Cinema Display 24-Inch MB382LL/A
http://www.craigslist.com

Apple AirPort Extreme Base Station (ME918LL/A)
http://www.amazon.com/Apple-AirPort-Extreme-Station-ME918LL/dp/B00DB9WCR6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421583285&sr=8-1&keywords=apple+extreme

Old School Harman Kardon Soundsticks I
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=harman+kardon+soundsticks&_frs=1

Apple Wireless Keyboard MC184LL/B
http://www.frys.com/product/6076908

Apple Magic Mouse MB829LL/A
http://www.frys.com/product/6076898

APPLE Magic Trackpad MC380LL/A
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC380LL/A/magic-trackpad

Hardware/Materials/Used G5 Parts​

Kick Plates from home depot (the aluminum matched the G5 case very well)
http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/202504...Id=203311315&N=5yc1v&R=202504406#.UUbadL8TvcI

LEXAN 24 in. x 18 in. Polycarbonate Sheet (Plastic )
http://www.homedepot.com/p/LEXAN-24-in-x-18-in-Polycarbonate-Sheet-GE-07/202038064#.UZ0s0Cv704w

The Hillman Group*4-Count #10-32 x 1/2-in Button-Head Stainless Steel (Allen Screws)
http://www.lowes.com/pd_213988-3767...nless+stell+allen+socket&Ns=p_product_price|0

Techflex 1/2 Clean Cut Sleeving 25 feet Black
http://www.amazon.com/Techflex-Clean-Sleeving-feet-Black/dp/B0008JIQ18/

Square pieces of velcro
HWS

Gorilla Glue
HWS

J.B Weld
HWS

Black and White Spray Paint (Flat)
HWS

G5 Enclosure
Weird Stuff (PC salvage wharehouse)

G5 HD Caddy
Weird Stuff

G5 Gutted out Power Supply
Weird Stuff

G5 Front Panel
Weird Stuff

G5 Standoffs and Screws
Weird Stuff

Picture Time!!​

My first mod Rickyreall84 Uglllllyyyyy​

Tuf Love Mod Still Ugly​

Tuffer Love Mod Better….but bulky and full of metal​

Tuf-est Love Now thats better!!​

Now Tuf-est Love Afterlife best Yet!!!​

Here is a Picture of my Corsair water cooler. The reason I purchased it because of the other corsair products I have in my computer. This also is showing my new corsair memory. I have it set to 1866MHz. I have had it overclocked but really didn't see too much of a performance increase. I also ended up switching out my black sleeving for white silverstone sleeves to make them pop and go with the Black/White theme. I really don't like to show flaws in my Hack but if you notice I have some rust on the side. I think the case is about 11 years old so I guess ill get around to fixing it. You can also see the sound foam pushed down because of the dust plastic thingy.​

I used black velcro cut into triangles to mount the fans on the front if you look close you can see them (I used gorilla glue for better stickyness). I added the silverstone fan filters a while ago and it is one of my favorite features in my mod. It saves me a ton of time cleaning this bad boy. Maybe I will add A photo later on with how much dust these filters keep out. Although it might restrict some airflow I have not noticed to much increase in temps.​

The original G5 HD caddy painted black. I had to cut the front of the caddy and remount the bracket on the top back more to push the caddy forward to place the motherboard behind it. The caddy is mounted with the original screws. The fractal 40mm fan was mounted using cut strips of black velcro (Gorilla Glue!!). I like the overall look of the fan and I basically bout it because it looked cool cause my ssds do not get hot, but if I plan on switching them out it might come in handy. The sata cables fit nicely behind the caddy and the Silvertone data power stripe is mounted on the top of the case to hide it (Velcro, Gorilla Glue)​

All the Silverstone extensions are hiding behind the black plastic. I used ersterhernd mod for the reference. Also a very nice picture of my newer video card. Thats also the best picture of the new Airport/bluetooth combo. I will go into detail later with it later in the post.​

I made a custom back panel for my Tuffer Love mod so i kept it. It was hard to fit the 120mm fan between the motherboard and case . I drilled out all of the original holes and put in the allen hex screws. Look at the huge antennas from my new adapter!!! damn huge.​

Front ​

I used the original plastic dust thingy. I also used clear plastic to make the top panel to match. The bottom of the plastic is lined with black sprinkler hose cut with a razor to make it flush.​

I took apart the dvd drive and painted the shell black to match my color theme. I also painted the bottom plate black to match which you can't see in this picture.​

The computer is not really that loud but the reason I added the silverstone sound proofing was I broke my bottom plastic piece and I was to lazy to make a new one. I was lucky and had some black vinyl lying around in my garage and used to put the pieces back together without showing the crack all the way through it. The hardest part was installing the sound proof it wants to sticks to everything.

More Pictures Little or no comments​

Man Cave!! Anyone interested the black thing on top of my mod is my 4 bay USB 3.0/Esata enclosure found here: http://www.amazon.com/Vantec-3-5-Inch-External-Enclosure-NST-640SU3-BK/dp/B007XJIYI6​

Installation Process (not in detail)​

1. Yosemite download
a. Download with Mac or on current hack make unibeast stick
b. Change Bios Settings
2. Install yosemite
a. Multibeast Settings

All can be found on this link: http://www.tonymacx86.com/yosemite-...pported-intel-based-pc.html#download_yosemite

My Multibeast settings



After restart computer will not boot off hard drive because of radeon graphics card need to install bootloader and extra folder to efi partition guide found here: http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-help/115818-install-bootloader-extra-efi-partition.html

After boot from partition must reinstall audio using EFI bootloader option



Radeon R9 270X & HD 4000 Guide for frame buffer personalities and HDMI audio use these guides:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/hdmi-audio/145399-clover-hdmi-audio-nvidia-amd-cards-easy-way.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/hdmi-audio/100492-easy-guide-ml-uefi-hdmi-audio.html
http://www.tonymacx86.com/graphics/...-270x-dual-boot-black-screen-atyinjector.html

About my Mac



USB 3.0... I used this kext
https://github.com/RehabMan/OS-X-Generic-USB3

Wifi and Bluetooth Combo/Hand off information found here
http://www.tonymacx86.com/network/1...apple-mini-cards-pcie-mini-pcie-adapters.html

In use



iMessage/Facetime for Chimera using this guide
http://www.tonymacx86.com/general-h...ite-fix-imessage-using-chameleon-chimera.html

iMessage and Handoff in action



Got imessage to work by following Wildwillow's guide to a T with my own values from an old macbook I had lying around.

Thanks for taking the time and looking. I want to Say thank you for everyone on the G5 thread and Everyone who contributes to this great site. P.S ignore the post under this one its old​

 

[rickyreall84]

Updated Photos: Painted Memory





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[orignalmix]

This is a work of art.

 

[ersterhernd]

Excessively Impressive!

Excellent!

 

[rickyreall84]

Excessively Impressive!

Excellent!

When I looked at your 2005 G5 mod I was flabbergasted. I was very envious of your craftsmanship and I thought to myself (I need to step up my game) I owe a lot to you because you made me step up my skills soooo thanks!!!!

 

[rickyreall84]

This is a work of art.

I see you have a sabertooth Z77 board. I think its one of the best looking ones out there. I wish people understood how easy these boards are to set up for osx after you flash the bios... how is yours running?

 

[Dschijn]

Really nice work!

I just have one thing to mention. The fans in the front might increase the noiselevel, because they are directly attached to the front mesh. A little more space (1cm) would be a good option.

 

[neilhart]

Very nice indeed. I enjoyed your postings and the story line. Thank you for sharing.

neil

 

[orignalmix]

I see you have a sabertooth Z77 board. I think its one of the best looking ones out there. I wish people understood how easy these boards are to set up for osx after you flash the bios... how is yours running?

Yeah I love the Sabertooth Z77 it runs very well I haven't flashed a different bios tho. I'm as new to hackintoshing as you can get but I've been pretty successful IMO. I also have a g5 mod, I was inspired by your previous build but this build is incredible.

 

[Jeffinslaw]

Very nice! I like it!

Jeffinslaw