Project: G5 conversion, Art is a philosophy

[ultimeus]

Hi all, I begin my first worklog, it's a apple G5 conversion, I try to keep the apple look outside and inside but with my own choices.

Hardware :

Q6600
DFI P35 UT
4GB crucial ballistix tracer 5300
Twintech 8800GTS 512 (to change with black pcb card)
Samsung T166 500gb raid
Corsair HX 520w
Sony dvd burner

Liquid cooling if budget can be complete
Ek supreme
Laing ddc 3.2 with Ek acetal top
Ek northbridge cooler
EK nickel block (depend from graphic card)
Dual microcool 240 rad (stacked rads)
10/16 compressions fittings
10/16 white tubing

Mod parts:

Apple G5
Lian li A10 motherboard tray
Lian li rack drive
TJ-07 watercooling rad supports
Full white sleeving
Nanoxia Fans

Some objectives of the project:

Try to keep the mac look with mods, painting of all parts to mac grey,

Reuse powersupply plastic surround port in lian li motherboard tray

Cover rads, bottom case with custom aluminium plate.

Color scheme : white, grey, green.

Repaint case to original grey.

Sponsor : EK waterblocks

Modding parts

Case ready for some action

First placement of motherboard tray

Cut for opening door mechanism

Motherboard tray inside

Second cutting session and more adjustment

Cutting back plate for door opening and lapping

Adaptation of powersupply plastic surround port , final form of hole would be made with mastic

Holes will be filled with bondo too

I'll try some sketchup for final look

[d_stilgar]

Cool. I can't wait to see more. Welcome to the boards!

[DonT-FeaR]

welcome also... good start mate

[ultimeus]

Thanks guys, I hope make an update soon, I begun playing with mastic yesterday. Making precision lapping

[SXRguyinMA]

welcome, looks cool

[Luke122]

Welcome aboard! I think in general that we are all happy to see Apples get their guts ripped out.

[SXRguyinMA]

lol

[ultimeus]

I contact Eddy from EK watercooling, he accept to sponsor me, I'm really happy and want to thanks him because this is my first worklog.

Tomorrow big update, I play all the afternoon with bondo, some parts are modded and painted with filler.

[SXRguyinMA]

congrats on the sponsorship!

[ultimeus]

Hard drive rack prepared for some modding (3 to 2 hard drives)

Integration of apple psu hole

backside

superior side, there was an hole in the upper side, I cut a little plate from aluminium and filled with bondo.

Rack drive modded and prepared with filler.

Back motherboard tray finished

Painted

I'm not very happy with paint, it doesn't look professional, kind of plastic texture and don't match apple grey.

Since I had planed to repaint the case ( to much little dents, and color dismatch because smoking) soon, I've ask a friend who work in a paint garage to resparay all the parts.