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What to do with G5 case ?

Submitted by iantm on July 28, 2006 - 10:34pm. Hardware Hacks

Today at work, I was given something unusual - an empty Power Mac G5 shell. Some of the fans and wiring are present, but no electronics. I've been trying to think of what I can do with it, and am running dry. Anyone have some ideas? I've been thinking of possibly buying some PC bits and building a pc to go in there, but it'll be a while before I'll be able to talk my fiancee into letting me do that.

Now, before anyone gets upset, I must note that there were some dings on the case, and the G5's owner decided to have the enclosure replaced - so NO G5's were harmed in the process of getting this case. I'm open to all sorts of ideas.

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why put a pc in it when it ca

Submitted by gobabushka on July 29, 2006 - 12:38am.

why put a pc in it when it can be graced with yet another mac!

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install a g4 board and cpu.

Submitted by coius on July 29, 2006 - 1:19am.

Try a 1.42GHz CPU and board. Then you got a classic machine G5

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leave the side off and make i

Submitted by hackintoshg4 on July 29, 2006 - 8:33am.

leave the side off and make it into an aquarium.

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put a IIfx motherboard in the

Submitted by FunnymanSE30 on July 29, 2006 - 3:02pm.

put a IIfx motherboard in there, the power of yesterday with the stylings of today

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go all out, mount an apple ii

Submitted by gobabushka on July 29, 2006 - 8:36pm.

go all out, mount an apple iigs in it!

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All out retro would be to mou

Submitted by Jon on July 29, 2006 - 8:42pm.

All out retro would be to mount a Replica 1 SE in it. Eye-wink

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I like the idea of a IIfx. Or

Submitted by john8520 on July 29, 2006 - 10:34pm.

I like the idea of a IIfx. Or maybe a Quadra 950 Smiling

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Anodize? Put in a Intel Mac m

Submitted by fynch on July 30, 2006 - 4:05pm.

Anodize? Put in a Intel Mac mini and an external drive or two... I bet burning it would give it an interesting appearance... then clear spray paint over it...

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Put in a Intel Mac mini...

Submitted by davintosh on July 30, 2006 - 6:42pm.
fynch wrote:
Anodize? Put in a Intel Mac mini and an external drive or two... I bet burning it would give it an interesting appearance... then clear spray paint over it...

Or better yet, a whole array of mini's with an appropriately sized KVM switch. That'd be one sweet looking cluster!

I wonder how many mini's could comfortably fit inside a G5 case?

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I'm guessing between 10 and 1

Submitted by john8520 on July 30, 2006 - 6:51pm.

I'm guessing between 10 and 12 minis. ooh! this sounds like it'l' be a fun game!

John

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I'd put a PC in it. Why have

Submitted by drbob on July 30, 2006 - 7:42pm.

I'd put a PC in it. Why have a sexy new case, and put some obsolete hunk of junk in it?

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Junk is in the eye of the beh

Submitted by FunnymanSE30 on July 30, 2006 - 11:27pm.

Junk is in the eye of the beholder, obsoletion is lack of imagination

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Re: I'd put a PC in it. Why have

Submitted by cwsmith on July 31, 2006 - 12:35am.
drbob wrote:
... Why have a sexy new case, and put some obsolete hunk of junk in it?

... Like a PC? ... Eye-wink

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Put an AppleCrate in it! Clus

Submitted by technerd on July 31, 2006 - 1:53am.

Put an AppleCrate in it! Cluster computing cira 1985!

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Nostalgia vs. State of the Ar

Submitted by fynch on August 4, 2006 - 8:25pm.

Nostalgia vs. State of the Art... hmmm...

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Send it to....

Submitted by TheUltimateMacUser on August 7, 2006 - 11:34pm.

Send it to me and i'll build my Beige G4 into it!

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G5 Case

Submitted by p72mad on August 20, 2006 - 7:35am.

I just got one of these too - came with a G5 power supply I purchased off eBay for a client. I'm planning to resell the case on eBay - should go for a reasonable price (hopefully $80-100).

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Re: I'd put a PC in it. Why have

Submitted by Ragnemalm on August 28, 2006 - 6:00pm.
drbob wrote:
I'd put a PC in it. Why have a sexy new case, and put some obsolete hunk of junk in it?
I think I would do just that, but try to get OSX86 running on it so it would be a Mac again anyway. Even though the motherboard is not a real Mac, the case is. Or possibly a Linux tweaked to be as Mac-like as possible, but that would be a bit cheap.

I like the Mini stack idea, though.

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beer fridge

Submitted by lecanardnon on August 29, 2006 - 6:57am.

I had the opportunity to own an empty G5 case once. I wanted to somehow put shelves in it for a classy storage unit, or make it into a beer fridge somehow. I never had the time, so I gave it away.

Once I knew a guy who had converted several large cube-ish Sun rack mount containers into liquor cabinets. It was surprisingly hip.

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The VAXbar is more hip. ;) h

Submitted by Jon on August 30, 2006 - 2:35am.

The VAXbar is more hip. Eye-wink
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Wow, that VAXBar is awesome.

Submitted by themike on August 30, 2006 - 3:52am.

Wow, that VAXBar is awesome. I was working on a similar project last summer with one of those ancient giant PC cases, but sadly, it never even neared completion.

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Re:VAXbar

Submitted by TheUltimateMacUser on September 21, 2006 - 12:58pm.

niiiiiiiice... i want one. Sticking out tongue

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