Apple Power Mac G4 Case

[bigbeark]

Is it possible to use conventional (non-Apple) motherboards, ATX power supply etc in one of these cases?

[ratdude747]

Re: Apple Power Mac G4 Case

not without heavy modding

if you want the look and a full size atx case, atech made a nice one. i have one. only beef is you have to dremel/saw the metal out of the metal part of the fan vent as it is horrificly restrictive to any airflow

the nice part is geeks.com has them really cheap... i bought mine there

theirs were originally fry's branded ones with 2 cd doors as opped to one (4 5.25 bays total either way). the dorky sticker they put on it can be removed to say fry's.

they have them on sale for $14.99 plus shipping... sounds too good to be true but it is not... i have a thread around here (my case suggestions thread) on it.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?inv...K6551G&cat=CAS

the thread:

https://www.badcaps.net/forum/showth...ght=atech+case

now that i look, they

[stj]

Re: Apple Power Mac G4 Case

i'll second that, it looks like it will work, but when you try the motherboard mounts & stuff dont align.
the same goes for the G3 - i tried.

[ratdude747]

Re: Apple Power Mac G4 Case

if you drill and tap new holes, you can. in the article in my thread on the atech look alike case, tom's hardware mentioned people had done it. a PITA and if you f*ck up, you trash it. not for the fait of heart or the lacking in free time.

[bigbeark]

Re: Apple Power Mac G4 Case

This site gives detailed instructions on how to put a PC board in a G4 case:
http://www.webfusion.net.nz/g4pc/


I picked up the G4 Powermac case for $5, looks like an ATX power supply fits no problem.

You are limited to Micro ATX or Flex-ATX boards.

Looks like an interesting winter-time project

[shovenose]

Re: Apple Power Mac G4 Case

I did that in 45mins. I reppaced the power supply. Took like 5mins. Then i had myneighvor saw out the backplate area. Then i hotglued in a mini itx mobo. The hardest part was gluing a pc power button in there. I ended up using toothpicks
Then i ripped out he innards agsin a month later and built a much more inreresting shoebox pc. I csn upload pix if u like
And i no longer need the sawed out g4 case you can have it if you want if yure in san rafael