So, I had a powermac, needed a NAS, and had a spare uATX board... what could go wrong? 
Paint went wrong... I hate paint.... but still, I absolutely love the black on white casemod so many other G4's have been through , and thought I would give it a go! This machine was a bitch to mod, obviously apply didnt design it to accept ATX boards and I also only have one drive right now, still waiting on others. I also still need to make an IO shield and button it up a little better, but I think it makes a nice looking (and pretty quiet) machine that can accept 6 drives. only have one Samsung spinpoint 2 TB in at the moment. I also need to upgrade the memory if I want to do something like ZFS, but its still a work in progress.
I am not satisfied with the paint, I just seemingly did everything wrong. Bought a valspar paint + primer, and clearcoated it, but it just chips and scratches like mad.
You can read a full writeup on my blog here http://spectrhz.wordpress.com/2014/0...4-atx-casemod/
Paint went wrong... I hate paint.... but still, I absolutely love the black on white casemod so many other G4's have been through , and thought I would give it a go! This machine was a bitch to mod, obviously apply didnt design it to accept ATX boards and I also only have one drive right now, still waiting on others. I also still need to make an IO shield and button it up a little better, but I think it makes a nice looking (and pretty quiet) machine that can accept 6 drives. only have one Samsung spinpoint 2 TB in at the moment. I also need to upgrade the memory if I want to do something like ZFS, but its still a work in progress.
I am not satisfied with the paint, I just seemingly did everything wrong. Bought a valspar paint + primer, and clearcoated it, but it just chips and scratches like mad.
You can read a full writeup on my blog here http://spectrhz.wordpress.com/2014/0...4-atx-casemod/
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