Modular build on a 12" x 12" aluminum plate (the System Module = aka "the guts").
Maintain the width of the Power Mac chassis.
I may adjust the front to back size a little to regain a little of the original proportions.Ĭurrently thinking about MicroATX with lots of memory, fast CPU, mid-range GPU, SSDs and 2.5" HDDs all running on a small PSU (maybe 350 watts) with air cooling. I will plan this project around the MicroATX form factor.Īnd the Gigabyte Z77MX-D3H-TH looks interesting but does not appear to be available in the US.Īlso I need to understand the SUNIX "DisplayPort to 2-port DisplayPort Graphics Splitter Adapter-DPD2000" and learn if we have support in OS X.Īnd maybe this project can be timed where I can use the Haswell i7-4770K CPU that I have read about and one of the yet to be announced motherboards.Īnyway, I asked my son, the Graphic Artist in the family, to produce a Photoshop representation of the sectioned case. However I would like to find an equivalent MB in a MicroATX form factor so that is one that needs to be addressed sometime before completion of the project. I am very happy with the Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH motherboard that I used in "The Black" Prodigy project (and I am using now as my main home machine). Well let's scope out what is worth while doing. The project is a sectioned G5 Power Mac reducing the size to a smaller form factor but retain the Apple G5 Power Mac personality.
The project that Rossi has going in the G4 Cube forum started me thinking about doing one also. Note: This project has been completed and you can see the final hack in post # 65 found on page 7 of this thread. Building a CustoMac Hackintosh: Buyer's Guide