You'd really need to do a lot of rewiring and soldering. As SwHay said, it's pretty much a dead end to use the G5 PSU. That setup should work just fine! You'll have a "Scream Machine" with that stuff. You would be better off going with a micro ATX and then you won't have any problems fitting it in. If you do use a G5 power supply enclosure, your ATX board might not fit. This is the way I did it when I built my G5 (sold it about a year ago). You would have to take it apart, take out the PSU in it, and find a regular PC power supply that will fit watch the height of it, find one with a fan in the top that usually means that the height of the power supply guts are fairly low and you will have to use the front fans on the G5 power supply case to cool the power supply. You can't use the power supply from a G5, you can use the enclosure though. Western Digital Caviar Green WD5000AADS 500GB 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5″ Hard Drive G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10600) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Intel Core i7-860 2.8GHz LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core ProcessorĬOOLER MASTER GX Series RS750-ACAAE3-US 750W Power Supply ( If I cant use the G5 PSU ) GIGABYTE GA-P55A-UD3 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel MotherboardĪSUS 24X DVD Burner – Bulk Black SATA Model DRW-24B1ST/BLK/B/AS PNY XLR8 GeForce 9800 GT VCG98GTEE1XEB Video Card I think I am going to buy it and save the money. Is there a way to use it? I just found a G5 in my city for 40 bucks. I am pretty happy with my mac pro case mod. I was able to fit in a Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5 full size motherboard but only had about 2/16th of an inch to spare on the top and bottom and the back 2 hard drive sliders have to be modified if you want to put hard drives in them. I also like the slide out hard drive trays, but you have to be careful with what motherboard you choose, you will be ok with a micro atx, but watch out for a full size atx. I was able to take out the guts of the power supply that came with my case and just put in the guts of my antec power supply, it was a very easy mod. The Mac Pro case I like better overall because it is easier to fit a standard size power supply cause it is roughly the same size.
The G5 has more overall room for the motherboard, but since the power supply is a special shaped one, it makes it more difficult if you want to keep the overall look as close to a mac as possible and if you plan on keeping the hard drive cradle, you can only fit 2 hard drives. The inside layout is much different though.
Both cases are about the same size in overall dimensions. I found the Mac Pro case to be easier in the long run. I have modded both a G5 and a Mac Pro case.
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