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Stage 1: Showoff and Planning

LukaP

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First off, thanks for taking a look at this, means a lot. :)

Recently, i have acquired Apple's Mac Pro Gen5 case, which i have wanted for ages. My plan is to custom fabricate a new back I/O plate and the motherboard tray, to make it fit an (m)ATX board, and its expansion. I wish to make a mod worthy good enough that i can ask for sponsorship from companies to be able to fit it with hardware as good as the case itself is. ^_^

@xxMichael

@JoaoPRSousa

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I got it in this state. Physically its in a great condition apart from the dirt, since it was apparently sitting in a shed for the last couple of years

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As you can see, the front is still as classy as it was when it was new, and im planning on keeping it that way.

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The insides are extremly roomy, im actually looking forward to working in here, nowhere to cut yourself on.

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The back will soon go away, will be replaced by a very similar design, but able to accomodate the ATX form factor

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It still had the plastic foil on the (4.5mm thick) side panel :D

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If you have any questions, please do ask :)

Hope you have liked what you have seen, and be sure, there will be even more awesome stuff coming soon, so subscribe. ^^

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Promises to be an interesting project, curious to see what you'll make out of it. Sure seems like it will need quite a bit of work.

There is going to be tons of work. I'm in the last stages of having the backplate designed in solidworks, then off to the laser. i also need to cut the motherboard tray out of an old case to see how it goes. then i need to get the G5 apart, sand the scratches down, and send it for painting. (also, thinking up a way to incorporate a window, and a Apple logo. (possibly will frost it into the window)

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