PowerMac Sleeper Build Idea

[ShadowChaser]

I have a PowerMac G4 that crapped out after its power management battery died. So now I have a really big paperweight.

Granted, it looks cool and is a solid piece of tech history but I would like a PC that works to live inside the case.

I think the motherboard is mATX size, but I don't have a good idea on what to put into it. I have a 7350K I plan to put into it and use it as a guest gaming PC (imagine the looks on their faces, ha!), and apart from a motherboard and proper ram, I have all the hardware.

 

My concern is cable management (There is none, though it's quite a roomy case), cooling (The original DP 1GHZ G4s only needed a single 40mm fan, and the only other fan is the PSU fan), and connectivity (Front I/O will be nonexistent and the rear I/O shield doesn't look standard sized)

 

Comments or Ideas?

[Slottr]

Why are you worried about cable management? The case doesnt have a window..

 

If its because of temps, well: 

 

[Firewrath9]

http://www.webfusion.net.nz/g4pc/

 

and why do you have a box opener?

 

 

[ShadowChaser]

Just now, Slottr said:

Why are you worried about cable management? The case doesnt have a window..

 

If its because of temps, well: 

 

There's a 40mm intake fan and no exhaust.

That's why I'm worried, even though the 7350K is relatively low powered for a K sku it still outputs like 70W when OCed to 4.7Ghz.

[alexhelvetica]

Macs don't use intel's ATX form factor, and never will.

 

You need to heavily modify the case.

 

 

 

[Electronics Wizardy]

What g4?

 

I have done this with a quicksilver. Pretty easy if you have tooling experience and worked well.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, ShadowChaser said:

There's a 40mm intake fan and no exhaust.

That's why I'm worried, even though the 7350K is relatively low powered for a K sku it still outputs like 70W when OCed to 4.7Ghz.

You can normally put a 120mm rad in the bottom and use a aio. Thats what i did as no air cooler would work well.

[ShadowChaser]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

What g4?

 

I have done this with a quicksilver. Pretty easy if you have tooling experience and worked well.

Should be a QS model. Only tools for metalworking I own are hand held drills and a hacksaw.

[Firewrath9]

here is a guide, it should help with what you are doing. http://www.webfusion.net.nz/g4pc/

get a mATX Zx70 mobo, 8gb of dual channel ram and a 500gb nvme ssd.

 

mabye consider a dremel?

[ShadowChaser]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

You can normally put a 120mm rad in the bottom and use a aio. Thats what i did as no air cooler would work well.

There's no bottom intake? I'm confused

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, ShadowChaser said:

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

 

Should be a QS model. Only tools for metalworking I own are hand held drills and a hacksaw.

Thats a quicksilver, those are easy to modd.

 

Get a dremet to cut out the bac.

 

ATX psus will fit easily.

 

Cut a hole in the bottom for a aio.

 

GPU's fit easily.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, ShadowChaser said:

There's no bottom intake? I'm confused

you cut one. You also normally have to cut a whole for the atx psu to intake air

[ShadowChaser]

Just now, Electronics Wizardy said:

you cut one. You also normally have to cut a whole for the atx psu to intake air

Gotcha. I want this case to remain as stock as possible though in case I need to convert back. I can mount a single aio on the exhaust fan mount (Mine has no fan for some bizarre reason). That should work fine. I'm just unsure as to how to mount an atx psu. I might need a server psu or an sfx psu that I can fit in the bottom.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, ShadowChaser said:

Gotcha. I want this case to remain as stock as possible though in case I need to convert back. I can mount a single aio on the exhaust fan mount (Mine has no fan for some bizarre reason). That should work fine. I'm just unsure as to how to mount an atx psu. I might need a server psu or an sfx psu that I can fit in the bottom.

Your not gonna convert back easily. Its a one way thing.

 

ATX psu's will fit in that case with no modding. They just go in.