Mac Pro Case - Page 2

Aydinz · #11 04-25-2009, 02:50 PM

well i dont know much about modding cases :S so if you could do all the mods which you think would be good to make it nice and also make it look as much like a Mac Pro as possible that would be great i will be willing to pay extra for the mods you make as well for your time and effort, and when you have worked out how much it will cost etc pm me and we can talk about it and work out exact costs and things

Cheers

naquaada · #12 04-25-2009, 06:08 PM

I made some Hi-Res photos of this thing. Here are both sides, front and back. This is with the front with the covers for cardreader and Front-USB opened. I'm using a SATA drive bay in the 2nd slot, normally there's an DVD drive cover like at the top.

This is the case opened, here's a zoomed view. You'll see there's enough space for airflow even with a passive gfx card. In the front there are two 5,25" drive bays which you can't access directly from the front, but you can use them for cables and up to three harddisks using U-shaped mounting things. It's very easy to open the front plate, so you can access these slots. I added a front fan which sucks the heat from the harddisks to the front side. It's easy to mount a 92 mm fan on the disk drive and the upper harddisk using some self-adhesive velcro (crazy word ;-) Here's the typical before/after picture of the side air holes, the inside contains the optional airduct for the cpu fan. The screws of the airduct are only visible in the flashed photograph, normally you don't see them. The LEDs are normally visible, green for power and yellow for drive. I used blue 3mm LEDs which fit directly in the front holes, take a look here. I also made a short video (H.264 format) to show the drive access. I think it looks a bit more Mac-like. I want to remove te old led things, fill the holes with some plastic material, repaint it silver and modify it a bit to match the look of the holes on the front. But I wasn't finding the real things for this yet.

Here are all pics in an FTP directory. The Apple logos I made myself, you can download them as PDF in the link in my signature. Best print them with a high-quality laser printer (f.e. in a Copy-Shop) on self-adhesive matte paper. Laser-printed stuff is more durable than inkjets. If you're using tranparent paper you don't have to cut so exactly as on white paper, and you'll get a slight gradient to the case's color. This looks better than a plain black or gray logo. Best cut them out with a rounded scissor (f.e. for fingernails) and leave a small tab at the bottom. That makes it more easy to seperate the self-adhesive part from the page.

Aydinz · #13 04-26-2009, 01:16 AM

looks great

so now if you could pm me with price and things including all those mods i would love to talk more

Aydinz · #14 04-26-2009, 02:52 AM

i sent some messages to other people selling Mac Pro cases and i got various responses the most positive was from the guy selling this case: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:X:RTQ:US:1123

he said:
Hello Aydin. Yes, this item will work with other PC model components; in fact, a lot of customers buy it for this very purpose, including other people from Australia. You can see details about other people's Mac Pro case modification projects on this forum: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=161441 The link I have sent you is for the case modification project of one of our customers who bought all of his components from us (that were Mac specific that is). Shipping to Australia is not a problem, we ship something or the other to your country every day. The customer mentioned above was from Taiwan and we shipped it to him via Fedex and he received it in within 3 days. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask using eBay's messaging system or CALL us.

i looked at the topic he told me about and it seems that he got his parts in there fairly easily so now im just wondering if it is maybe worth modding an actual mac pro case as this guy did

but i trust you guys more then anyone else in the hackmac scene and i would really love your opinion, im going to check out the dimensions of the mac pro's insides and compare them with the dimensions of my components and see how it compares

Aydinz · #15 04-26-2009, 05:00 AM

Ive done a fair bit of research and ive come up with the dimensions of all my hardware and my current case if this will help anyone trying to help me work out if it will fit into a Mac Pro case with minimal modification:

Current Computer Case:
Thermaltake Xaser V
Dimensions (WxDxH) = 20.6cm x 57.91cm x 49.02cm

Mac Pro Case Specs:
Dimensions (WxDxH) = 20.6 cm x 47.5cm x 51.1cm

Processor:
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz
Dimensions (WxDxH) = 17.8cm x 10.2cm x 17.8cm

Graphics Card:
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 256MB Heatsink Model
Dimensions (WxDxH) = 11.10cm x 17.52cm x 1.95cm

RAM:
4GB DDR2 RAM

Motherboard:
1 x GIGABYTE GA-EP35C-DS3R
Dimensions (WxDxH) = 30.5cm x 24.4cm
Form Factor: ATX

Burner:
1 x LG GSA 4163B Super-Multi - DVD±RW (+R DL) / DVD-RAM drive - IDE
Dimensions (WxDxH) = 14.6 cm x 18.5 cm x 4.1 cm

HDDS:
1 x Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 250-GB Hard Drive SATA
Dimensions (WxDxH) = 10.16cm x 14.69 cm x 2.61cm

1 x Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB Hard Drive
Dimensions (WxDxH) = 10.16cm x 14.69cm x 1.99cm

I got all my information from here:

Current Case Specs:
Thermaltake Xaser V:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16811133160

Processor Specs:
Intel Core2Quad Q6600 2.4Ghz:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-Q6600-.../dp/B000LRMR26

Graphics Card Specs:
Nvidia GeForce 8600GT 256MB:
http://www.xfxforce.com/en-gb/produc.../8600gt.aspx#2

Motherboard Specs:
GIGABYTE GA-EP35C-DS3R:
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...=GA-EP35C-DS3R

HDD Specs:
Barracuda 7200.12 SATA 3Gb/s 500GB Hard Drive:
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...&reqPage=Model

Barracuda 7200.10 SATA 3.0Gb/s 250-GB Hard Drive:
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.js...&reqPage=Model

Burner Specs:
LG GSA-4163B Internal DVD burner:
http://www.twenga.co.uk/prices-GSA-4...-burner-5291-0

naquaada · #16 04-26-2009, 11:32 AM

Your board is ATX style, so it has 7 slots (3x PCI-E 1x, 1x PCI-E 16x, 3x PCI). The Mac Pro's back side has 5 slots, so you would need an microATX board or you have to saw an additional hole in the back side. But even if this would fit it could be difficult to add an PSU to the case.

xXrkidXx · #17 04-26-2009, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aydinz

i sent some messages to other people selling Mac Pro cases and i got various responses the most positive was from the guy selling this case: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...:X:RTQ:US:1123

he said:
Hello Aydin. Yes, this item will work with other PC model components; in fact, a lot of customers buy it for this very purpose, including other people from Australia. You can see details about other people's Mac Pro case modification projects on this forum: http://www.insanelymac.com/forum/ind...owtopic=161441 The link I have sent you is for the case modification project of one of our customers who bought all of his components from us (that were Mac specific that is). Shipping to Australia is not a problem, we ship something or the other to your country every day. The customer mentioned above was from Taiwan and we shipped it to him via Fedex and he received it in within 3 days. If you have any further questions, please don't hesitate to ask using eBay's messaging system or CALL us.

i looked at the topic he told me about and it seems that he got his parts in there fairly easily so now im just wondering if it is maybe worth modding an actual mac pro case as this guy did

but i trust you guys more then anyone else in the hackmac scene and i would really love your opinion, im going to check out the dimensions of the mac pro's insides and compare them with the dimensions of my components and see how it compares

LMAO! This is the EXACT case i was looking at yesterday lol, but u can have it, im just gonna get a old Power Mac G4, its cheaper

lol

zuz242 · #18 04-26-2009, 01:27 PM

Though it is not a real mac-pro case, i´m really satisfied with my coolermaster cosmos case.
I certainly has a style befitting a mac pro, i recon

naquaada · #19 04-26-2009, 01:40 PM

Hey guys in Germany or in Europe, check this out: Samsung HD103UJ Terabyte harddisk for 68 Euro new!!!