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#455274 - 06/07/04 08:23 PM Re:I\'m going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in it [Re: Macboy4u]
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#455275 - 06/07/04 09:02 PM Re:I\'m going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in it [Re: Macboy4u]
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I agree with 'whitlock'! I'm still hesitant to do much of anything with my almost 6 year old Beige G3.

What happens if you screw something up? Then it looks like a pile of crap sitting on your desk.

This may be way off base, but I think that too many parents are buying their kids whatever they want, without teaching them the quality of ownership. "Oh you broke it, modded it, trashed it, etc?!? Well let me buy you a new one at $3000 each."

Like I said, I may be way off on this, but working within the education circle has allowed me to see this happen time and time again with pretty much anything (games, PCs, MP3s, CDs, clothes, cars, etc.). The kid misuses it and Mom and Dad just get them another one. Guess I grew up in the wrong generation.

Sorry for the small rant...

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#455276 - 06/07/04 09:06 PM Re:I\'m going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in it [Re: Macboy4u]
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Registered: 06/04/04
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Why is it that when ever this mod is brought up everyone gets their knickers in a twist. The guy IS NOT gutting a G5 he is modding the case, and if he wants to do that more poser to him. If I wanted to take a ferrari and put a Honda insight engine and electrics in it I should be able to, it would be difficult yes, but that is part of the fun. For me modding something has a high degree of difficulty and that is what makes it fun and exciting, especially when some one says it can't be done. smile

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#455277 - 06/09/04 09:26 AM Re:I\'m going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in it [Re: Macboy4u]
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If I could get hold of a G5 case, I'd probably put a Pentium or Opteron motherboard in it. The case looks better than those other 'cookie cutter' styles out there for the PC's. I'm not gonna pay 200 bucks for one, though. That's a serious downpayment on one heck of a PC motherboard.

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#455278 - 06/09/04 09:53 PM Re:I'm going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in it [Re: Macboy4u]
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oojacoboo wrote:
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I don't think that there is any mac user that would agree that a p4 would be best in a G5 case. However, if you needed a pc, what case would you want? An ugly pc case? Not me, I would rather have a G5 case, presonally. However, I would never put a p4 in the case. I would absolutely stick with AMD. Just my thoughts.


I have to disagree with you on the AMD factor. The new P4 with hyperthreading blows any AMD out of the water. AMD's quantispeed was a good attempt but Intel finally did something right with the hyperthreading. Check out http://www.tomshardware.com for some good benchmarks.

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#455279 - 07/21/04 10:38 AM Re:I'm going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in it [Re: Macboy4u]
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Registered: 07/20/04
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scottk wrote:
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Is there someone who is actually considering this? I remember the joke a few months back.


Someone actually gutted a Mac Cube (don't worry, it was already dead) and built a PC into the case. Wish I could remember the site address...

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#455280 - 07/21/04 10:42 AM Re:I'm going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in it [Re: Macboy4u]
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flexoffset wrote:
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If I could get hold of a G5 case, I'd probably put a Pentium or Opteron motherboard in it. The case looks better than those other 'cookie cutter' styles out there for the PC's. I'm not gonna pay 200 bucks for one, though. That's a serious downpayment on one heck of a PC motherboard.


Lian Li makes a series of cases that look suspiciously like the G5. Visit this site for a review of the V-1000:

http://www.gamepc.com/labs/view_content.asp?id=llv1000&page=1

Coolerguys.com is selling it for just under $200. Style ain't cheap...

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#455281 - 07/21/04 10:44 AM Re:I'm going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in [Re: Macboy4u]
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Registered: 05/30/04
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WOW thats a pretty good clone of the G5. Its obviously a PC, but if I HAD to buy a pc case I think this would be the one. :ohmy:

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#455282 - 07/21/04 10:50 AM Re:I'm going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in [Re: Macboy4u]
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Registered: 07/20/04
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krusher117 wrote:
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WOW thats a pretty good clone of the G5. Its obviously a PC, but if I HAD to buy a pc case I think this would be the one. :ohmy:


Actually, I did buy it. I'm moving my Quicksilver '01 G4/867 into it this weekend.

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#455283 - 07/21/04 11:05 AM Re:I'm going to gut my G5 for real and put a P4 in [Re: Macboy4u]
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Registered: 05/30/04
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remember to document for others to follow if at all possible! Heheh....thats my macmod mod guide plug

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