Hi everyone - im new on here and i'm after sum help - just got my hands on a Powermac G4 Mirror Door case and want to use it for a windows based system. I already have a couple of macintel mini's and boot camp etc but I want to get rid of my crappy PC tower and either build a new windows based system into the G4 case or transfer what I can over from the old case.



I paid £30 for this little beauty on ebay. No internals tho. It seems alot more difficult than the other G4 cases because the PCI slots are all swapped round so I think I may need a Mini ITX board.  Any info wud be great, links to ppl who have done it with THIS version of the G4 case as all i can find is the older (easier) cases.

Unless someone wants a challenge - i'll pay you!! lol

Thanks.

not many folks around here doing this type thing, but there are a couple.  Maybe someone will chime in on a good board suggestion.

Sacrilege!!!! LOL  good luck with your mod, sorry I can't help, keep us posted!

I'd keep everyone posted if i had something to start with - dont even know where to start looking, or for what components 

What PC are you starting with?  Or are you building from scratch?  The first thing I would do is measure the motherboard tray.  Go to http://www.newegg.com and check out some of the motherboards and their sizes.  This case is a tough build, as I put a G3 b/w in one.  Once you have a board picked out, print out a full scale photo of it and then you can start checking clearances.  PC are not Macs, but until I can run OSX on a PC build (yes I know its possible, but illegal-cough, cough and really doesnt run everything I need), it may be a while before I buy a new Mac.  It is so much more fun to pick the parts and build it yourself.

Post more if you need a hand in your mod.

nice score!  gotta love ebay!

best of luck with the mod..

Here is a site where someone put a PC in a G4 case, it might give you some ideas.
http://www.slcentral.com/articles/01/8/g4pc/

I don't think a pc board will work in a MDD case. The mac logic board is upside down in the MDD , And the PC board pci/agp slots won't line up. like in the older g4 cases. I could be wrong though ,check before you buy any expensive parts.

Oops seems you knew that , My bad.

You could check out this thread: http://www.macmod.com/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,222/topic,2130.0 where the guy put a pc into a G5 - he had to cut a new back plate to get all of the inputs to match up, which maybe is what you'd have to do.