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Spare G5 Enclosure?
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Gut it and make it a SATA enclosure. If you're creative, you can probably get 8-12 drives in there, good for a super fast RAID...
alexprice said:
RAID isn't really about large drives, it's more about faster access to the drives and more security; put four 20g drives together and you have a super fast, super safe 40gig drive! Plus it's insanely cheap, since you already have SATA, the case, (I'm assuming) the power supply, and 20g drives are a dime a dozen these days (just make sure they're all the same speed/cache level, of course, as a RAID will operate to spec of the slowest, smallest, lowest cache drive in the array).
But yeah, it's a geek thing for me, I still can't justify spending money on it since I don't need it. But I dream. Oh, I dream...
DMPDX said:
I have seen this as well. I thought about trying to do this with an old G4 tower, but I never got the nerve to try it.
Makes for a nice looking PC though.
wow! looking good so far!
only thing i would see if you can do is... to move the mainboard down a little so it's out of zone 1? that way you'll have the entire top area - I can see this becoming a crazy mass-storage machine. you could probably fit about 9 more drives in that top area alone!!!
So is that functional yet? any more plans for it?
only thing i would see if you can do is... to move the mainboard down a little so it's out of zone 1? that way you'll have the entire top area - I can see this becoming a crazy mass-storage machine. you could probably fit about 9 more drives in that top area alone!!!
So is that functional yet? any more plans for it?
cb911 said:wow! looking good so far!
only thing i would see if you can do is... to move the mainboard down a little so it's out of zone 1? that way you'll have the entire top area - I can see this becoming a crazy mass-storage machine. you could probably fit about 9 more drives in that top area alone!!!
So is that functional yet? any more plans for it?
The Logic board had to go where it is now, took alot of time working that bit out. The metal plate that the SuperDrive mounts on has been sent away to be cut to fit. The machine runs perfectly, I'm very happy with it, there's still much more to do, I will keep this thread updated as much as possible.
Watch this space!
OMG, having a pc motherboard in a g5 power case IS Ugly. i mean, ew... i rather have the g5 enclosure as a fish tank. i don't think you need a pc anyways.
installing pcs in g5 cases still fun though, worth a shot. if you do, join aqua-soft.org to customize the software part too.
installing pcs in g5 cases still fun though, worth a shot. if you do, join aqua-soft.org to customize the software part too.