g4-Cubed Project

Posted on | September 16, 2005 | No Comments

Last night I started my latest case mods. Originally I was going to install a G3 Motherboard into a NeXT Cube that I had purchase on e-bay. I chemically stripped the cube down to the raw metal, sand blasted and had it Powder coated Silver-Vein by Specialized Coatings. With those plans scratched here’s my latest plan.

Motherboard: Gigabit Ethernet PowerMac
Processor(s): Dual 450 mhz G4
RAM: 1.5GB
HardDrive: 40 GB 7000k IDE
Case: NeXT Cube – Magnesium Base
Cooling: 120mm Case Fan, and 80mm Case Fan

More details to come later…but here are some pictures…

G4 Motherboard disassembled.

Front of Silver Vein NeXT Cube

Back of Silver Vein NeXT Cube

Insides of Silver Vein NeXT Cube

Gigabit Motherboard, Processor Daughter Card and Heatsink

Template for Plexiglass fitting.

120mm Case Fan and back door of case. You can also see the plexiglass filler I have started to fit.

Initial view of motherboard alignment.