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Adding 2 Extra Drives to a G5

Posted by timothy on from the driven dept.

Dave Calhoun writes "The G5 tower is a work of art but Steve only provided two hard drive bays. Some of us need much more than that and don't want a stack of external firewire cases. So I found a way to add two drives inexpensively. They sit between the front of the G5 grill and the CPU fans."

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  1. Not bad by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Foreword: IAAACDT (I am an Apple Certified Desktop Technician)

    Don't expect the unit to run at the same dB level. Obstructing the CPU intake fans is going to make them run faster (read: louder), not to mention the heat of the drives is going to be pulled in by those fans and passed right into the CPU heatsink, making the exhaust fans spool up too. Then there's the ribbon cable from the IDE controller card, that could possibly block air from the expansion card intake fan.

    If you need more drives, expect a blowdryer in return.