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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. Wow! by timothv · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wow. Basic case modding. PC users have been doing this for decades, yet it's big news when a mac user does it.

  2. And...? by nystagman · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How is this news? There have been several variations on this minor mod. And this one is, well, a bit ugly, to be frank.

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  3. work of art from....Steve? by WMD_88 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The G5 tower is a work of art but Steve only provided two hard drive bays.
    Wrong. Jonathan Ives only provided two hard drive bays.

  4. drawback by toQDuj · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You do mess with your air flow this way. and it is shit ugly. the two bolts that is.
    It appears that people and manufacturers are not taking a proper air flow into consideration anymore. standard pc's are now riddled with fans blowing in all directions.
    People should take a lesson from the sun E450 type machines for instance. although they are huge beasts, the air flows from front to back, is guided neatly past all 4 processors (which do not have fans of themselves) and passes out the (3) powersupplies.
    Temperatures can be monitored from inlet to cpus to PSU's like this , and there is nothing obstructing the air flow. ever. excellent design.
    Apple does the same in their powermacs, but this man either forgot or thought 200W (100W per proc) would be easy to dissipate.

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  5. Looks like dead G5 soon. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Disrupting the air flow that goes into the CPU coolers is STUPID. Sure the fans may be spinning, but it doesn't mean they are moving the same volume of air, which leads to a hotter G5 then a dead G5.

  6. Kids these days. by solios · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I needed more disk on my G5 at work, so I did the unthinkable : I PLUGGED A PAIR OF FIREWIRE DISKS INTO IT.

    OH MY FUCKING GOD SO HARD.

    Not only that, they're portable, non-ugly, and don't screw with the air flow. :P

  7. That thing isn't art. by generalleoff · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The G5 case is a joke. That damn thing not only limits you with only 2 internal drive bays it also dose not allow you to have a second optical drive or anything else. the front panel is all bare and boring. The last generation G4 case was a work of art.