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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. 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.

  2. 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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  3. 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.

  4. G5 Drive Bracket by walterc · · Score: 5, Interesting
    My friend and I designed this solution, and we've been having them fabricated for some time now (9+ Months).

    We've moved quite a few of them since and have received a few suggestions for improvements, but overall people have been very happy with the product and it seems to fit their needs (feedback can be read at either the G5 Drive Bracket site or eBay). It's also much cheaper then the other solutions covered in the previous slashdot article.

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