Here is a list of what I used:

  1. Cooler Master Case
  2. Cooler Master 460 Watt Power Supply (RS-460-PMSR-A3)
  3. Gigabyte Motherboard (GA-G31M-ES2L)
  4. Asus nVidia GeForce 9400GT 512MB
  5. Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor E5200 (2.5 GHz)
  6. Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro (ewiz.com part number: FAN-AC7PRO
  7. Lite-On IHAS322-08 22X SATA DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Drive (Black)
  8. 250 GB Western Digital SATA2 Hard Drive w/ 16MB Cache (WD2500AAKS)
  9. Super Talent DDR2-800 128x8 S-Rigid Memory (two of these) (T8UB2GC5)

    10. See some build pics here and my custom face circuit board here.

    Additional Notes:

    I have built two of theses machines. The first one was for my mother and it is the one listed above. The second one I built was for myself, and it met the same specs with the exception of the case and the Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro. I instead modified an old original Blue and White G3 Tower I had. The old machine still worked, but I thought it would be nicer to use if it was fast as hell. I am writing this now on the modified G3. Everything works perfectly - including the CD Eject button on my Apple Keyboard. It open the little door, and the trat spits out (and retracts when I hit the button again). If people want I may write up how I did it. I was also able to get the front panel circuit board working as far as the power and reset button is concerned. I am working on getting the power LED to work as well, but may just build my own circuit board that has the buttons and LEDs I need.

    What Next?

    My next venture is to build a quad-core OSX86 machine using a different motherboard (that supports for than 4gigs RAM). I will also be using more of my old Power Mac cases - I have 3 different G4 Computers that I will modify - an old dual 450, mirror front 1GHz one, and a G4 Dual GHz machine. I am also going to modify the Dual 450 case to have an LED when when power lighting up the little apple on the front center.

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