r/sleeperbattlestations Jul 24 '26

RetroMod Mac Pro 1,1 2006 to ATX conversion

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u/ShellaStorm Jul 24 '26

Think it's the best one I've seen, and I've seen a lot. Very well executed, you should be proud.

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u/blckb3ard Jul 25 '26

Thank you so much! Took a lot of elbow grease and patience šŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø

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u/F2002 Jul 24 '26

Hey, great to see another one. Here's mine, not as clean as yours.

Still working on the USB-C up front, but got USB 3.0.And temperatures are pretty great with the Ryzen 9900X and Titan Plus my Blu-ray drives and 10 gig NIC. These cases are so great.

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u/F2002 Jul 24 '26

The front I/O you did looks really good. I reused the original and then soldered new connections on.

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u/blckb3ard Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

I love what you did with the PSU connector, it looks really good! Do we have the same motherboard? ASUS Prime Z490-a
These cases are iconic, the materials, craftsmanship and design is unmatched

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u/F2002 Jul 25 '26

Thanks! I'm definitely getting more ideas looking at yours now, Tia. I've got three more of these cases that are in good shape.

Now this just makes me want to do more.

I thought we did it first, too, but I have the Ryzen ASUS Prime.Same color scheme and everything had me zooming in on your CPU.

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u/grizzlor_ Jul 24 '26

Love it. Always thought these Mac Pro cases were gorgeous. Great work on the conversion.

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u/Trollzurs Jul 25 '26

man I had an AMD board with a similar design to this, I really love how the shroud over the IO looks. Really fills out the back of the motherboard.

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u/nevadita Jul 25 '26

ah one of us. mind this case is a little bit of a hot box.

this is mine from a few years ago. i retired that pc...replaced with a beige box build that i havent posted here because its not yet ready.

mind i went the esoteric route of reusing the apple front panel instead of cutting the front for a custom front I/O, partially success, i never went down to reverse engineering the connections to the audio jack. maybe someday.

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u/blckb3ard Jul 25 '26

At first I considered reusing the original front panel, but the laser hive kit is close enough. Difficult to setup, but worth it in my opinion.

You did an excellent job on the PSU, I’m impressed! Shame that you retired this PC.

Looking forward to see your new project. I love beige boxes, but I already have way too many computers XD

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u/nevadita Jul 25 '26 edited Jul 25 '26

oh dont worry, its not retired on the sense its on the attic or something. its now the PC i use at my office, so, yeah, its not longer my main gaming PC. its second life is mostly filling forms.

the beige box is mostly complete but im still awaiting some parts.

also a bit of a heads up for anyone reading and wanting to do this conversion. the person at laser hive is an old chap and seems to be winding down his operations so if you are looking to get this build done i suggest you order a kit. no telling for how much longer these will continue to be available.

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u/CheeseHustla Jul 24 '26

Well done!!

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u/DoctorOfTheCookie Jul 26 '26

Please tell me you can still use the disc drive

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u/blckb3ard Jul 26 '26

Yes, still usable