Items that need to be modified front on the rear of the case.
1. The back panel will need to be modified to fit the standard motherboard IO shield.
2. Fortunately the power supply will easily swap out with a newer model. Three of the     four screws for mounting the power supply fit perfectly, good enough for invent geek      and government work.
3. Due to the placement of the onboard audio I also found I had to cut some of the     plastic of the case away. This is dependant on the motherboard you choose

Just a shot of the case from another angle. In the four corners of this case later we will be adding some LED's for lighting and effects. We chose a single color, but I have seen some real sweet USB based LED controllers out there that could make it more geek worthy....

The interior of the case will require some more modification. Nothing a 3rd level geek couldn't pull off.

The motherboard mounting plate and plastic panel that tensions the latch to the case. Also note the Motherboard mounting posts; they are about twice the height of a normal PC case's mounting posts. The plastic plate will need to be modified to allow the new posts to be mounted.

The motherboard mounting plate with the plastic panel and the existing motherboard mounting posts removed. I just used a pair of pliers and snapped them out. We did have one that deformed the panel a bit too much. There are many methods to fix something like this; we choose the most simple method, a big hammer. With the case nice and clean we can move on to mounting the posts.

The motherboard mounting plate with the plastic panel reinstalled. And the new mounting posts installed. I found there is a difference in the heights of the old posts and the new one I used. I had to double the posts I used up to double the height. Also look closely to the right most post. We had to cut a large space out for it as the whole of the plastic panel moves when the latch is operated.

The original IO shield. And the one that came with the motherboard. They are obviously very different. The standard pc case IO shield is meant to just "Pop in" where as the Mac IO shield is a screw in model. Unfortunately as you can see the motherboard accessories holes in the new IO shield is not even close to the original Mac one, we had to modify this quite heavily, first we measured the space we would have in the Mac case for the new motherboard. The method we used for placement of the mother board was to mount the video card into the mother board, and place it into the case via the appropriate slot in the back of the case.

The original IO shield modified to fit the new IO shield that came with the motherboard. Turned out the old adage measure twice, cut twice applied here.... the top of the panel was off actually about 1/2 an inch. so after some modification, dinner, and cursing.... we got it fixed. The trade off, we lost the onboard sound behind some structural components of the case its self. But in the end that was just fine with us. The sound on this board was a disappointment, and we used a sound blaster card in stead.

Test fitting the motherboard into the system. I mounted the video card into the motherboard to verify the PCI/AGP slots alignment with the case. And the IO shield finally fit right. Remember kids. Measure twice cut once is a great idea when working something new. It saves time and keeps a man off the couch for the night for swearing at a stupid computer.....

Test fitting the power leads into the motherboard. On of the cool points of this case is the easy open panel. The first power supply I mounted didn't have a long enough power cord, so I use another one, alternatively I could have used a ATX extender cord.

Mounting the hard drives and running the cables for it. I was able to find some 8 inch copper shielded, rounded cables at CompUSA of all places that fit quite wonderfully. Zip ties are a geek's best friend some times. And other times they can in and of them self lead to the inevitable downfall and destruction of man kind. Use them at your own risk. and don't ever ever shinch one down on your finger to watch it turn blue..... Um..... Just don't do it.

One more view, almost done with the internal mods. Now that wasn't so hard was it...

Motherboard clearances are real close to the case and power supply. But close enough for us. If you use zip ties you can place the cables where they won't get in the way of the case opening and closing, or get in the way of important components, or restrict air flow. Other wise you will need to use the "peek and prod" method to close the case. As one of the main reasons for this mod is the cool factor of the cases easy access ability we probably would rather use the zip ties.