Move g5 into mac pro case

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I want to move my 2.3 ghz g5 into a mac pro case and add a blue ray to it. Is that do-able or just stupid... Kinda new to macs. I already run dual monitors and i'm about to purchase 8 gigs of ram from crucial.

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Is your G5 a PowerMac, because if it is. It should be in a case like the Mac Pro.
 
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yeah it is. But the mac pro has an extra cd rom bin
 
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I may be wrong here but I don't think Blu-ray is supported in Mac OS X as of yet.

When the time comes that it is, you'd probably find it easier to get a USB Blu-Ray drive than trying to transplant your system into a case not designed for it.
 
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I want to move my 2.3 ghz g5 into a mac pro case and add a blue ray to it. Is that do-able or just stupid... Kinda new to macs. I already run dual monitors and i'm about to purchase 8 gigs of ram from crucial.

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I always wanted to know how to run two monitors with one CPU. Will you guys tell me how. As I saw that many famous people are using two screens or monitor for them.
 
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But it also says you can't watch movies unless you use Windows on your Mac. - Something a G5 can't do.

If all you want the drive for is data storage then fair enough.
 

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