[dlefebvre]

I have a G4 as my main computer and a 15" Alu Powerbook. I'm about to buy a G5 and I want to keep my faithful G4. It's an AGP G4 upgraded with a 1Ghz Sonnet card, 1.5Gb of RAM, a Radeon 7500 and two 120Gb drives. I would like to use it as a file server for my music, photos and videos collection. I would also like to use it to render After Effects projects in the background when I'm working on something else on the G5. After Effects has also a distributed render engine, so I could use the G5, the G4 and the Powerbook to render the same project.
I know that after using the G5 one hour, I won't be able to stand the G4 noise. So for the fun of it I would like to make the G4 quiet and more compact.

Any tips or hints?

Thanks

[Oneota]

Hmm...short of finding quieter fans, I'm not sure there's much you can safely do (as in, safe for the components). You might just want to stick it in a closet and use VNC to control it when you need to.

[dlefebvre]

I tought about the closet, but I was concern with heat issues.

[Oneota]

Originally posted by dlefebvre:
I tought about the closet, but I was concern with heat issues.

Yeah, if it's a particularly full closet (or a very small one), I'd pass on it. If it's a bigger closet that's not too full, though, it shouldn't be too bad. Just so the hot air has somewhere to go.

[Truepop]

these don't apply to your G4 I think but they may give you an idea...

http://www.G4noise.com/mods.php?ID=77&p=all

http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/w...ed_mdd_g4.html

[MilkmanDan]

A closet would be great. Or a basement. Something cool and out of the way. Having lived with 2 b&w G3s in my room all summer, its a warm and noisy time.