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Building your own G4 can be both fun and exciting, and in doing so you will join a small but growing group of computer enthusiasts. Undertaking this project also represents a solution to the high prices associated with both new and used Apple computers. To give you an idea, a machine similar to what I'm about to describe here will normally sell for around $800. Retail prices vary, but that's around the norm for a low end G4 Graphite model with AGP.

Another reason to consider this project is to have the ability to use more drives than Apple's case design allows. For example, it's impossible to use a Zip drive, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM together in the same machine with any G4 that Apple has ever shipped. The reason for this is due to the location of the CPU. The standard Apple heat sink interferes with putting more than one large drive in all the cases prior to the "Wind Tunnel" series. Even in the new cases you are still stuck with 2 full sized drives at most. By going with a mid-tower PC case your choices become endless. Furthermore, water cooling projects for the overclockers become more of a reality.