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Compatibility of Powermac 8500 Motherboard with 7200 case
Posted by: Powerbase on 2022-09-08 14:55:10
Does anyone know if a 8500's motherboard can fit in a 7200s case. How compatible would it be? I'm really wanting to dump this awful 8500 case.
Posted by: Phipli on 2022-09-08 15:03:34
Does anyone know if a 8500's motherboard can fit in a 7200s case. How compatible would it be? I'm really wanting to dump this awful 8500 case.
The 8200 is a 7200 in an 8500 case... so I suspect so. If the ports look right, the rest will be ok.

Can I have your 8500 psu? I'm a PSU short 😢

🙂
Posted by: Phipli on 2022-09-08 15:06:01
Yup, ports match except for AV, which there might be a punch out in the 7200 case for anyhow.
Posted by: Powerbase on 2022-09-08 16:57:30
Nah, its just an empty case so ill need that too if it will fit too. Not that I can buy the case at the moment. Broke as can be
Posted by: Phipli on 2022-09-08 17:00:28
Nah, its just an empty case so ill need that too if it will fit too. Not that I can buy the case at the moment. Broke as can be
I... not sure the PSUs swap over. I think that the 8500 one is nearly a cube while the 7200 one is longer. I don't have anything in a 7*00 case (other than G3s which are different) to check.
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