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The Hackintrash: a $500 Mac Pro Replica by trashcan86
Background: I'm currently a 7th grade student at the Meadowbrook School of Weston, in Massachusetts. Along with two other friends, I started plans to build a computer for the school to use. When the Hack is done, it will be used to control our school's laser cutter. This thread will keep track of our progress. Once our Hack is done, I will post a guide on how to build one of these things.
We originally wanted to use a Pentium G3258 but after researching it, we realized that it wouldn't work with OS X. What good would a Mac Pro replica be without OS X?
Specs of our build:
Processor: Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50 GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA 1150
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked 2 GB Single Slot (02G-P4-2742-KR)
RAM: 4 GB 1600MHz G-SKILL DDR3
Hard Drive: Seagate 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD
Extras include:
AzureWave CE123H WiFi Card
PCI-E Riser Cable
2x Cooler Master Silent 140mm case fans
Intel Stock CPU Cooler
What's done:
Installed CPU (10/09/2014)
Attached GPU (10/09/2014)
Installed RAM (10/09/2014)
Hooked up PSU (10/16/2014)
Ran BIOS test boot (10/16/2014)
Installed HDD (10/23/2014)
Installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Trusty Tahr (10/23/2014 EDIT 10/30/2014 wiped HDD to install OS X Yosemite)
Installed OS X 10.10.0 Yosemite (10/30/2014)
Fixed boot0 error when booting from HDD (10/30/2014)
Installed Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9841 (11/13/2014)
Replaced factory Intel WiFi card with AzureWave CE123H (12/04/2014)
Trimmed case fans to fit in case (12/04/2014)
Ordered 3D Print of bottom of case with @JuanLobo's STL (12/11/2014)
The to-do list :
Make "rails" for mounting motherboard, GPU, and HDD (estimated TBA)
Mount GPU on rails and attach it with a riser cable (estimated TBA)
Mount HDD on rails (estimated TBA)
Mount motherboard on rails (estimated TBA)
Mount case fan on top of rails (estimated TBA)
Attach base plate to PSU (estimated TBA)
Attach rails to base plate (estimated TBA)
Cut holes in case for fans and I/O ports (estimated TBA)
Attach 3D printed case bottom to build (estimated TBA)
Mount trash can over build on rails (estimated TBA)
Install Kubuntu 14.10 Plasma5 (estimated TBA)
Update Windows 10 Technical Preview to latest build 9879 (estimated TBA)
Install Yosemite drivers for AzureWave CE123H (estimated TBA)
MAJOR STRATEGY UPDATE 12/08/2014 at 8:24 PM EST: We're going to prioritize the actual build over the software stuff. The fun part starts this Thursday, 12/11.
Latest update 12/11/2014 at 8:29 PM ESTWe just ordered the bottom part of the case from a guy on 3D Hubs who'll do it for us for $33! (@JuanLobo got this printed at ShapeWays for $160 lol)
Background: I'm currently a 7th grade student at the Meadowbrook School of Weston, in Massachusetts. Along with two other friends, I started plans to build a computer for the school to use. When the Hack is done, it will be used to control our school's laser cutter. This thread will keep track of our progress. Once our Hack is done, I will post a guide on how to build one of these things.
We originally wanted to use a Pentium G3258 but after researching it, we realized that it wouldn't work with OS X. What good would a Mac Pro replica be without OS X?
Specs of our build:
Processor: Intel Core i3-4150 @ 3.50 GHz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H97N-WIFI Mini ITX LGA 1150
Graphics Card: EVGA GeForce GT 740 Superclocked 2 GB Single Slot (02G-P4-2742-KR)
RAM: 4 GB 1600MHz G-SKILL DDR3
Hard Drive: Seagate 1 TB 7200 RPM HDD
Extras include:
AzureWave CE123H WiFi Card
PCI-E Riser Cable
2x Cooler Master Silent 140mm case fans
Intel Stock CPU Cooler
What's done:
Installed CPU (10/09/2014)
Attached GPU (10/09/2014)
Installed RAM (10/09/2014)
Hooked up PSU (10/16/2014)
Ran BIOS test boot (10/16/2014)
Installed HDD (10/23/2014)
Installed Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS Trusty Tahr (10/23/2014 EDIT 10/30/2014 wiped HDD to install OS X Yosemite)
Installed OS X 10.10.0 Yosemite (10/30/2014)
Fixed boot0 error when booting from HDD (10/30/2014)
Installed Windows 10 Technical Preview build 9841 (11/13/2014)
Replaced factory Intel WiFi card with AzureWave CE123H (12/04/2014)
Trimmed case fans to fit in case (12/04/2014)
Ordered 3D Print of bottom of case with @JuanLobo's STL (12/11/2014)
The to-do list :
Make "rails" for mounting motherboard, GPU, and HDD (estimated TBA)
Mount GPU on rails and attach it with a riser cable (estimated TBA)
Mount HDD on rails (estimated TBA)
Mount motherboard on rails (estimated TBA)
Mount case fan on top of rails (estimated TBA)
Attach base plate to PSU (estimated TBA)
Attach rails to base plate (estimated TBA)
Cut holes in case for fans and I/O ports (estimated TBA)
Attach 3D printed case bottom to build (estimated TBA)
Mount trash can over build on rails (estimated TBA)
Install Kubuntu 14.10 Plasma5 (estimated TBA)
Update Windows 10 Technical Preview to latest build 9879 (estimated TBA)
Install Yosemite drivers for AzureWave CE123H (estimated TBA)
MAJOR STRATEGY UPDATE 12/08/2014 at 8:24 PM EST: We're going to prioritize the actual build over the software stuff. The fun part starts this Thursday, 12/11.
Latest update 12/11/2014 at 8:29 PM ESTWe just ordered the bottom part of the case from a guy on 3D Hubs who'll do it for us for $33! (@JuanLobo got this printed at ShapeWays for $160 lol)