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Low Profile (half height) GeForce GT 640 card for "ultra" mini-ITX Mac gaming? Approve my build!
I have been doing a lot of research in making a really portable and inexpensive Mac Mini gaming Hackintosh. The enclosures that are recommended in the buyers guide are way too large for my purposes where portability is paramount (carry-on luggage). I have come across these cases which I like...
http://www.winsis.com/product_detail_5.html
and really like...
http://store.antec.com/Product/enclosure-itx/isk310-150/0-761345-15160-3.aspx
Essentially I want to pop in an SSD and a dedicated graphics card. That's it. No fancy frills. I'm not doing any powerhouse gaming or driving multiple screens.
From the video cards recommended in the buyers guide, I think the low-profile version of the NVIDIA GT 640 will work, but I don't know if it is different from the full-sized one that is linked in the guide and if the drivers are the same.
Also, I know I might need to install a larger PSU as well as a solid cooling system, but I want to make sure that all the bits and bobs I am adding to this mess are going to play well together. There is a wider variety of ATI/AMD half height cards out there, but I am preferring to suffer with the lower performing NVIDIA chipset for ease of OSX compatibility, unless someone knows if the Radeon HD 7750 will cleanly work on a CustoMac.
Here's my planned build so far, any thoughts?
I have been doing a lot of research in making a really portable and inexpensive Mac Mini gaming Hackintosh. The enclosures that are recommended in the buyers guide are way too large for my purposes where portability is paramount (carry-on luggage). I have come across these cases which I like...
http://www.winsis.com/product_detail_5.html
and really like...
http://store.antec.com/Product/enclosure-itx/isk310-150/0-761345-15160-3.aspx
Essentially I want to pop in an SSD and a dedicated graphics card. That's it. No fancy frills. I'm not doing any powerhouse gaming or driving multiple screens.
From the video cards recommended in the buyers guide, I think the low-profile version of the NVIDIA GT 640 will work, but I don't know if it is different from the full-sized one that is linked in the guide and if the drivers are the same.
Also, I know I might need to install a larger PSU as well as a solid cooling system, but I want to make sure that all the bits and bobs I am adding to this mess are going to play well together. There is a wider variety of ATI/AMD half height cards out there, but I am preferring to suffer with the lower performing NVIDIA chipset for ease of OSX compatibility, unless someone knows if the Radeon HD 7750 will cleanly work on a CustoMac.
Here's my planned build so far, any thoughts?
- Mobo GIGABYTE GA-Z87N-WIFI
- CPU Intel Core i5-4670K Haswell 3.4GHz
- GPU Zotac Usa ZT-60203-10L Geforce Gt640 2GB (low profile)
- HDD SanDisk Ultra Plus SDSSDHP-256G-G25 2.5" 256GB SSD
- PSU FSP FSP220-60LE(80) 220W Mini ITX/ Flex ATX 80 Power Supply (may not need)
- Case Antec ISK 300-150 Mini-ITX Desktop Computer Case 150W (similar model)