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Hello! So this is my first time building an hackintosh, i want to build one in order to replace my father's imac (early 2009 model), which as you can imagine is very very slow.
He told me to build a silent PC running OS Sierra (hence why i'm here), he wants it to be as compact and small as possible (like a mini mac), and also to be able to use his imac as a monitor. He doesn't want to play any games, so i think an igpu will be enough for this build. He will also not do any heavy production work, just simple internet browsing, excel/word and some light photo and video editing. So this is the build i'm thinking of doing:
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 GAMING-ITX/AC (i need a mobo with an integrated displayport)
CPU: Intel Core i3 7100
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i
RAM: 8GB DDR4 dual channel of whatever is the cheapest
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 240GB SSD
CASE: Streacom F1CWS Evo HTPC (Best looking case i found that has almost the same form factor as a mini mac)
PSU: Mini-Box picoPSU-160-XT
I would like to know if i'll run into some kind of incompatibility with this build, and would also like to know if it's possible to use my father's imac as a monitor to this hackintosh using the mobo's displayport port (via displayport to mini-displayport cable).
If you have any changes that you would do this build, please let me know!
Cheers
He told me to build a silent PC running OS Sierra (hence why i'm here), he wants it to be as compact and small as possible (like a mini mac), and also to be able to use his imac as a monitor. He doesn't want to play any games, so i think an igpu will be enough for this build. He will also not do any heavy production work, just simple internet browsing, excel/word and some light photo and video editing. So this is the build i'm thinking of doing:
Motherboard: ASRock Fatal1ty Z270 GAMING-ITX/AC (i need a mobo with an integrated displayport)
CPU: Intel Core i3 7100
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i
RAM: 8GB DDR4 dual channel of whatever is the cheapest
Storage: Samsung 850 EVO 240GB SSD
CASE: Streacom F1CWS Evo HTPC (Best looking case i found that has almost the same form factor as a mini mac)
PSU: Mini-Box picoPSU-160-XT
I would like to know if i'll run into some kind of incompatibility with this build, and would also like to know if it's possible to use my father's imac as a monitor to this hackintosh using the mobo's displayport port (via displayport to mini-displayport cable).
If you have any changes that you would do this build, please let me know!
Cheers
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