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CustoMac Mini 2013 in G4 Cube Case

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Gigabyte GA-H87N
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Intel i5-4570S
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Intel HD4600
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Hi guys,

right this weekend I finished building my first Hackintosh :D

My goal was to leave the look and function of the Cube in his unique original form as much as possible (the toaster).
So I just changed the parts inside the Cube to almost the CustoMac Mini 2013.

The list of my parts:
MoBo: Gigabyte GA-H87N WiFi
W-LANand BT: BCM943225HMB BCM2070 half mini
CPU: Intel i5-4570S
RAM: 1x 8GB DDR3-1600
HDD: 500GB WD (old Notebook HDD)

SSD: 128GB SanDisk Ultra Plus
ODD: Pioneer Slot-In from a MacBook Pro
Power: PicoPSU 160W + 192W Power Supply
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-L9i
Case Cooler: Noiseblocker S8-M1



Unfortunately, I forgot to take some pictures from disassembling the Cube and I hope you can imagine ;)
So let's start with the rebuild:

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After using jigsaw, angle grinder and some color the bottom plate and the former heat sink look like this.


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The MoBo is held by three long screws I former worked with the angle grinder.
Like I expectet, the board fit's like a glove to the inner case.

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After some work on the old HDD cage and a SSD holder from Sharkoon the new storage solution fits perfectly.
Because the Cube should be as much original as possible a Slot-In-Drive with SATA-Plug was essential.
I was inspired by kiwisincebirth's guide for selfmade brackets to insert a new ODD but in the end I just fixed it with doublesided 3M Tape.

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Time for installation and the first test run:
I installed Mavericks because I like the look of it much more than the new style of Yosemite and I don't think that I will miss any of the new features.
The installation was pretty easy and most features worked out of the box.
After running Multibeast and installing Toledas W-LAN kext I was happy with how everything goes.
But then I couldn't restart the system: It only started in SecureMode. I don't know exactly where the error was: After restore and new set up the BIOS it works well.
There is just no sound, hope I can fix this in the next days.

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As we speak about orginality: I modded the power switch with the help of minihack's great guide to keep the original look and function.
Fortunately it was necessary to extend the power supply, so I could kill two birds with one stone.

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Closing the cage with the top cover and it's almost finished.
In the next days I will visit the hardware store and look for two screws to fix the power plug.

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A preview to the finished rebuild.
Goal reached - in my opinion ;) What do you think?

Best regards from Germany.


 
Really nice! What wattage does your external power brick have to run that?
 
Dear CubeUser,
This cube rocks:headbang:
Hope you get your sound working, if not, via usb is maybe an option (that's how I do it with my Hackintosh anyway)

Keep on the good works:thumbup:
 
Very nice job
 
Thanks for your comments :thumbup:

@ jworcester92
I run this configuration of power adapters and up to know it works pretty well. This was also the reason why I decided for the i5-4570S and not the K - it needs a bit less power.


This are some really tiny screws:

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So today I attached the power plug.
Sound runs well. This is a bit strange because I just installed it with Multibeast as last time then nothing happened.
 
That looks awesome mate! :thumbup:

I have a question does that half mini card works perfectly for Wifi and bluetooth?

I'm looking to build a small build as well.

Cheers~
 
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