Recent content by markluke

You can get an H61N-USB3 for around $75. Not the "cheapest" overall but on the compatibility list. It's small, just know that...but good if you ever want to make a Mac Mini clone.

Thanks for the quick tips - here's what I did - was easier than taking apart my Sugo SG05 mini ITX system again... 1) Installed the trial version of Paragon HFS+ on my Windows laptop and attached mac drive via usb external 2) renamed the SSDT.aml file to SSDTOLD.aml 3) edited the...

Hi everyone, I had an extra i7-2600K that I wanted to swap for the i5-2500K was in my H61N-USB3 hackintosh. I read a bunch of threads saying that a cpu swap was easy and that osx should auto-recognize the new configuration. Upon boot I now get a kernel panic with the "inconsistent cpu...

Article: OS X 10.8.2 Update I have to agree, my GA-H61N-USB3 (w/F8) is working well after the install as well. Had to reinstall audio and TRIM support only. No issues with 640 GT video card. i7-2500K 16GB DDR3 1333 640 GT w/1GB

Antec 300 case is $45 after rebate right now at Newegg, a solid case that I used to build my A/V editing system. OCZ Modstream 600W PSU is $50 after rebate. It's modular which makes cable runs easier. Although almost the same price, I chose the GT 640 as it works out of the box with zero...

A few thoughts from a hack noob with a ton of PC building experience... Right now the difference between 8 and 16 GB is $50, so if he can use the RAM it's a no-brainer. The HD 4000 uses system memory, which will be slower than dedicated GDDR5 in a higher-end GPU. You will probably want...

BTW it's possible that Microcenter will give you $50 off the motherboard if bundled with a CPU.

Article: Building a CustoMac: Buyer's Guide 2012 I just built my mITX with a 2500K, 16GB RAM, 120GB Intel SSD and GT 640. Can use CUDA driver for Adobe After Effects and Premiere Pro. If you aren't doing heavy gaming I'd say save the $$$ from the GPU and spend it on RAM and a SSD - will...

Article: Gigabyte's H77 mini-ITX board unveiled, of sorts Agreed, if the H61N had WiFi (and built in BT) it would be close to perfect. I can't complain though - picked one up with a 2500K for $200 total at Microcenter recently. Runs ML beautifully.

For those doing a search this also worked great for a H61N-USB3 in Mountain Lion. The last missing piece to getting my Hackintosh working! Thanks!