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Thanks for the reply. Turning off wifi isn't suitable in my environment (we have no wired ethernet to this machine) so that is a bit of an issue! I have moved away from this machine for day to day use, and use a USB Plantronics headset if required (which is rock solid, but obviously limited by a...

I have read some - but not all - of these 350+ pages in this thread. Is the NUC platform still considered a good straightforward hackintosh in August 2020? I am wanting to replace my HP 8300 with something smaller and newer, and the NUC would be ideal if all the kinks have been worked out? It...

There are potentially two issues to troubleshoot. 1 - is the bluetooth interface physically connected (USB) - i.e. can you see bluetooth in MacOS 2 - assuming 1 is connected and detected, does it work. If you have no bluetooth antenna connected I wouldn't expect it to work well but I would...

I'm not sure your hackintosh experience, but one "often" made mistake with the Apple cards is that you also need to connect to USB - have you done that? Wifi works over the PCI interface, but a separate USB connection is needed for bluetooth.

This is great to see - thanks for sharing. I will do some more research into those machines, as it looks like it might be easier than trying to make an existing machine passive. How is the performance and the temperatures?

I have the wireless Apple Bluetooth keyboard and it works to press F1 on startup. Might be an easier / quicker option than waiting for the adaptor! Might also be dependent on your bluetooth card.

Very interesting - thank you for your contribution - I will keep an eye out for one :-)

Yes it works for monitor. No USB. Haven't tested speakers. 4K LG Ultrafine 21.5 (the original 2016 one, not the just released 2019 one). They only did one afaik.

What Alogic one are you talking about? I did a lot of research on this and found one adaptor that works - and I exported one from the UK and tested it. The working adaptor is a Delock 63928 : https://www.delock.com/produkte/G_63928/technische_details.html available on Amazon...

Did these issues get resolved? They look like a standard SSD?

Interesting. A i7 Dell 9020 is double the price of an i7 HP 8300 for me - hence why I haven't looked further. Also it appears a RX560 or 580 will be double slot so will block the wifi / bluetooth card that I would be wanting to use.

It depends where you are in the world re pricing of the units. The 8300 are readily available for very reasonable prices with me - and the Elitedesk are not. But also I have seen many many more guides and updates for the 8300 - which I don't think is just a bias as I have them! A 8300 CMT with...

Is this true across all motherboards / setups / OS versions? I am trying to find a suitable low power/quiet dual monitor setup. Related to that, your option 5. - how can we check the clock speed. Im currently using an RX560, identical screens but different interfaces (DP and HDMI) so I might...

Low profile cards to fit the SFF are now hard to find. 3770 with HD4000 is fine on a 2K monitor I found - but then I moved to RX560, and it was a lot smoother generally. Hard to pinpoint and describe exactly. HD4000 is easy, stable, quiet. RX560 was extra work, my system isn't as stable, the...

DP should work fine. I have done multiple of these and never used the VGA port for anything. Perhaps try a different cable or something?

@infraroth does the fan spin down and stop when the temps are low / the card isn't under load? Or does it run all the time?

@Sniki do you have any update on your OpenCore 8300 guide you have previously mentioned? Really looking forward to giving it a try. Thanks in advance.

I have done multiple 8300s including a USFF and all have solid LAN connections with no issues. Do you lose LAN or "just" internet; might be a problem with your router?

You may also want to consider changing your graphics card (e.g. to RX560) and then moving up to Catalina, which is supported and works well (I understand - currently still on Mojave here).

Noting the above message, is it possible to move from an existing, largely working 8300 (from a different guide) to this one - without formatting MacOS? I have a working setup I do not want to break, but I have some sleep issues that I want to resolve and then I want to move High Sierra >...