- Joined
- Oct 27, 2014
- Messages
- 25
- Motherboard
- Dell Optiplex 3050 SFF
- CPU
- i3-7100T
- Graphics
- UHD 630
- Mac
- Classic Mac
1rocketdude's Build: Core i3-4330 - GA-H97N-Wifi - HD4600
Components
Intel Core i3-4330 Dual Core Processor 3.5
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EUUN76U/
Gigabyte LGA 1150 H97 Wi-Fi Bluetooth HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard GA-H97N-WIFI
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KATHCD4/
Mini-Box picoPSU-120, world's tiniest 12V DC-DC ATX power supply unit (PSU)
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005TWE3O8
Broadcom Wireless 802 11/a/g/n Internet WLAN Adapter Card for Laptops & Netbooks
http://www..amazon.com/dp/B002OB0FPI
Already Owned
250 GB SATA 3.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Hard Drive
Samsung 23" Flatscreen 1080p Monitor
Apple 2nd generation USB white keyboard and mouse
2 4GB DDR3 1066 MHz 240-pin SODIMM
Comments
My old 32-bit macmini1.1 was near to useless given it's obsolete OS; applications such as Chrome and iphoto no longer worked. I wanted a "sure thing" build with very little issues. This build is far more powerful machine than I thought it would be.
On the PSU, I over-built the system by 100%. I could have done with a 60W PSU and much smaller power brick. At t this point,I can add a DVD drive and full 3.5" large format drive with the power reserve I have.
What worked out of the box -> using on-board graphics to drive two monitors. simply amazing
- boots, stable (boot time ~ 30 seconds). The two second weird screen noise as others describe occurs about 20 seconds in. Same thing happens when wake from sleep
- sleep (including sound after wake from sleep). Selecting iMac14,2 in the system ID was critical here
- Gig Ethernet
- wifi (with new Atheros half height mini PCi card; as expected, the motherboard Intel wireless did not work)
- iTunes (sync, purchase)
- iphoto (version 9.6; had to delete the user plug-in directory to stop iphoto from crashing)
- imovie (just works)
- MS Office 2011 with latest updates
- Chrome (still the Yosemite Helper app not responding bit)
- Macports - no issues. just works
- Plex media server
- File server over AFP and SMB
- Contacts
- VNC server
Untested
- HDMI audio
MultiBeast Cinfiguration