A Quality CheapoMac build for under 300 USD ~ Free Gigabyte H81M Motherboard

[rrpradeep]

I read that we cannot use intel SSD because of something called TRIMM option not available. How true is that and can we actually use intel SSD ?

Thanks,
Pradeep.

 

[Adrian B]

I read that we cannot use intel SSD because of something called TRIMM option not available. How true is that and can we actually use intel SSD ?

Thanks,
Pradeep.

You can use any make/model of SSD with OS X. Trim is available as an option in MultiBeast if required. There is also another free trim app available for Mac online:
https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/37852/trim-enabler

Spoilt for choice almost

Adrian B

 

[rrpradeep]

Yup...too many choices.....

 

[trs96]

A Quality CheapoMac build for under 300 USD ~ Gigabyte H81M-H Motherboard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128693

For all you bargain basement budget builders out there. (say that 3x fast)

The H81M-H is again on sale for a low $44.99 after a 10 dollar rebate. If you can
accept all the limitations it has for future expandability it's a good 1st build
motherboard, Very easy to get OS X running on it with an I3-4330 or I3-4340 cpu. As the
picture shows you'll only have the option of an onboard HDMI connection if you
don't have a discrete graphics card.



Rebate offer ends on April 30th 2014 The rebate offer now goes through May 31st.
Opportunity knocks twice.

 

[iishowoff]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D94X6AK/


is this compatible??

 

[Adrian B]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D94X6AK/


is this compatible??

Its too expensive to be included in this thread, but it is listed in the Budget ATX buyers guide:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/420-building-customac-buyer-s-guide-april-2014.html#budget_atx



Adrian B

 

[iterability]

Hi.

Has anyone built one the H81M motherboard hackintoshes?

Are they working out?

And if I make it and get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119274
[As listed in the first post]

I don't need another power supply or fan do I?

 

[Adrian B]

Hi.

Has anyone built one the H81M motherboard hackintoshes?

Are they working out?

And if I make it and get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119274

[As listed in the first post]

I don't need another power supply or fan do I?

The case is supplied with out a PSU - the maximum dimensions are supplied for the depth of a PSU that will fit the case. When using Haswell hardware it is best to get a good quality PSU like a basic Corsair CX430/CX500 depending on what power requirements that you might need it planning to add a GPU in the future.

Adrian B

 

[trs96]

Hi.

Has anyone built one the H81M motherboard hackintoshes?

Are they working out?

And if I make it and get this

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811119274
[As listed in the first post]

I don't need another power supply or fan do I?

Read through this thread: http://www.tonymacx86.com/buying-ad...ll-build-how-low-can-you-go-6.html#post718464

The Rosewill case/psu option is one way you can go. Neither is as high quality as the CM 200
and Corsair CX-430 that I recommended in this thread. I've done a build with the H81M-HD3
model and everything works, it's got a lot of features and build quality of boards that
cost 50-100 dollars more. Just remember you'll have a ram limit of 16 GB and 4 Sata ports.

 

[iterability]

Read through this thread: http://www.tonymacx86.com/buying-ad...ll-build-how-low-can-you-go-6.html#post718464

The Rosewill case/psu option is one way you can go. Neither is as high quality as the CM 200
and Corsair CX-430 that I recommended in this thread. I've done a build with the H81M-HD3
model and everything works, it's got a lot of features and build quality of boards that
cost 50-100 dollars more. Just remember you'll have a ram limit of 16 GB and 4 Sata ports.

Thank you.

I understand your recommendation but I'm trying to shave the cost down. The Rosewill case does have a PSU but it doesn't have USB 3.0 and only has 2 USB ports. I'll need two plugged one constantly. One for an external hard drive and one for a WIFI usb adapter I already own. So I need at least two more in case I want to plug in a flash drive and one goes kaput for some reason.

So I'm thinking of getting this case and it also comes with a PSU http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FZWBR8M/

My only concern is that the PSU is 500W and the Corsair ones are 550W.

Does that make a difference?

Edit: I'm not sure this is the right case for this build/mobo?