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Hello All,
I am interested in building a mini hackintosh that is powerful, small, quiet and runs cool. I currently have a white iMac (iSight) that wont keep cool even when I use smc fan control. It is loud, hot and I still get pixelation or freezes when I use it surfing the web.
Use
watch movies streamed and downloaded
play game like WOW/Starcraft
dual monitor if possible with hdmi (LG 32LD350 32-Inch 720p 60 Hz LCD HDTV)
Builds I have looked at
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/12/ ... -mini.html
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/09/ ... tomac.html
viewtopic.php?f=264&t=39721
viewtopic.php?f=264&t=4802
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11156
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=37751
Which components work best together?
MB
GA-H55N-USB3
GA-H61N-USB3 - currently in stock @amazon
GA-H67N-USB3
CPU
i3-530
i3-540
i5-2405S
i52500k
RAM
recommendation? 4 GB or 8GB?
HD
recommendations? would like a SSD
Video Card
would the on board GPU work well (HD3000) or would another more powerful & quite card be better?
Case and Power Supply
Recommendations? I would like to eventually build a custom wooden case in the future
Optical drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827118051
Anything else I could be forgetting? Heat sink or cooling fan? possibly add an IR receiver
I just want to build a powerful machine that is small, quiet and runs cool for playing games and watching movies. I really appreciate everyone's help.
I am interested in building a mini hackintosh that is powerful, small, quiet and runs cool. I currently have a white iMac (iSight) that wont keep cool even when I use smc fan control. It is loud, hot and I still get pixelation or freezes when I use it surfing the web.
Use
watch movies streamed and downloaded
play game like WOW/Starcraft
dual monitor if possible with hdmi (LG 32LD350 32-Inch 720p 60 Hz LCD HDTV)
Builds I have looked at
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2010/12/ ... -mini.html
http://tonymacx86.blogspot.com/2011/09/ ... tomac.html
viewtopic.php?f=264&t=39721
viewtopic.php?f=264&t=4802
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=11156
viewtopic.php?f=54&t=37751
Which components work best together?
MB
GA-H55N-USB3
GA-H61N-USB3 - currently in stock @amazon
GA-H67N-USB3
CPU
i3-530
i3-540
i5-2405S
i52500k
RAM
recommendation? 4 GB or 8GB?
HD
recommendations? would like a SSD
Video Card
would the on board GPU work well (HD3000) or would another more powerful & quite card be better?
Case and Power Supply
Recommendations? I would like to eventually build a custom wooden case in the future
Optical drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6827118051
Anything else I could be forgetting? Heat sink or cooling fan? possibly add an IR receiver
I just want to build a powerful machine that is small, quiet and runs cool for playing games and watching movies. I really appreciate everyone's help.