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I built an Ivy Bridge-based Mini ITX system in 2012 for my wife and am now ready to update it for her to a Kaby Lake based system. Hopefully by the time these parts arrive there will be an updated Unibeast/Multibeast procedure for getting Sierra installed on a Kaby Lake system.
Here is my list of proposed parts:
Board - GIGABYTE GA-Z270N-WIFI LGA1151 Intel Mini-ITX DDR4 Motherboard
CPU - Intel Core i5-7600K LGA 1151 Desktop Processors (BX80677I57600K)
RAM - Ballistix Sport LT 32GB Kit (16GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DIMM 288-Pin BLS2K16G4D240FSC (White)
Cooler - Noctua Low-Profile Quiet CPU Cooler for Intel 115x Based Retail Cooling NH-L9I
Boot drive - Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB - M.2 SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-N5E500BW)
Already owned:
Case - Lian Li PC-Q11A
PSU - SilverStone Technology 450W SFX Form Factor 80 PLUS GOLD
Hard drives - 3TB Red Drive and 3TB Green drive
Optical Drive - (can't recall the brand or model right now - can update this if current one doesn't work with new system)
Monitor - Dell 24 inch
Keyboard and Mouse - Apple
Everything but the cooler was found using the August buyer's guide.
If anyone has any advice I am open to hearing it, specially on the M.2 drive and RAM. I'd also like to have WiFi and I understand the module on this board doesn't work with macOS. Pointers? Also need bluetooth as my wife has an Apple bluetooth mouse.
Thanks in advance.
Here is my list of proposed parts:
Board - GIGABYTE GA-Z270N-WIFI LGA1151 Intel Mini-ITX DDR4 Motherboard
CPU - Intel Core i5-7600K LGA 1151 Desktop Processors (BX80677I57600K)
RAM - Ballistix Sport LT 32GB Kit (16GBx2) DDR4 2400 MT/s (PC4-19200) DIMM 288-Pin BLS2K16G4D240FSC (White)
Cooler - Noctua Low-Profile Quiet CPU Cooler for Intel 115x Based Retail Cooling NH-L9I
Boot drive - Samsung 850 EVO - 500GB - M.2 SATA III Internal SSD (MZ-N5E500BW)
Already owned:
Case - Lian Li PC-Q11A
PSU - SilverStone Technology 450W SFX Form Factor 80 PLUS GOLD
Hard drives - 3TB Red Drive and 3TB Green drive
Optical Drive - (can't recall the brand or model right now - can update this if current one doesn't work with new system)
Monitor - Dell 24 inch
Keyboard and Mouse - Apple
Everything but the cooler was found using the August buyer's guide.
If anyone has any advice I am open to hearing it, specially on the M.2 drive and RAM. I'd also like to have WiFi and I understand the module on this board doesn't work with macOS. Pointers? Also need bluetooth as my wife has an Apple bluetooth mouse.
Thanks in advance.