- Joined
- Mar 14, 2017
- Messages
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- Motherboard
- Asus P8H61 M-LX USB3
- CPU
- Intel Core i5-3470
- Graphics
- Palit Dual GTX 1060 6GB
- Mobile Phone
So the current advice seems to be to go with a Skylake CPU; which I'm hesitant to do given their prices are still pretty much the same as they were on launch and they're 2 about years old now.
On the GPU front, only Maxwell and earlier are supported; and it's not easy to find a new Maxwell or earlier card for a reasonable price.
The Radeon compatibility points to black-screen and sleep issues despite having official driver support in macOS.
Intel HD graphics seems to have issues with only certain ones being supported (for example, Kaby Lake not working, HD 2500 not supported etc.)
For someone that just wants a basic Mac, it seems you either buy outdated hardware for an inflated price or get something incompatible. Does anyone have any good suggestions for a budget build?
Thanks
On the GPU front, only Maxwell and earlier are supported; and it's not easy to find a new Maxwell or earlier card for a reasonable price.
The Radeon compatibility points to black-screen and sleep issues despite having official driver support in macOS.
Intel HD graphics seems to have issues with only certain ones being supported (for example, Kaby Lake not working, HD 2500 not supported etc.)
For someone that just wants a basic Mac, it seems you either buy outdated hardware for an inflated price or get something incompatible. Does anyone have any good suggestions for a budget build?
Thanks