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Budget Build Msi H-81-M-E33 Celeron G1840 GeForce GT730 - El Capitan

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Loloflatsix's Budget Build: MSI H-81-M-E33 - Celeron G1840 - GeForce GT730

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MSI H81-M-E33 Motherboard
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00EPLE3J4/?tag=tonymacx8607-21
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00F42W70A/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130730

Intel Haswell Celeron G1840 Processor
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00K5OJ0TS/?tag=tonymacx8607-21
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J2LIE9C/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117301

Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce GT730 Graphics Card (GV-N730D5-2GI)
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00LMBRWUM/?tag=tonymacx8607-21
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00TB8XQNA/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814125775

Hard Disk Drives

Corsair 450 W VS series Power Supply
https://www.amazon.fr/dp/B00LMBTO7Q/?tag=tonymacx8607-21

Already Owned

Fujitsu Siemens metal used case



Comments

Been a Mac user. I needed a new machine for home computing and basic photo, video and graphics usage. Prices of new full CustoMac was, well, out of my budget.

I build a PC to go only on Mac OS X. After build for about 2 months, a CustoMac with i3-4150 and a Radeon R9 380 for more graphics experience, I continue down the Hackintosh route.

My challenge was to bulid and install OS X for home computing and media server with in theory an no supported CPU.

I only want to achieve here a way for budget configuration for people want to have a good experience on macOS for home computing.

Installation

I had successfully install Yosemite and El Capitan with the the same method :

I created USB installer with UniBeast and follow the installation guide below.

I have created my own config.plist by following users guides in the forum :



I applied the recommended settings on my BIOS.

I boot on the USB installer: about 2 minutes for have the installer screen
I have formatted the HDD with GUID partition map
I began the install for about 14 minutes
After reboot, I choose the USB installer
The installation ran about 25 minutes
After success install, I reboot to Macintosh HD ( -v, -xcpm, GraphicsEnabler=Yes nv_disable=1)
Reboot during about 3 minutes
I finalized the install with MultiBeast :
- CLOVER EFI
- FakeSMC plugin
- Audio ALC 887
- Lan RTL811G
- 7/8/9 USB motherboard support
- USB 3 support
- Max USB ports limits
- Graphics Nvidia​

What is Working
- Apple Store
- Lan
- Audio
- USB 2
- USB 3
- iCloud
- iMessage
- Office 2016
- Drafsight 2017​

What is working but with some freeze in Safari :
- GPU with Nvidia web driver​

My system report : (I use only iMac 13,2 in SMBIOS definition)
OS X EL Captian
Version 10.11.6 15G31
iMac (27 pouces, fin 2012)
Processor 2,8 GHz Intel Core i5
Startup disk Macintosh HD
Graphics Gigabyte GeForce GT 730 2048 Mo​

I'll can post my config.plist if it could be helpful for members.

I' ll be able tu install Sierra 10,12,4 : very nice !
 
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Here screen shots of my desktop :

Screenshot at avr. 27 20-51-24 1.png Screenshot at avr. 27 20-52-14 2.png

Since last week end , I'll be able to direct upgrade to Sierra 10,12,4 with Clover .

My case :

View media item 188763
 
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Hi! I also want to directly upgrade to Sierra. But it failed to boot, so sad. (I've updated my clover already.)
Can you share your latest EFI folder?
Thanks
Mine:G1840/h81m-p33
 
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