trs96
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Thanks for the info! So this GA-H81N mini-itx mobo, I'm seeing it has no optical out. Should I be able to get the audio portion of the HDMI signal working? I've briefly read here that this has been worked out by others but I haven't had a chance to read up on that yet. Would it be safer to have an optical out in the case that HDMI audio isn't there? Playing movies will be the main reason for this build. I'm guessing Apple TV connection will have the audio working through that, but what about with Blu Rays? That will be coming directly from the machine.
If you want to have optical out you can pay a little more for the H87N-Wifi, if you can still find
one for sale. If not go with this one: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128721 and a Haswell Core I3 CPU with HD 4600.
HDMI audio is easiest to get working when you use a CPU with HD 4600 and one of these Haswell
mini-itx boards. Don't know how well it would work with the gfx card you have chosen to use.
Do some more searching there if you decide to go with the H81N board. Personally I would skip the GT610 altogether and get a Haswell I3 cpu with integrated HD4600. Since no Mac has or ever will
use the Celeron you want it's never a sure thing to work with future versions of OS X.
It's always a good idea to have on chip graphics that work. You will need an HD4600 cpu to enable Airplay as well if that is important for you.
Another option is to get an I3-4160 at Newegg for $110.
The Celeron plus GT 610 combo costs about $85 so this is a very competitive price.
You would then use Rehabman's fix for the HD4400 graphics. Which can be found here:
http://www.tonymacx86.com/graphics/...ics-fix-full-support-alternate-cpus-os-x.html