- Joined
- Oct 25, 2012
- Messages
- 57
- Motherboard
- GA Z77 DS3H
- CPU
- I5-2500k
- Graphics
- Nvidia GForce 210
Hey All,
It's been a while since I've been on.
Successfully built a Snow Leopard hackintosh for audio work back in 2013 that is still going strong, as well as a functioning Snow Leopard Probook 4530s in 2014, which I later upgraded to Lion in 2016/17 and added the correct WIFI card to-Also going strong. I plan to do the higher resolution screen replacement if/when the current one fades out.
Back in 2014 I had purchased some parts to build an HTPC custom mac mini, but a move to a house, as well as a new job took me way off track and it was never built.
Recently decided to use the parts to have a desktop for internet browsing as well as digital drawing on an XP-PEN Deco Pro tablet (Wacom clone.)
Those are the only things it needs to be able to do. The thing about the Xp-PEN is the drivers are designed for OSX 10.10-11.0. Ideally, I can put something as modern as possible together, given the older hardware. Looking for suggestions.
I just put everything together last night and because I'm certain approaches and hardware have changed a lot since 2013, I began reading up on the site. One thing I was not aware of was that the WIFI didn't work right out of the box with my chosen motherboard (GA-H97N-WIFI). After seeing a couple of builds, particularly Stork's "Hector" build, seems the best way to get WIFI working is using a Broadcom BCM94360CD/ BCM4360CD and a generic PCI-E adapter. Is that still the case because they don't seem readily available or are kind of a crapshoot as to whether you are getting a used part. Would something like this work instead? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082X8MBMD/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Here are all the parts I've used:
CPU-Intel I3-4160
MB:Gigabyte GA-H97N WIFI
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 8GB
PSU: Corsair CXM 430W Bronze
Samsung EVO 860 SSD 500GB
Arctic 120mm Case fan
Silverstone SG13 ITX case
Open to suggestions on how to proceed. Best OS installation process to go with (need at least Yosemite for XP-PEN) and simplest WIFI solution.
Thank you!
It's been a while since I've been on.
Successfully built a Snow Leopard hackintosh for audio work back in 2013 that is still going strong, as well as a functioning Snow Leopard Probook 4530s in 2014, which I later upgraded to Lion in 2016/17 and added the correct WIFI card to-Also going strong. I plan to do the higher resolution screen replacement if/when the current one fades out.
Back in 2014 I had purchased some parts to build an HTPC custom mac mini, but a move to a house, as well as a new job took me way off track and it was never built.
Recently decided to use the parts to have a desktop for internet browsing as well as digital drawing on an XP-PEN Deco Pro tablet (Wacom clone.)
Those are the only things it needs to be able to do. The thing about the Xp-PEN is the drivers are designed for OSX 10.10-11.0. Ideally, I can put something as modern as possible together, given the older hardware. Looking for suggestions.
I just put everything together last night and because I'm certain approaches and hardware have changed a lot since 2013, I began reading up on the site. One thing I was not aware of was that the WIFI didn't work right out of the box with my chosen motherboard (GA-H97N-WIFI). After seeing a couple of builds, particularly Stork's "Hector" build, seems the best way to get WIFI working is using a Broadcom BCM94360CD/ BCM4360CD and a generic PCI-E adapter. Is that still the case because they don't seem readily available or are kind of a crapshoot as to whether you are getting a used part. Would something like this work instead? https://www.amazon.com/dp/B082X8MBMD/?tag=tonymacx86com-20
Here are all the parts I've used:
CPU-Intel I3-4160
MB:Gigabyte GA-H97N WIFI
RAM: Crucial Ballistix 8GB
PSU: Corsair CXM 430W Bronze
Samsung EVO 860 SSD 500GB
Arctic 120mm Case fan
Silverstone SG13 ITX case
Open to suggestions on how to proceed. Best OS installation process to go with (need at least Yosemite for XP-PEN) and simplest WIFI solution.
Thank you!