Dtnat's Build - Intel Celeron G540 - GA-H61N-USB3 - 4GB - G210

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Dtnat's Build: Intel Celeron G540 - GA-H61N-USB3 - 4GB RAM - G210


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Components

Intel Celeron G540 CPU using Stock Cooler
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819116408

Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 Motherboard with F3 verion BIOS
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128526

Kingston 4GB DDR3 RAM single DIMM
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820139046

ASUS G210 1GB PCIe Video Card - changed large Heatsink to a smaller Fansink to fit case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814121422

Seagate 2.5 inch 160GB SATA Hard Drive
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822148443

LG SATA CD/DVD Burner
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004U65QQ8/

IN WIN BP659 Black Case w/200 watt PS changed Case Fan
Bought Locally

Patriot Wireless N USB Adapter
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833210002

Microsoft Comfort Curve 3000 Desktop Combo Keyboard and Mouse
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823109252

OS: Apple Mac OS X Lion from Apple Store and Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit for Dual Boot
http://www.apple.com/osx/apps/app-store.html?id=537386512
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116986


Comments

I always wanted to try out a Mac for experimentation. I wanted to build one years ago on a Intel 775 platform but never had the time. This is an inexpensive way to try one out.

The ASUS Video Card has two problems: 1. The Heatsink is HUGE (2 slots). It will not fit in the case I bought. I replaced the Heatsink with a single slot Fansink. 2. No HDMI audio yet. I am still working on it.

The case is very nice but the included Case Fan is loud. I replaced it with an Arctic Cooling AF 8025 PWM. I also installed another Case Fan above the CPU attached to the case side panel, Arctic Cooling AF 8025L. The system is very quiet and run fairly well.

Build Instructions:

1. Basically followed DaveR13's Build: http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-builds/56210-daver13s-build-core-i3-2105-ga-h61n-usb3-8gb-gt430.html and sdp07d's Build: http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-buil...cyclone-6850-a.html?highlight=Gaming+Mini+ITX for Windows 7 installation.
2. My Guide:
   1. BIOS Setup: Using BIOS version F3
      1. Load optimized BIOS
      2. Power Management Setup: ACPI Suspend Type [S3(STR)], HPET Support [Enabled], HPET Mode [64-bit mode]
      3. Integrated Peripherals: SATA AHCI Mode [AHCI]
   2. Unibeast USB Drive from Lion 10.7.4 creation Steps 1 - 2: http://www.tonymacx86.com/61-unibeast-install-os-x-mountain-lion-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
   3. Mac OS X Lion Installation:
      1. Boot PC from USB-HDD from Boot Menu (F12 key).
      2. Open Disk Utility and Partitioned hard drive.
         • Lion using 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)"
         • Windows using 'MS-DOS (FAT)'
      3. Install Lion to Mac partition.
   4. Post-Installation Step 4: http://www.tonymacx86.com/61-unibeast-install-os-x-mountain-lion-any-supported-intel-based-pc.html
      1. Renamed downloaded DSDT file (version F3) to DSDT.aml and copied to Desktop.
      2. Checked the following:
         • UserDSDT Install
         • System Utilities
         • Drivers & Bootloaders expanded:
           • ALC8xxHDA and AppleHDA Rollback
           • Lnx2Mac's RealtekRTL81xx Ethernet v0.0.90
         • Bootloaders
   5. Windows 7 installed onto MS-DOS (FAT) partition (Formatted to NTFS).
   6. Chimera Bootloader, UserDSDT and System Utilities reinstalled using Multibeast by booting into Mac partition using Unibeast USB drive.

System should now be dual-bootable using Chimera at load screen.

Problems:

• G210 HDMI Audio not working yet. Might buy a nVidia 4xx/5xx series to replace it to enable audio OOTB.

 

[hamiltus]

Awesome build. How easy was the GT 210 ? And have you updated to ML yet ? If so, how ?

 

[Stork]

If you install Mt. Lion, please a MultiBeast configuration screen snapshot. TIA.