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- Aug 26, 2017
- Messages
- 15
- Motherboard
- Dell MS0520 (Inspiron 620)
- CPU
- i5-2400
- Graphics
- GeForce GTX 650
- Mac
- Classic Mac
- Mobile Phone
Hi everyone,
Let me start by saying I'm fully well aware I'm so far in over my head here that I don't even know how far in over my head I actually am yet. I'm looking to build a pretty decent Kaby Lake Hackintosh, but that system is bugetarily going to take a few months to buy all the fun pieces as I'm operating on a limited budget month by month. We'll be ringting in 2018 before I have all the pieces to build the system I want, so I'm seeking advice on the machine I've got to play with in the meantime--it's NOT an ideal Hackintosh build in 2017! A Dell Inspiron 620.
That means i3-2120, 4GB, 1TB spinning rust locked in ATA mode, Dell 1502 wireless and RTL8167 Gigabit. Intel HD 2000 graphics. This thing sucked when it was new in 2011, but free's a good price. It doesn't even have AHCI unless you hack its BIOS! Free is a good price though, and I'm willing to spend a small amount on this system for things that will eventually make it a nice machine for lighter "old" games (Windows XP or 7 era).
Basically, I've got a GeForce GTX 650 that will go in, and I can also drop in some RAM. CPU ... I could upgrade it to a better i3, but the i5s start to be more than it's worth spending on this thing right now. I realize I have a weaker than a 2011 Mac Mini here, but that should do for very light web browsing. My fiancee's mom has an i3-based Mac Mini 2012 and it's not zippy, but it's actually not bad with 16GB and a SSD. The 16GB was a big deal for Lion, but that machine was PAIN under Sierra until I finally got her to let me put a SSD in it. I figure this i3 with 12GB and a SSD will still feel a little slow. But it's mostly to give me a Mac to poke at in the meantime.
The next purchase would be a Kaby Lake i7-7700 with a 270-series motherboard, 16GB of DDR4, and a new case and PSU. That'd require a reinstall of the Hackintosh to move the SSD to it, and I might need to keep the old GTX 650 with the new system for a month or so. I'd LOVE to have some sweet vega action by then ... but until Apple actually releases a modular Mac Pro, and possibly not even then, I don't see AMD as a good option based on the issues described here on the site. The final Hackintosh is a workstation, not a game machine, but an affordable modern NV card should do what I need to finish up with the build, along with bringing the machine up to 32GB.
...So, what am I doing wrong here, aside from even looking at a machine with a Sandy Bridge? Are there gotchas I maybe don't know about? Most of what I found for this machine (and others like it) talked about Lion obviously.
Thanks, help is appreciated!
Let me start by saying I'm fully well aware I'm so far in over my head here that I don't even know how far in over my head I actually am yet. I'm looking to build a pretty decent Kaby Lake Hackintosh, but that system is bugetarily going to take a few months to buy all the fun pieces as I'm operating on a limited budget month by month. We'll be ringting in 2018 before I have all the pieces to build the system I want, so I'm seeking advice on the machine I've got to play with in the meantime--it's NOT an ideal Hackintosh build in 2017! A Dell Inspiron 620.
That means i3-2120, 4GB, 1TB spinning rust locked in ATA mode, Dell 1502 wireless and RTL8167 Gigabit. Intel HD 2000 graphics. This thing sucked when it was new in 2011, but free's a good price. It doesn't even have AHCI unless you hack its BIOS! Free is a good price though, and I'm willing to spend a small amount on this system for things that will eventually make it a nice machine for lighter "old" games (Windows XP or 7 era).
Basically, I've got a GeForce GTX 650 that will go in, and I can also drop in some RAM. CPU ... I could upgrade it to a better i3, but the i5s start to be more than it's worth spending on this thing right now. I realize I have a weaker than a 2011 Mac Mini here, but that should do for very light web browsing. My fiancee's mom has an i3-based Mac Mini 2012 and it's not zippy, but it's actually not bad with 16GB and a SSD. The 16GB was a big deal for Lion, but that machine was PAIN under Sierra until I finally got her to let me put a SSD in it. I figure this i3 with 12GB and a SSD will still feel a little slow. But it's mostly to give me a Mac to poke at in the meantime.
The next purchase would be a Kaby Lake i7-7700 with a 270-series motherboard, 16GB of DDR4, and a new case and PSU. That'd require a reinstall of the Hackintosh to move the SSD to it, and I might need to keep the old GTX 650 with the new system for a month or so. I'd LOVE to have some sweet vega action by then ... but until Apple actually releases a modular Mac Pro, and possibly not even then, I don't see AMD as a good option based on the issues described here on the site. The final Hackintosh is a workstation, not a game machine, but an affordable modern NV card should do what I need to finish up with the build, along with bringing the machine up to 32GB.
...So, what am I doing wrong here, aside from even looking at a machine with a Sandy Bridge? Are there gotchas I maybe don't know about? Most of what I found for this machine (and others like it) talked about Lion obviously.
Thanks, help is appreciated!