trs96
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- Gigabyte B460M Aorus Pro
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- i5-10500
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- RX 570
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Sounds like a fun mod to work on. Good to know you've already got the software part working before putting all the hardware into the G4. Leave a link here when you've got the mod completed. I'm sure many will be interested in seeing how it works out. The reason the PSU works with the 560 is that it gets all it's power from the PCIe x16 slot, which can provide up to 75W. The newer cards are efficient enough that they do just fine with these relatively lower wattage OEM power supplies. Good part is that you can always upgrade it later if need be.This all started because I inherited an old G4 Powermac Digital Audio, so I also have the laserhive g4 atx kit coming in the mail.
As I said in the FAQ section, this is the best way to get started with hackintoshing. It's not expensive like many new custom builds, you learn most of the basics and don't have to get in too deep over your head with the really complex aspects of this. Such as creating custom SSDTs to fix ACPI issues. I had a really good first experience with a simple mATX core i3 build and I'm still using it daily over seven years later. I liked Macs up until about 2012 but then things took a turn for the worse and I quit buying them and learned how to build a hackintosh myself out of necessity. Now prices of new Macs have gotten way out of hand (2018 Mac mini @ $800+) and owners are mostly locked out of doing any repairs or upgrades (other than ram) themselves. That just doesn't work for me. This is way better in my opinion. Hope we get to keep using these for many more years to come.
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