Hackintosh? Interesting.. First build~

[Deen]

First Hackintosh planning... might need some help :/

Heyya Folks,
in the past I played around with the OSX in the VM or setting up ubuntu to make it like OSX, but well, it just sucks. I love how fluent the OSX works, but for gaming I will stay with my Windows Pc.

So, I wanna build a Mac Mini, Hd3000 or Hd4000 build in graphiccardsolution, 4 or 8 gigs of ram, a ~60 gig ssd, and a mainboard compatible for all this.

I did some research and wanted to ask, if those components can work nicely together, and with OSX ofcourse! I want to use this tiny thing as a desktop/multimedia system.

That means: Listening to music, watching movies (full hd), browsing the web.

=> Monitor:

Hardware	Price	Link
Intel Core i3-3225 Box, LGA1155 / 3,3GHz, HD4000	120,47€	http://lb.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=66355&agid=1617
ASRock H61M-ITX, Sockel 1155, ITX	60,88€	http://lb.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=50896&agid=1605
4GB-Kit Corsair Valueselect DDR3-1333 CL9	18,71€	http://lb.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=38051&agid=1192
Crucial V4 64GB SSD 6,4cm (2.5") SATA II	52,07€	http://lb.hardwareversand.de/articledetail.jsp?aid=67138&agid=1145
	252,13€

Now you see, there's no power supply added, because of the following:
http://www.inter-tech.de/index.php?...-q-6&catid=57:itx-gehaeuse&Itemid=560&lang=en

It has a build-in 60W power supply. But there's the following sentence:
"Once it may be a little more power, you can also use an optional 120W power Supply, since the internal circuit board is able to process an input voltage of up to 120W."

Does this actually mean, once the i3 needs more power, cause it's getting pushed to it's limits, it will work with that power supply? I do love the case, since it's aluminium, looks great and is tiny.

**EDIT**
I just overread the word "optional". So, does anyone know a external power supply which will work or another tiny case plus a power supply?

So I hope some of you might be able to help me, I would be really greatful if so.

Best Regards,
Deen

 

[Going Bald]

Did you look at this? http://www.tonymacx86.com/248-building-customac-customac-mini-2012.html

or this? http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-builds/54972-success-i5-3570k-zotac-z77-itx-e-lion-10-7-4-a.html

 

[Deen]

Did you look at this? http://www.tonymacx86.com/248-building-customac-customac-mini-2012.html

or this? http://www.tonymacx86.com/user-builds/54972-success-i5-3570k-zotac-z77-itx-e-lion-10-7-4-a.html

Well I like the first one, but:
- I don't need Wifi
- is there a cheaper mainboard which will work well?

**edit**
can I use this one maybe? "Gigabyte GA-Z77M-D3H, Intel Z77, mATX"

 

[rick26]

I am going to buy this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Desktop-Motherboard-LGA1155-mini-ITX/dp/B00840BACU/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1355070279&sr=1-1&keywords=Intel+DQ77KB

 

[miramar]

Gigabyte GA-B75N might be a good cheap choice. I haven't tried this board but I have a mATX B75 build which works quite well. Z77 cards will always be more expensive but works well, e.g. my Zomac build.

 

[Deen]

Gigabyte GA-B75N might be a good cheap choice. I haven't tried this board but I have a mATX B75 build which works quite well. Z77 cards will always be more expensive but works well, e.g. my Zomac build.

Is there a big difference between the B75 Chip and the Z11 Chip?

 

[miramar]

Z77 has overclocking features and 2 x SATA3 ports. B75 only has one SATA3 port unless more has been added by a 3rd party chipset. I'm sure there are more differences but for me, those two are the most obvious ones.