- Joined
- Dec 20, 2018
- Messages
- 38
- Motherboard
- ASRock Z370M-itx/ac
- CPU
- i5-8400
- Graphics
- UHD 630
- Mac
So I have decided to make the jump into building a hackintosh seeing as the new Mac Mini's will not meet my needs (cost-wise) and my mid-2011 iMac is quickly failing (more and more graphical artifacting showing the graphics card is dying). With the fact that it is a mid-2011 iMac, that means it is not compatible with Mojave and thus has served me well but is time to be replaced.
This will be a slow build as I am purchasing parts as I get funds available or find deals. The main purpose of this build will be mainly for daily computing, document creation, internet items (bill paying, forums, youtube, etc.) and then the occasional rare video editing or photo editing via things like lightroom, photoshop light, etc. Those last items are on a vary rare occasion and the system will not be used for gaming as if I game that is dedicated to my Xbox One.
Current items bought for the system... I am going for SFF close to the size of the Mac Mini...
- Case - Wesena ITX4 v3 purchased from perfect home theater (nice case with plenty of room for upgrades if needed)
- Mobo - Gigabyte B360n WiFi was purchased on sale from Amazon
- RAM - Crucial Ballistix LT 8gb stick purchased through Amazon on cyber week sale for $45! (if prices drop again I will grab another 8gb stick)
- HDD - Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD purchased on cyber week for sale for $100
Rest of the build will all depend on what is on sale when... I have been running a quad core processor for years just fine and so I am debating on whether I want to spend the extra money (about $100+ difference) to move up to a Core i5 8400 or just go with the Core i3 8100. From there I will install a Noctua L9i processor fan as I want this system to be quiet and will go with a PicoPSU 160w psu.
I will be going for a Vanilla install on this but my current system only let's be download the last High Sierra build (can't get around the system check to download Mojave) so I will end up having to upgrade to Mojave once installed and running. From there I was hoping that I could do a "restore" of my last backup from my previous machine but I am still researching if that is a possibility and how to go about that process.
This will be a slow build as I am purchasing parts as I get funds available or find deals. The main purpose of this build will be mainly for daily computing, document creation, internet items (bill paying, forums, youtube, etc.) and then the occasional rare video editing or photo editing via things like lightroom, photoshop light, etc. Those last items are on a vary rare occasion and the system will not be used for gaming as if I game that is dedicated to my Xbox One.
Current items bought for the system... I am going for SFF close to the size of the Mac Mini...
- Case - Wesena ITX4 v3 purchased from perfect home theater (nice case with plenty of room for upgrades if needed)
- Mobo - Gigabyte B360n WiFi was purchased on sale from Amazon
- RAM - Crucial Ballistix LT 8gb stick purchased through Amazon on cyber week sale for $45! (if prices drop again I will grab another 8gb stick)
- HDD - Samsung 860 EVO 1TB SSD purchased on cyber week for sale for $100
Rest of the build will all depend on what is on sale when... I have been running a quad core processor for years just fine and so I am debating on whether I want to spend the extra money (about $100+ difference) to move up to a Core i5 8400 or just go with the Core i3 8100. From there I will install a Noctua L9i processor fan as I want this system to be quiet and will go with a PicoPSU 160w psu.
I will be going for a Vanilla install on this but my current system only let's be download the last High Sierra build (can't get around the system check to download Mojave) so I will end up having to upgrade to Mojave once installed and running. From there I was hoping that I could do a "restore" of my last backup from my previous machine but I am still researching if that is a possibility and how to go about that process.